Morris Dancing around Bampton on the late May Bank Holiday with visiting sides Manley from Rumworth and Chipping Campden.This is the Bampton Traditional Morris Men.There are two more collections of photos from 1999 at2019.21452019.2147

Two visiting teams outside the George & Dragon; Eynsham are dancing and Abingdon Morris are waiting to dance. There are no signs outside the inn so it must be post 1994.

This lovely black and white photograph shows the Bampton Traditional Morris Men standing on the steps of The Deanery in 1973. The people include:-
Dave Rose
Tony Applegate
Frank Daniels
Pete Allam
Francis Shergold, squire of the side
Jim Buckingham
Ralph Harrison
Jasper Walsh
Ray Borrett
Mark Harrison
Cyril Smith
Alan Hampton
Martin Ferguson
Michael Wheeler
Tony Daniels
Bob Allison, with cake and collection box
Bill Daniels
Harry Hampton
Reg Hall, musician
Shaun Mullis
Michael Hampton
Gary Harrison
Terry Rouse
Roy Shergold, the fool

These two pictures show the cake holder and the collection box used by the Bampton Traditional Morris Men. The inscription on the cake holder reads:-

In Memory of William Wells, 1868 - 1953. The gift of the Morris Ring to The Bampton Morris Morris Dancers. William Wells was known to all locals as Jingy.

The inscription on the collection box reads:-

Presented to The Bampton Morris Dancers 1990 by Bob West (and) Eric Stott

The lovely picture shows Frank Tanner, b1895 d1980 and his obituary written by Keith Chandler.
The young lad with Frank is Michael Hampton.

These two photographs were taken in the first half of the C20th. Sadly, I don't know their names but they look to be really enjoying themselves.

Terry Rouse began dancing in 1964 for Francis Shergold's Morris side. That year was a very wet time and Francis's side was in need of somewhere out of the rain to rehearse ready for Whit Monday and Terry invited him to use his barn at Backhouse Farm. Already a keen dancer of both ballroom and country dancing, Terry loved what he saw and asked to join the side and so began a long career both as a dancer and in the later years the Morris Fool, finally retiring in 2000.

It has become the custom to take a group photograph of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men when they dance at Grey Barn on the late May Bank Holiday Monday. This is usually about 9.15 to 9.30am.
Dancers and musicians in the photo include:-

1. Toby Perry
2. Alex Bone
3. Joe Wright
4. Simon Chatterton
5. Tom Sergeant
6. Andrew Lloyd
7. Billy Main
8. Phil Walsgrove
9. Darren Lloyd
10. Martin Landray
11. John Grout
12. Tony Daniels
13. Jamie Wheeler
14. Jonny Shuker
15. Craig Godwin
16. Reg Hall
17. Joe Perry
18. Stuart Jenks
19. Neil Tanner
20. David Townsend
21. Harry Pearce
22. Ray Borrett
23. Charles Pearce

This is a group photo of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men taken at Grey Barn house in Queen Street in 1998. President was Francis Shergold and the squire was Tony Daniels. The dancers plus musician, cake carrier/collector and fool include:-

Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1998

1. Francis Shergold, squire
2. Peter Mathias
3. John Grout
4. Martin Landray
5. Billy Main
6. Peter Peterson
7. Jamie Wheeler - musician
8. David Townsend
9. Liam Main (I think)
10. Rod Stradling - musician
11. Jason Blackwell
12. Martin Ferguson
13. Craig Godwin
14. John Shuker
15. Tony Daniels
16. Paul Townsend
17. Jasper Walsh
18. Bob West, cake carrier and collection box
19. Cyril Smith
20. Terry Rouse, fool
21. Ray Borrett
22. Frank Godwin

Francis Shergold began dancing with Jingy Wells side, (William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells) as a young man and eventually took over as squire of the side. In recognition of his decades of devotion to keeping the tradition alive in Bampton the EFDSS awarded Francis their Gold Badge in 1996 at a special evening in Cecil Sharp House, London. The Citation was given by Derek Schofield.
In one picture, after the presentation Francis can be seen with his sister Ruth and wife Ann and in another picture having a quiet pint with Sydney Alfred 'Nibs' Matthews.
Francis died in 2008 and this obituary was written by Keith Chandler.