Gill's Walkers Notes
May 1997 In the days when John, Jan, Geoff and Mo used to practice at our house, Mo first mentioned the Plough Jag. He was working in and around Burton Stather when he started to collect bits and pieces from some of the older inhabitants, so I think it started from there. I remember Jan Hull and I made two smocks from traditional patterns and designs, which
John Baker's Notes
November 1997 The first time I heard about the Plough-Jag was during one of our visits to Coleby in the autumn of 1972. We had probably been to a nearby pub, or maybe brought a bottle or two to Mo Ogg’s house, when Mo mentioned performing the play in January of the following year. He had collected bits and piec
Dave Markham's Memories
April 1997 Prior to the first Jag I contacted the three television stations for the area- BBC (Leeds), Yorkshire (Leeds), and Anglia (Norwich), giving them the background to the Jag and the proposed itinerary. Marilyn Webb from Yorkshire called round to the house and it was agreed that they would have a film crew in the Precinct. Anglia TV contacted me
Bob Cleveland's Recollections
October 1997 In 1973 we did one performance in a farmhouse opposite Mo Ogg's house in Coleby. Perhaps it would help to talk to Mo's Mum who lives in Winteringham; she tends to keep records, and sometimes writes for the parish magazine. We performed in the Lord Roberts' bar, in those days women were not allowed in there. No one seemed to pick out Jan Ol
Carl Hamilton - Trying to Remember
November 1997 My memory, not being the sharpest in the world might not unearth anything of great interest; however, I think I was introduced to the Jag by Bob Cleveland. Bob and I worked together for a lot of years. I seem to recall rehearsing in a small building on Ashby Road; I think it became a residential property in latter days. As no one else seems to have rec
Terry Hood - I was that Bearded Lady
December 1997 1974 was my introduction to the Plough Jag. The first rehearsal I attended was in Flixborough village hall. I was talked into playing the part of the Lady, Which involved a spot of singing, as you will know. As I had never sung solo before it was quite awful (for me as well as others). John Walker the perfectionist that he was, (and I say this with the utmost res
Geoff Miller - Recollections
February 1997 I'm not very good on dates, but there are a couple of things that stick in my mind. Early on, when we used to go into the Big Social Club in the afternoon (pubs weren't open on Saturday from 3.00 p.m. - Clubs were open until 5.00pm), there was these Irish construction workers in there, obviously straight from work in the morning as they had wor
Steve Hindley's Recollections
January 1997 When I joined the Plough jag team it was a facet of the Scunthorpe Folk Song Club and all the parts were taken by club members. A feature of each years performances was that the Jag was performed on the Saturday nearest to 6th January, as is still the case, and there was always an extra performance on the Sunday night as a curtain raiser to the second half of the F
John Davies - Reflections
Swansea, November 1997 A couple of years ago I reached the threshold age of 40 and my wife, Sue, in her infinite wisdom, decided to supply my work colleagues with the most incriminating photographs of me in my former youth. These were duly enlarged and posted at all public parts of my office block in Swansea University, where I now work. For some strange reason, a number of the
Dave Barlow's Hazy Memories
October 1997 When I first started with the Plough Jag we performed during the week, not on a Saturday as now. Our first performance of the day was usually at a primary school in front of the children and we all agreed that they were our best audiences. It was also very satisfying to go to Old Peoples Homes on a couple of occasions because we met residents who remembered the plo