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BCA - 2022.3680
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Francis Shergold receives the EFDSS Gold Badge 1996 plus obituary for him in 2008
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- 1996 2008 (Creation)
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pdf of 5 photographs, 2 pages of the citation, 2 pages of his obituary
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Francis Shergold began dancing with Jingy Wells side, (William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells) as a young man and eventually took over as squire of the side. In recognition of his decades of devotion to keeping the tradition alive in Bampton the EFDSS awarded Francis their Gold Badge in 1996 at a special evening in Cecil Sharp House, London. The Citation was given by Derek Schofield.
In one picture, after the presentation Francis can be seen with his sister Ruth and wife Ann and in another picture having a quiet pint with Sydney Alfred 'Nibs' Matthews.
Francis died in 2008 and this obituary was written by Keith Chandler.