The Fentham Jig
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THE FENTHAM JIG (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Gillian Jennings Birmingham Platinum Book 20171- 8 1s set to 2s on side and change places (Men RH, Ladies LH). 1s+3s set on sides and turn once round (Men LH, Ladies RH). 1s face out. 213
9-16 1s dance Fig of 8 on sides, 1M dancing down behind 3M, 1L up behind 2L to start. 1s pass RSh to face 1st corners
17-24 1s turn 1st corners RH, pass RSh, turn 2nd corner RH, pass RSh to end 1M facing 3M, 1L facing 2L (corners dance 4 bars in turns)
25-32 RSh reels of 3 across (6 bars) and 1s cross RH (bars 31-32) with 1M polite turn to face down
(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)
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George Fentham (1630-1698) was born the son of a churchwarden in Hampton in Arden and became a successful businessman in the city of Birmingham.Hampton in Arden is a village and civil parish located in the Forest of Arden in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England (halfway between Birmingham and Coventry).
Upset by the poverty around at the time he left money in his will to "relieve and comfort the honest, deserving and industrious poor", but not "the idle and vitious".
He established the George Fentham Birmingham Charity as well as the George Fentham Trust. Fentham Hall in Hampton in Arden is managed by his charities trustees and is a popular venue for Scottish country dances.
In his will he provided a considerable amount of funding for a schoolmaster and apprenticeships for the children around Hampton in Arden.
The plaque on the wall of the old school building in Hampton in Arden (now a private house) states:
"By the charity of George Fentham this school was erected in the year 1782. Under the care of Henry Venour, Joseph Crockett, William Osbourn, Henry Chinn his trustees."
Historically, George Fentham School
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