Jack In The Green, May 2005
 

After twelve long months of anticipation and Spunky's countdown, we were at last here again!

Friday night saw the Old Town fill with people, staggering from pub to pub.
The session in the Stag was superb (click here, 1.6m). It was full of familiar faces and as usual,
Twiggy was on the door!

Saturday saw Marti's first Cotswold with Mad Jack's at Winkle Island, along with Hannah's Cat and many other guest sides.

Sunday was May Day and so many rose early to meet at 4:30 for "Dancing up the Dawn".
It was a shock to find after 11 years of promising, Si actually got out of bed and came along.

Early on Monday, the torrential downpour was rather worrying after last year's deluge.
But as soon as the drumming started in the Fisherman's Museum, the clouds parted and
the sun shone through.

The rest of the Gay Bogies arrived enforce and gave a certain bogie a taste of that moral obscenity known as "The Gay Bogie Grab"

Finally, the doors of the museum flew open and Jack made his appearance once again,
the whole merry event illuminated by bright sunshine.
This cordial weather put a spring in the step of all the Bogies... in combination with the
exchange of hip flasks!

All the familiar faces could be seen and the crowds were out in their thousands,
to witness again the May-tide magic of Jack in The Green.

We have so many good images this year, there are two pages.

Click here for 2005 page 2!
 
       
The Standard in
full leaf once
more!		 Twiggy has
reappeared...
Bigger..twiggier..
 Marti's first
"Cotswold" ..
Courtesy of
Brain 		Dog Rose...
How do we
follow that??		 Undaunted....
Mad Jack's Men
in full flow in
George St.
 
 
           
 
Marti rattles one
out for Hannah's
Cat at the Mass
Stand. 		"Early one
morning"...
4.30am...Cough
splutter.... 		"The Cat",
dancing in
dawn, in the
Ladies Parlor		 Mad Jack's,
give it some
welly!		 Derek's May Pole,
with fierce
Dragon atop!
 
         
 
The big day
arrives and the
Beer Fairies are
ready for action!		 "The Duke"
ready for a day
of revelry!		 Slightly damp
Bogies, guard the museum...
 The lady with
parasol

Always had a
thing about hot
blackcurrant...
Matt, in purple!
 
           
 
Black Sal, and
Earl Grey!		 Paddy, Mick, Jon
and Marti, prepare
for Jack's release.		 Keef looks
around at the
assembling
crowd....		 The Gay Bogies
arrive. Si and Craig...up for
some fun.. 		Paul and Spen..
They've been
plotting
something?..
 
         
 
Craig and Ju..
Something's
afoot?....
hmmm		 And of course
Mick....
But what's happening?

"Revenge is a dish best served cold"....
A Bogie, who for reasons of decency
shall remain nameless, falls foul
to the moral mishap known as.. "The Gay Bogie Grab"

Er..........
Moving swiftly on......
 
         
 
As the drumming
increases, the Beer
Fairies notice the sun
is breaking through		 The atmosphere is 
electric, as the
assembled crowd
awaits Jack's release

No mistaking,
Clerical Error!

 A hush falls over the
crowd as a voice booms
out, announcing the
appearance of Jack...
 
         
 
But who is the "Fashion Icon " making the announcement? Nick, upstages
everyone,
including the
GB's		 Cheers and whoops
ring out, as the doors
of the museum are
opened wide.......		 The sun is gleaming, as
our old friend, Jack In The
Green joins the excited
crowd..........
 
           
 
With blue sky
and smiling
faces, Jack is
ready to dance		 He wears
with pride
a spectacular
new crown...		 The Ladies
perform their
dance of magic
around him....		 Jack is also
thrilled with
the superb weather!		 Jack is reborn!! and he's
ready to lead the
procession, as it winds
its way through the
Old Town's streets
See more images here on page two!