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THE FLUFFIES  

What, some of you may ask, were the Fluffies?  What you should ask is who were the Fluffies as over the years that they were active, many members took part.

The story goes back to 1982 when the Club lost one of its key members, Stan Gee.  Stan was a figurehead of the Club and also active in folk music and dance so after he died, when his wake was being planned, we decided to set up a "Fluffy" team of so-called Morris dancers, like the cheer-leaders in America.

The team decided on some music (provided by Geordie) and got Liz to devise and develop a dance which was simple enough for us to follow, even if not entirely sober, but still interesting to the onlookers.  The end result was performed at several places and the helmets, skirts and shakers still exist.  The first performance at Poynton involved crepe paper skirts (which got ripped off at the end of the dance by a sex-mad audience) and newspaper shakers.  By the time we went to Chapel-en-le-Frith (photograph above) we had dyed mop heads as shakers but for the last performances we had the proper things as you will see on the video.

Enjoy the page!

Fluffies appearances

Poynton Folk Club - 1982

Kinder (Stan's ashes being deposited) - 1983

Buxton Carnival - 

Ashbourne Carnival - 1985

Chapel-en-le-Frith School fete - June 1986

Pindale Cavers' Fair - 1993

Matienzo celebrations at Dalesbridge - 2010

Fluffies - the video

This video was made at the cavers' fair in Pindale and includes footage of events at the fair before the Fluffies come on in the evening.  See if you can spot who was there.

Now we have the 2010 video too.

Fluffies - the team

There were eight members in the team but many people took part over the years.

and supporters: Vera Glen, Ethel Burton, Liz Taylor (instructor), and others.  (1-8 were members of the team in the first event at Poynton)

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