Welcome to the MMM Web-site
Manchester Morris Men have been dancing since 1930 and dance both North-west Clog Morris and Cotswold Dances. Over the years, we have danced in many places and at all sorts of events. On Thursday evenings in summer you may see us dancing outside one of the pubs in the local area, and at weekends we may be away in other parts of the UK or Europe.
The North-west Dances we perform are from Oldham, Mossley, New Mills, Godley Hill, Colne, Medlock, and Abram. And the Cotswold Dances, selected each year by the squire, are from various villages in Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties. These currently include dances from Bampton, Bledington, Bucknall, Fieldtown and Lichfield.
There are currently around 15 active members, and the music for the team normally consists of a melodeon (or two), whistle, concertina and accordion, with the addition of a drum for the North-west dances.
The photo above shows MMM dancing in Oxford on May Morning, 2012 (photo: P.Rutter)
There are other photos of the MMM in the
Photos & Events
section ; and photos since 2010 are on our
Flickr
site.
All the photos, show our costume of red and yellow sashes,
blue cummerbund, black breeches with yellow piping and red stockings.
For the Cotswold morris we wear blue and yellow bell pads below our knees;
but for the North-west dances we swap these for clogs and flowered bowler hats.
To contact MMM, or ask if we can perform at your event, please
Keith Ashman, the Bagman (Secretary) for MMM.
Alternatively, if you do not have email, phone Keith on 01565 653970
NB Unfortunately we are unable to dance at any time over the Jubilee weekend (1-5 June)
If javascript is disabled on your computer, the MMM email address to use is
MMM dancing along The High, Oxford May Morning 2012 (above)
( thanks to "benthejrporter" for shooting the video )
for another video in Oxford, see the link next to "Tue 1 May"
Where to see us in May 2012
8:00pm The Didsbury, Wilmslow Road
8:00pm Old Wellington, City centre
8:00pm Metropolitan, West Didsbury
Please see the Programme for the full list of this year's events.
Last Modified 18 May 2012