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Morris Men take over Trafalgar Square for the Westminster Day of Dance 2013
Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | No CommentsTrafalgar Square was a blur of waving hankies, stick rattling, sword entwining and jangling bells on Saturday as the Westminster Morris Men led their annual Day of Dance. -
![I love mad stuff like this. Every Mayday bank holiday weekend, the south coast town of Hastings turns into a place for mass Pagan celebrations, with a series of traditional […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hastings-grand-procession-051-115x115.jpg "Hastings Jack In The Green Procession 2012: marching green men, morris dancers and drummers galore")
Hastings Jack In The Green Procession 2012: marching green men, morris dancers and drummers galore
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | No CommentsI love mad stuff like this. Every Mayday bank holiday weekend, the south coast town of Hastings turns into a place for mass Pagan celebrations, with a series of traditional […] -
Crowning the Queen of May, Hastings Castle
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 | No CommentsOn the site of an ancient castle overlooking a south coast town, I witnessed a quintessentially English scene as the Queen of May was crowned in Hastings, East Sussex. -
![Being Welsh, St George’s Day means bugger all to me, but I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the bell-jangling, stick-clattering, accordion-bothering shuffle of Morris Dancers, and they […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/st-george-morris-dancers-london-07-115x115.jpg "Morris Dancers at Oxford Circus on St George’s Day")
Morris Dancers at Oxford Circus on St George’s Day
Posted on Saturday, Apr 23, 2011 | No CommentsBeing Welsh, St George’s Day means bugger all to me, but I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the bell-jangling, stick-clattering, accordion-bothering shuffle of Morris Dancers, and they […] -
![Most people may deem them to be as cool as a heatwave on Planet Mercury, but I rather like Morris dancers – I mean, they drink a lot, dance about […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/morris-dancers-southbank-005-115x115.jpg "Morris dancing on the Southbank – 110 photos!")
Morris dancing on the Southbank – 110 photos!
Posted on Monday, Sep 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsMost people may deem them to be as cool as a heatwave on Planet Mercury, but I rather like Morris dancers – I mean, they drink a lot, dance about […]