Clog dancing's big street revival

Britain's cottonmill workers used to dance it. Then it became a mark of shame. Now clog dancing has returned to where it belongs – the streetsThe streets of Newcastle have begun to echo with a sound that has not been heard since the industrial revolution. A sharp, rhythmic knocking can be heard among the Saturday crowds in Eldon Square, one of the city's busiest intersections. It sounds a little like the clatter of hooves, though there are no horses in sight.What the shoppers do not realise i...

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