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
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.
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:-
Newspaper cutting reporting on Tramps' Supper put on by Pumpkin Club to raise funds for the elderly residents on Bampton. Held in the Cotswold Grill and the Food donated by Dave Passmore the proprietor. Prizes were given to the best dressed Tramps. The Weekend activities included Judging of Whitsun Garlands made by Children, prizes went to Andrew and Mark Whitlock, George and Amanda Gascoigne and Floyd and Christine Curtis. Morris Dancing and an Art Exhibition were also held. The cuttings are from the Standard, Times, & Echo dated Friday 1st June 1973. “Holiday festivities in Bampton”, “Bampton shirt race comes of age” and “Bampton Annual Fête”
Newspaper Cutting reporting on the Annual Fete held in the Old School Playing Field (Sandfords Field) Bampton in 1973. There was a knock out Competition, and displays by the Fire Brigade and the Morris Dancers. The Competition was won by the Jubilee Team who apparently had to wade through the muddy stream.
6 Pages article about Francis Shergold written by Keith Chandler Francis Shergold resigned as Squire of the Bampton Morris in November 1995, after an astonishing 60 years as dancer with the side - 45 of those as Squire. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the EFDSS in 1996 as had the former Squire, 'Jinky' Wells, some 38 years before. With the rebirth of MT, it seemed an appropriate time to commission an article on Francis, as he assumed the mantle of Honorary President of the side. At 79, he continued to participate in all the side's activities, including the dancing at times, Keith Chandler's article follows Francis' career through to the 1980s,