Second short film by Roy Barratt showing Morris Dancers and flower garlands at Whitsun 1962 and 1963. Some participates in Shirt race can be named as Mikey Smith, Frank Hudson, Frank Purslow, Albert Radband and in the Flower Garlands some of the children can be named as Teresa Lock, Wendy Radband, Elaine Howell, Sylvia Barber, Philip Curtis, The cover photo shows the children's shirtrace starting from the Swan Pub in Buckland Road.
Photograph of Francis Shergold's Morris side in 1964 with the names of some of the team Francis and Roy Shergold Alec Wixey Jim Buckingham Pete Allum Arthur Hayes
Alec Wixey is the dancer in Royal Marines uniform. He caught the train from Lympstone barracks in Devon to Swindon, got a lift to Bampton, danced all day in full uniform and went back to barracks in the evening. Francis & Roy Shergold on the left, Pete Allam far right. Sitting , on the right, is Mrs. Ellis with Gary Gerhardt and Mrs Snook with Wayne. Standing on the left are Sheila Stephens and Margaret Clements (Hayes).
Third Film by Roy Barratt showing Morris Dancers in Bampton in 1965. Some participants can be named Frank Purslow, Frances Shergold, Cyril Smith Frank Daniels Covering Photo shows Jingy Wells with the cake, George Hunt dancer and George Dafter circa1950
Photo of Abingdon Morris Men in Ock Street, Abingdon, a young Cyril Smith on left. Used as the cover for English Dance and Song publication Winter 1966
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.
Francis Shergold's Morris Dancing team about 1969 with names taken by Keith Chandler Roy Shergold, Bill Daniels, Reg Hall, Cyril Smith, Dave Rose, Pete Allum, Terry Rouse, Steven Govier