https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/20/at-the-pearlies-harvest-festival/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/20/at-the-pearlies-harvest-festival/#comment-1025387 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:09:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138468#comment-1025387 When I visited there was Maypole dancing and Morris Dancing,
Indeed & we shall be there again, next weekend – look for the red/yellow/green “colours” & the stags-head symbol on the front of our baldrics, for the men & red socks/black skirts for the ladies (Chingford Morris Men)
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]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/20/at-the-pearlies-harvest-festival/#comment-1024784 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:42:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138468#comment-1024784 I went along to it a couple of years ago and what a fun afternoon it was!
Make sure you brush up on the words to all the Cockney classics beforehand, as you’ll definitely want to join in with the singing!!

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