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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	1 Feb 2020 19:03
	Up Helly Aa :-D :-D : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-51294326
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: December 2008 Posts: 5,372 Send Message	Florence61	Report	1 Feb 2020 19:48
	Yes Maggie, saw this on my local tv. Apparently women are moaning because it excludes women from taking part although I think they have"minor roles" in the celebration. Im assuming you witnessed it whilst you were there? Florence in the hebrides
	Researching: house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	1 Feb 2020 20:08
	We (well I) went twice - once with my OH, once without. Amazing nights had on both counts with village and church halls turned into drinking establishments (they were allowed to stay open all night, pubs weren't!) p 'Guisers' turning up, doing a turn, having a drink, then going on to the next hall. Then (us) staggering home at 6am! :-S Though, when I went alone, I ended up at a lovely elderly lady's house, just down the road from the hall I was visiting that year. :-D :-D (I did know her vaguely, though hadn't gone to the hall with her)
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842