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Sea Shanties By Toc H

AT the first annual meeting of the new Hornsey Branch, a special programme of sea chanties was given by members of the Crouch End Toe H. The singers were dressed as a Life-boat Crew in jerseys and caps, and all the chanties were sung with the action appropriate to each. In the capstan chanty, for example, the capstan was represented by a bicycle wheel on a tripod, and the capstan bars by the states of Boy Scouts..