May I have this dance?!
1950s
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Alison Young remembers attending many balls in the Assembly Rooms during the 1950s. Each dance card or programme came with a corresponding pencil with which ladies would write down the name of their dance partner!
This shows Alison’s collection of pencils from that time.
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