Dwile Flonking From Harleston

1967 , Harleston (Norfolk)

Cat no. 143028

Anglia Television report on a 'traditional' East Anglian sport.

Michael Cole reports from Harleston Carnival in Norfolk, where teams from Harleston and Halesworth are competing in a 'ye olde Dwile Flonking contest' in which they take turns dancing around each other and attempt to avoid a beer-soaked dwile cloth. Cole interviews Doug Harper, the willfully eccentric 'non-playing chief flonker' of the Harleston team, who attempts to outline the rules and organisational structure of the sport, and explain the virtues of a champion Dwile Flonker, namely the 'capacity to take beer' and 'be an idiot'.

Featured Events

Harleston Carnival, 1967

Keywords

Pub games; Sports; Traditions

Production company : Anglia Television
- Name: 1126875
- Activity: production company
- Source Note: Credit Source (data migration 25/06/2021) collection
- Text: Anglia Television
Presenter : Michael Cole
- Name: AUTH6812
- Activity: presenter
- Source Note: Credit Source (data migration 25/06/2021) Anglia notes
- Text: Michael Cole

Manifestations

Dwile Flonking From Harleston

Genre: Television / News / Sport
Locations: Harleston (Norfolk)
Description Type: monographic
Related to: Anglia News
Related to: Anglia news
Subject: carnivals / dwile flonking / Doug Harper / pub games

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