Saturday 28 April 2018

Jack in the Green reaches Ash at 6pm on May 1st


The crown of the Deptford Jack in the Green 
  
The Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green goes out on the streets of south east London or the City of London every May Day.

Here is the route for next Tuesday 1st May 2018:

START  Dog and Bell (opens at 11.00) 116 Prince St, Deptford, SE8 3JD.  Leave 12.00.  
12.30     Sail Loft, 11 Victoria Parade, SE10 9FR.    
13.30     LUNCH, MUSIC and DANCE STOP, Cutty Sark Gardens. 
14.45     Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Rd, Greenwich, SE10 9NY.  
15.45     Plume of Feathers, 19 Park Vista, Greenwich SE10 9LZ.  
17.00     Morden Arms, 1 Brand Street, Greenwich SE10 8SP.  
18.00     Ashburnham Arms, 25 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, SE10 8UH.  END.                

For a printable map of the route: http://www.deptford-jack.org.uk/

As usual, we will be dressing the Jack the evening before, Monday 30th April, in the back garden of the Dog and Bell, from about 6.30pm.
The Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived by members of Blackheath Morris Men and friends in the early 1980s. It is a revival of a Jack in the Green from about 1906 which was taken out around Deptford on May Day by the original Fowlers Troop.

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