| |  | | L - R centre: Ann Barber, Sheila Swales, Cyril Swales, Maureen Croft. L - R Top: grandsons Mark and James Barber. Bottom centre: granddaughter Sophie Swales |
| |  | | Sheila (centre) and Maureen (right) |
| |  | | Garland dancing: Sheila, Ann, Maureen (1st, 2nd and 3rd from left) |
| |  | | Dancing clog: Ann, Sheila, Maureen |
| |  | | Dancing sword: Cyril is on the extreme right |
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Garland dancing
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Garland dancing is a sort of female Morris dancing which supposedly originated in Lancashire. The Swale family, despite living in Scarborough in Yorkshire, are practitioners of the noble art - all three generations of them. There's Sheila, Cyril, their grown-up daughters Maureen, who works in a bank and Ann, a hospital clerk, plus the latest recruit, granddaughter Sophie.
Home Truths reporter Philippa Budgen took the train North to meet them.
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