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Morris dancer Sam Bennett, of Ilmington, was famed for his own broom dance. A 1926 film of him performing it, complete with sound, was made in the year before the release of Hollywood’s first ‘talkie.’
Sam’s broom dance is still performed in Ilmington, and his hobby horse – also called Sam – continues to turn out with the village side, despite being more than 100 years old.
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