ANNUAL DINNER DANCE Held in early March
The Annual Dinner Dance at the Hoburne, includes a
three course dinner, coffee and mints.
Plus a live band to entertain into the small hours.
PUSSYFOOT DINNER Held in June
Prawn Cocktail, Salmon, Lobster or Crab. Bottle of Wine of your choice. Brandy, Coffee and Mints.
A comedian is normally booked for the entertainment.
Some history about the Pussyfoot meal:
After the Great War, many of the Mudeford fishermen on returning from the war and missing the cameraderie of service life, started to meet in a hut at the rear of the (old) village hall.
They soon started to take a drink into the hut with them (which was unlicensed) and consequently the locals started to refer to them as ‘Pussyfooters’. This was because the main proponent of prohibition in the USA at that time was
‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson.
This was the start of the Pussyfoot Club. (See the black and white photo in the Men’s Bar of the ‘Stanpit Road Pussyfoot Club’).
The ‘Pussyfoot Dinner’ commenced in 1970 and has been a regular annual event since then. The seafood meal is in defference to the founders of our Club. Fisherman still work out of Mudeford and several familes are members of the Club.
Picture of
William Eugene ‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson.
