A poster page from the 1985 exhibition of 350 years of Bampton, which was
really to celebrate 350 of the old grammar school in Church View. The poster
shows Francis Shergold's Morris side dancing in the Deanery garden with St
Mary's in the background. The picture was taken in 1956

Francis Shergold explains how Reg Hall from Croydon came to play for the Bampton Traditional Morris Men in the late 1950s and he still played for them in 2019. https://youtu.be/XNBXdTcF_c4

Article written by Keith Chandler about these two Morris Men.
Colin and ‘Curly’ (D.J. Titchener) came over to Bampton quite by accident, knowing nothing about its Morris dance tradition. They went into The Jubilee and started chatting to landlord Reg Pratley, telling him what they were interested in. Within a few minutes he was singing to them, mainly snatches, one being ‘Butter and Cheese and All’. He then produced sheets on which the words were written: Peter Kennedy had given them to him! Reg took them across to the Eagle, where Frank Purslow and Francis Shergold used to play in the bar.

Photograph of Reg Hall and Tony Daniels on the occasion of the presentation of a plate for Reg Hall being Musician for Bampton Morris for 50 years

Photograph of Reg Hall and Colin Bathe dancing a Jig outside the Eagle in 1977. Francis was the fool as Roy had sciatica

Photograph Taken in 1980 of Reg Hall playing the fiddle

Photograph taken in 1980 of Rod Stradling who played for the side quite often.

Lovely Photograph taken in 1973 of Roy Shergold Fooling

Sidmouth 1999 'Flashback' performance. Tony Daniels' Bampton Traditional Morris Men. Sidmouth 1999 "Flashback" performance. Main arena. Back row L-R:- Billy Main, Martin Landray, Gareth Knight, John Grout, Jamie Perry, Joseph Perry, Craig Godwin (elected new squire in 2014) and Jamie Wheeler on melodeon. Front row L-R:- Ray Barratt fool, Cyril Smith and Liam Main