Cricket on the Hearth

Appalachian

​

Cutlers Gate - POSSIBLY   are a Border Style Morris Team conceived in 2020 amidst the chaos of the Covid Epidemic. They currently boast 20 members. This year their repertoire will include some of their own dances as well as some they have learnt from experience of others. Their kit is based on the colours of a Peacock. Based in Sheffield their name is a nod to the great cutlery industry of the City and a very tiny road off Derek Dooley Way.
 

Fiddle ‘n’ Feet   Maybe    Appalachian dance team was formed approximately 20 years ago. They are based in Shipley, West Yorkshire. Their style of dancing originates from the American Appalachian Mountains and they use tap shoes and dance on boards. They are accompanied by their musicians who play old time and bluegrass tunes.
 

Hathor dance troupe perform a mixture of Traditional and (slightly) more Modern belly dance styles. Over the last 24 years they have performed at hundreds of Community and Charity events as well as Private Functions, and always encourage audience participation. They rehearse at a dance studio in Huddersfield, where Troupe leader Ann Wear runs all her classes.
 

Milltown Cloggies are based in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester and have been dancing both locally and across the country since 1989. They dance in the North West tradition, wearing clogs. Many dances originate in the mill towns of Lancashire and North Cheshire. Their eclectic band provides the lively music. They still have five of their founder members in their side.
 

Pecsaetan Morris   MAYBE   (pronounced “Peck-suh-tan”) are a women’s Cotswold side, formed in 2001 and based in Sheffield. Look out for precise lines, unusual Bledington hook-legs (ask one for details!), and fabulous music.
 

Powderkegs     MAYBE   are a mixed side of Border Morris dancers and musicians formed in 2001 and based in Whaley Bridge in the Peak District. They take their name from the old gunpowder mills near their home, and their red, yellow, and gold tatters symbolise fire. The side’s evolving repertoire includes an explosive mixture of traditional and more modern dances, including a number of dances written by the side’s own members.
 

Saddleworth Morris Men   MAYBE   perform their own North West Morris dances, written and developed by the side over the years. Each dance is named after a Saddleworth village. A member of Saddleworth receives two bells for each clog at the start of each season. Longer standing members have vast clusters of bells on each clog. They organise the Saddleworth Rushcart every August.
 

Saddleworth Women's Morris and Clog   MAYBE   are a new North West Morris and step clog side which started in January 2024. They practice at Denshaw Village Hall in Saddleworth each Wednesday evening. The idea for the side came out of discussions on a local community Facebook page in autumn 2023. However, 2 people who saw this were Lucy Marstin a former Wakefield Morris dancer, and Ed Worrall a dancer and musician with Saddleworth Morris Men. After they ran a whirlwind social media campaign locally in Saddleworth, they now have some 25+ active members!
 

Slubbing Billy's are a mixed North west Morris side, founded in 1986, with a distinctive purple, woollen kit and fresh flowers in their bowlers hats. Most members live in the Holme and Colne Valleys and they practice on Tuesday evening in Slaithwaite. They are an inclusive side and are always happy to welcome new dancers and musicians – no prior experience necessary – so please talk to them if you would like to give Morris dancing a try.
 

Thieving Magpie POSSIBILITY   is a mixed border Morris side from Marsden in the Pennine Hills of Yorkshire, formed in 2006. They like waving big sticks around and yelling. They may not be a vision of terpsichorean delight, but they do give it some welly. The collective noun for Magpies is a 'murder' but they haven't murdered anybody yet.. Their motto is 'Leave nowt but wood,blood and feathers!'.
 

T'Owd Man Border Morris. Dancing Morris with Attitude (in a border style) since 2020. T'Owd Man is the affectionate name given to the medieval bas-relief carving of a lead miner, currently found in St Mary's Church, Wirksworth, Derbyshire and believed to be the earliest existing depiction of a miner. They wear tatters of black, silver and grey to pay homage to the lead mining heritage of their local area.

Betty Lupton's Ladle Laikers

​

Hadrian Clog

​

Ringheye Morris

​

Mons Meg Rapper and Sword

​​