1973 Jag Day
Start of the 'Coleby Plough Jag' (often called Scunthorpe Plough Jags by the Press)
Date: Plough Monday, 8th January 1973
On the Monday before the first Official Performance of the Jag the first public performance was at Riddings Community Centre near the Pied Piper for an old folks' Christmas /New Years dinner.
Date: Friday, 12th January 1973
Van hired from Budget Car Hire £7.52
Collected £105.24.1/2 Carol Singing collection. Donation to Mencap £144
Start at John Walker's?
Frodingham Infants School.
St Hugh's Special school
Lunch at the 'Mikado' (Mickeydoo) transport cafe
Scunthorpe Precinct
West End Club- no performance
Liberal Club- no performance
Coleby Hall?
Tea at John & Gill Walker's - Bushfield Rd
Lord Roberts - Scunthorpe
The Wortley-
The Comet- no performance (Might have finished at the Comet - J.B.)
The Berkeley
Saturday- House Inn - East Ferry?
Sunday- Folk Club
Is this a complete list? Details?
Characters
Rag Fool Dave Markham
The Lady Martin Simpson
Recruiting Sergeant John Walker
Horse John Baker
Flash Hatman John Baker (There was no Flash Hatman character so the Horse spoke adapted words)
Joe Straw Mo Ogg
Beelzebub Geoff Hull
The Doctor Bob Cleveland
Besom Betty Pete Day
Hatman Pete Thompson (Married? to Ella) - Friend of Martin Simpson
Hatman Jan Oliver
Hatman Simon Trinder
Hatman Carl Hamilton
J. Baker has Photo outside Trustees Savings Bank Dunstall Street Scunthorpe
Frodingham Infants School Headmistress, Miss Allison, said that the Plough Jags always had a bell to announce their arrival and donated the school handbell - (still in use to this day)
JB is certain that the first public performance was at the Riddings Community Centre Old Folks do on Monday, 8th January because he commented to Mo Ogg on the day, that the first public performance of the revived Plough Jag was actually on Plough Monday! The official televised performances were on the Friday following Plough Monday.
Dave Markham is 90% certain that the first official Jag was on Plough Monday and the recollections of the television reports bear this out as correct.
