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
Witney Gazette article reporting that the Morris Dancers joined Sports Week in1975 on the Church Green, Witney. Together with the Witney Scottish Dancer Club, four teams of Morris Dancers joined the pipers.
Copy of the 2016 Dance Programme for the day and listing the visiting teams for the evening. Starting at 8.30 at the old playing field New Road and finishing with Street Dancing. Squire is Craig Godwin Bushey House Grey Barn Blackthorn Cottage The Horseshoe Westbrook House Weald Manor Ham Court Mill Green Sandfords Kilmore House Churchgate House The Deanery Cobb Housae The Romany The Talbot Lavender Place Flats Bampton House Grayshot House Morris Clown Gothurst
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.