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Description: | Clog dancing was introduced in the 19th Century (from at least 1870) when miners and mill workers wore clogs. Even small children used clogs for every day footwear. Tapping toes and heels eventually created dance steps and became a popular pastime. This lead to the creation of clog contests with Championship Belt or purse of money being awarded to the winner. This picture shows a clog team at Newcastle posing for a picture in 1916.The portrait forms part of a collection held by Beamish Museum. The photographs come from various sources and range in date from 1880 to 1932. Amongst the subjects are famous Northumbrian pipers Tom Green and Thomas Clough, as well as local composer and character Tommy Armstrong. The collection also includes some of the earliest photographs of clog and rapper dance teams and provides a rare visual archive of traditional music at this time. ; A collection of photographs of North-East composers, musicians and performers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. | Rights holder: | rights holder : Beamish Museum | Subjects: | clog dancing | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:B0700701 | Go to resource |
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