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STOCKPORT   MORRIS

the team was reinvented in 1984 from dads whose offspring were having a good time in a school based team

the style is NOT Cotswold (white clothing + crossed belts + hankies)       
nor Border morris (rag coats + blackened faces + shouting)
but North West Processional morris (Clogs and beads) developed from a village need to lay rushes on the church floor
village churches  had no wooden or flagged floors just earth
the church was also the village hall and a hospice and the floor was covered in bullrushes which were replaced regularly and this gave rise to a celebration still observed in Saddleworth, Whitworth, Sowerby Bridge and Littleborough. 

after cutting the rushes they were paraded through the village with everyone following on behind and dancing ensued

clogs were the footwear of the period and villages developed their own dances and styles

the old Lancashire and Cheshire counties were the main areas including STOCKPORT
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the current team is a mixed side who travel as far south as Kent and Somerset and as far north as Durham

this year we are accompanied by Persephone Morris, another North West Processional team from South of Leeds who are a women only dance team but with a mixed personnel band

www.stockportmorris.co.uk
www.persephonemorris.co.uk
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Golcar Lily Day is proud to recognise that we are supported by Kirklees Council 
thank you for all they do to make it a wonderful day for their residents
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