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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #80 on: January 25, 2012, 11:25:01 PM »

The food fights did used to get a bit out of hand sometimes, but we weren't always the guilty party. Hartley go so fed up that they tried to come up with a meal for the feast which couldn't be thrown (stew, mash, and salad), but were proved wrong -- not by us initially, we were the victims of a high-velocity low-trajectory tomato from across the room which landed in our bowl of stew and left us looking like the victims of an explosion in a pie filling factory -- after which it all went a bit pear-shaped...

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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #81 on: January 26, 2012, 12:24:36 AM »

I often wondered why we were Slightly Notorious  ...  .... .. .     :M
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #82 on: January 26, 2012, 01:02:37 AM »

At the time of the incident to which I referred earlier, Hammersmith were not involved in any chasing around in supermarket trolleys, urinating in the hall or cutting of clothing with razor blades. I was there and I am sure I would have remembered if such things had happened.

Food fights with Bath City and other daft behaviour when Hammersmith and Bath City got together were de rigeur, but they didn't happen at the Ring meeting that caused the Ring hierarchy to try to expel us. I am not even sure that Bath City were at that Ring meeting.

Talking of the late great Tubby Reynolds, my favourite memory of him was at Bromyard Festival in the early '70s. We got up a side of mixed Bath and Hammersmith men to dance in the dark at what must have been around 1.00 or 2.00 a.m. All involved had been drinking heavily, including Tubby. He was leaning against the back of a van playing pipe and tabor, while we danced. After a while, we realised that he was gradually sliding down the back of the van, but he continued playing until his backside reached the ground, when he promptly fell asleep in mid-tune. Happy days!
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #83 on: January 26, 2012, 09:34:00 AM »

And I'd heard it was a combination of 1. A food fight with Bath University MM and 2. Urination in a public place.

Is there more folklore associated with the Smiffs than with all other London Morris sides put together?  ;D

I was there for the food fight with Bath...or a food fight with Bath...it was the same Ring meeting that got Bath into serious trouble for their accompanying musician (a lovely box player but a stranger to this house..) playing a piano on the back of a lorry...I saw no urination in a public place, m'lud...

Then again, it was my first Ring meeting and I may have strong drink taken.... :|glug :|glug :|glug :|glug :|glug...

The food fights did used to get a bit out of hand sometimes, but we weren't always the guilty party. Hartley go so fed up that they tried to come up with a meal for the feast which couldn't be thrown (stew, mash, and salad), but were proved wrong -- not by us initially, we were the victims of a high-velocity low-trajectory tomato from across the room which landed in our bowl of stew and left us looking like the victims of an explosion in a pie filling factory -- after which it all went a bit pear-shaped...

(yes, you *can* throw mash...)

As a young lad in Ebor Morris, I amde us a 'staff of office' using a bicycle pump with ribbons attached. It was much more functional than a Morris Ring Staff, because when  the food fights started at the Alford  feast you could use it to fire peas at Grimsby/Gorton/Brighton/Alford/Black Cap/Isca and whover else happend to be there!

That's also where we invented the infamous Ebor 'Hat Tower' as somewhere to put the top hats during the meal. It also provided a good target for bread roll chucking.....

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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #84 on: January 26, 2012, 09:49:23 AM »

Can I just say I think Theo's being ramarkably tolerant here.... (:)
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #85 on: January 26, 2012, 09:51:05 AM »

I agree!  (:)
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #86 on: January 26, 2012, 10:37:56 AM »

I agree!  (:)

Well it is general discussion, and we're STILL following the thread title faithfully... ;)
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #87 on: January 26, 2012, 11:56:15 AM »

I once saw Blackheath do 'Skirmish' , throwing the sticks acroos a huge set, to be followed by musicians throwing melodeons !

(I had to get a melodeon mention in somewhere........)
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #88 on: January 26, 2012, 07:30:31 PM »

I remember being at the Cardiff Instructional with Tubby in attendance, and Hammersmith insisted on attaching a *huge* flag of hammer and anvil in Smiffs colours to the  roof trusses of the drill hall where we were practising.
Tubby decided he wanted to just 'singe it a bit.....' whereuppon there was a huge 'whuff', flames, smoke, etc etc.... the Cardiff Squire was remarkably tolerant in telling us off. We later realised it happened under the fire sprinklers.....
At breakfast next morning, Tubby told me he only wanted to 'singe it a bit to get 'em going.....' instead it got going in flames!
In an attempt at a mid-hangover polite breakfast converstaion, I remarked on how much I enjoyed a song from the night before. Tubby innocently said he didn't know that one.... and  reminded him he sang it!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #89 on: January 27, 2012, 07:03:23 PM »

How do we pile up our top hats on melnet anyway?  >:E
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Re: Further to Lester's Thread Drift, but STILL not Morris Dancing
« Reply #90 on: February 16, 2012, 03:32:07 PM »

I'd be interested to see your evidence of mixed gender dancing in traditional teams in the early 20th century, Chris.

Arguably, the tradition the Morris Ring is upholding is one of its own invention. That said, traditions all have to start somewhere, and there are still plenty of teams out there who wish to dance in an all-male environment, which is why the Ring continues to exist.
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Some interesting quotes from William Kimber in conversation with the Squire of the Ring in 1951 (no I was not present!).
"but let me tell you there was some dancers there as would whack half the men at dancing jigs. Certainly old Jem (Jemima) Smith, she'd challenge any of 'em".

"Let me tell you there, they dances a damn sight neater than half of you do".

"Now who started the Morris in London in the first place and would there have been any Morris at all in London if it hadn't a-been for the ladies?"
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