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Details for the 2005 season |
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The 2006 season kept up to the exceptional successes of those of the previous year, 2004, and of 2003, the 25th year since the Play was revived. Both are considered by participants and observers to have been the best two years in recent times.
For the 2005 season we supported the Trafford Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and were able to Donate £806.92 to their cause.
The Play was brought back home with a day long session starting with a visit to the Warburton Autumn Fair in the afternoon of the 5th November and finishing at the Saracen's Head in the evening of that day for the last performance of the season. Our usual festivities followed.
It's a number of years since the Play went out for it's traditional 5 consecutive nights and the Gang all looked forward to that feature of the year. As you'll read elsewhere in this site's pages the tendency has been to spread the performances out over a couple of weekends to give us fuller pubs on Friday and Saturday evenings. It also enables us to finish on the Saturday of Warburton Autumn Fair which is usually the second Saturday of November. However this year, after a bit of a mix up over dates, the Fair fell on November the 5th, the first Saturday of the month.
The following is our itinerary for this year to give you a feel for where we went.
Warburton Souling Play - Itinerary 2005
| Date | Area | Venue | Approx. Times |
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| Tuesday 1st November | Warburton | Saracens Head | 8.45pm - 9.00pm |
| Dunham | Axe and Cleaver | 9.15pm - 9.30pm | |
| Rope and Anchor | 9.30pm - 10.00pm | ||
| The Vine | 10.00pm - 10.30pm | ||
| Wednesday 2nd November | Agden | The Jolly Thresher | 8.30pm - 8.45pm |
| Little
Bollington |
Stamford Arms |
9.00pm - 9.15pm |
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| Lymm | The Bull | 9.30pm - 9.45pm | |
| Saddler's Arms | 9.45pm - 10.15pm | ||
| The Spread Eagle | 10.15pm - 10.45pm | ||
| Thursday 3rd November | Hollinfare | The Black Swan | 8.30pm - 8.45pm |
| Carrington | Windmill | 9.15pm | |
| Urmston | TBD |
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| The Roebuck | 10.00pm - 10.15pm | ||
| The Church | 10.30pm - 10.45pm | ||
| Friday 4th November | Broadheath | The Railway | 8.30pm - 9.00pm |
| Altrincham | The Malt Shovels | 9.00pm - 9.30pm | |
| The Old Market Tavern | 9.30pm - 9.50pm | ||
| The Orange Tree |
9.50pm - 10.15pm | ||
| Hale | The Railway | 10.15pm - 10.45pm | |
| Saturday 5th November | Warburton | St. Werburgh's (new) Church | 2.30pm |
| Private Function |
6.00pm - 6.15pm | ||
| Dunham | Axe & Cleaver | 7.00pm | |
| Heatley | Green Dragon | 8.00pm | |
| Railway | 8.30pm - 8.45pm | ||
| Warburton | Saracens Head | 9.15pm - 9.30pm |
One concern we had for this year is that of the new Public Entertainment Licensing Act. Our situation with this is that we would require the Publican/Manager to have ensured he is covered for public entertainment. As the type of Public House the Play is most suited to is not likely to be the type to have applied for such entertainment we have to rely on the Exemption in the Act as applied to 'Morris Dancing and associated activities'. It is understood that traditional plays such as Mumming are mentioned in the guidance given with the Act thus strengthening us being covered under that exemption. This is not an ideal situation, however, as it turned out the new Act did not cause us any problems.
This page updated: 6th April 2007.