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| Name | East Acton |
| Style | Border |
| Tradition | (Xxx) unspecified |
| New dance ? | yes |
| Origin | Old Star Morris |
| Size of set | 3, 6 |
| Hands | Long stick |
| Tunes | Donkey Riding |
| Brighton Camp | |
| Four Up by: Barry Goodman | |
| References | |
| Other Notes | Based on a comedy sketch written by Eric Sykes |
| Code | bXxxEACT |
| Checked | 1 |
| Set size | |
| Hands | Short sticks |
| Source | |
| Notes | Known as East Acton Stick Dance. Collected in our early years as a Border side. Not danced in our repertoire for some years. (2021) |
| References | As we understand it, the dance came from an episode of Hancock's Half Hour around 1955, performed by Tony Hancock, Bill Keer and Sid James. |
| Tunes |
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| Team | Loc | Vars. |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | Dorset,UK | links, tunes |
| Blackpowder | East Sussex,UK | (none) |
| Boudicca Border Morris | Suffolk,UK | set, source, tunes |
| Datchet Border | Berkshire,UK | hands, notes, links |
| Drumbeggar | British Columbia,Canada | (none) |
| Gong Scourers | Kent,UK | links |
| Green Man Morris | Faddiley, Cheshire and Whitchurch, Shropshire,UK | set, source, tunes |
| Hells Bells Border Morris | Essex,UK | tunes |
| Hoylake Border | Hoylake Wirral,UK | tunes |
| Hunter's Moon | East Sussex,UK | (none) |
| Minster Strays | North Yorkshire,UK | (none) |
| Mish Mash | East Sussex,UK | notes, tunes |
| OBJ | Berkshire,UK | (none) |
| Powderkegs | Derbyshire,UK | (none) |
| Quicksbottom | British Columbia,Canada | (none) |
| Rackaback | Yorkshire,UK | tunes |
| Roundhill | Steyning, West Sussex,UK | set, notes, tunes |
| Shinfield Shambles | Berkshire,UK | (none) |
| Two-Headed Sheep | Cumbria,UK | (none) |
| Wharfedale Wayzgoose | Yorkshire,UK | (none) |
| Wyld Morris | Dorset,UK | tunes |