Dancing in Wilmcote

I enjoy all types of dancing, including quickstep, bopping, foxtrot, tango, however my favourite was always waltz. I had dancing lessons from young age, with Silvia Atkinson who taught ballroom dancing. She was a strict teacher, but it meant that I became very good at it, and I could go ballroom dancing once or twice a week.

A ‘party animal’

I danced as often as I could, nearly always on Saturday nights in village halls. I would often dance in my home town Wilmcote, but I would also go to Wotton-Wawen and Bearley to name a few. I was as they say ‘a party animal’, and I had high standards. Any boys I danced with had to have long legs – a short legged partner simply wouldn’t do! I would go dancing with my friends, and we would dress up in special dancing dresses, paired with white flat dancing shoes.

This story was created as part of an intergenerational digital inclusion project, in conjunction with Orbit Heart of England, with the assistance of students from Stratford Girls’ Grammar School.