Bampton Morris Men in Church View
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- 2004
Photograph by Michael Cooper showing Morris Dancers in Church View with names
2004
Janet Westman
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Bampton Morris Men in Church View
Photograph by Michael Cooper showing Morris Dancers in Church View with names
2004
Janet Westman
Morris Dancers in Church View 2004
Photograph from Michael Cooper showing Dancers in Church View in 2004. with names
Janet Westman
Curruthers Twins in Morris Attire
Photograph of Curruthers Twins as Morris Dancers
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men
Photo of Francis Shergold and Bob Allison described as a lovely man he was the
Cake bearer 1962-1989. Died 1994.
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men
Sam Bennett born (1865-1951) from Ilmington, a frequent dancer and musician in Bampton, this photo dated 1920
Sam had the distinction of being called “a rotter” by Cecil Sharp. He was responsible for reviving the Morris tradition in the Warwickshire village of Ilmington. Although a fiddle player himself, he learned the tunes from a local pipe and tabor player, Tom Foster, who “no longer had enough teeth to hold the pipe in place” In the process of reviving the dances, Bennett did some improving and inventing along the way. To Sharp, this was inexcusable meddling; what he most treasured about traditional dance was that is was supposedly not the work of individual creativity, but of centuries of continuous evolution by the common, preferably uneducated people. Bennett was recorded in 1933 by a Harvard academic, James Madison Carpenter. Being a self-taught fiddler, and having learned his tunes directly from a piper, it is little wonder that his playing, though very rhythmic, was plain and unadorned except with frequent open-string drones.
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken on 6th June 1927
left to right Tanner snr. Billy Flux, E Lay, Hudson. Bertie Hunt, Freddie Tanner, (written on back)
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1934
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken on in 1934
Jingy Wells on fiddle, George 'Punch' Smith, Reg Whitlock Dancer
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1951
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken on 1951
outside Elephant and Castle,
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1968
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken in 1968 in Ireland
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1970
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken in 1970 in Deanery Gardens
Left to right, on extreme left Roy Shergold fool, Bill Daniels, centre
of picture Frank Daniels, Terry Rouse, Dave Rose’s face just seen on
the right.
Janet Westman