Gordon Batty Collection – Quakes and Ale San Francisco 1991
Category Archives: Dances
Gordon Batty Collection – Rochdale Rushbearing 1994
Gordon Batty Collection – Saddleworth Rushbearing 1994
JMO National Day of Dance 30th March 2019
On 30th March 2019 Medlock Rapper hosted the Joint Morris Organisation’s Day of Dance in Manchester with around 50 teams of morris dancers performing throughout the city centre. Unfortunately it was a case of so many dancers, so little time.
Additional photos courtesy of Lee Reilly
Gordon Batty Collection – Shaw and Crompton Rushbearing 16th July 1994

REVIEW – The Fool and his Dancers: Tales of Dark Morris from the Wild Welsh Border by Rob Elliot
Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far, away…
It is a time of rebellion, Morris Dancing has been brought into submission by Cecil Sharp and has been reduced to a quaint show for those too slow to run away from the sound of approaching bells.
In an area far from the bright centre of the morris universe a small group turn their back on the empire and join the dark side, engaging in a morris style from a forgotten or ignored past.
Read more »Gordon Batty Collection – Littleborough Rushbearing 1993
Collection of photos taken on 14th & 15th August 1993 at Littleborough Rushbearing Festival
Littleborough Rushbearing 2015
Whitworth Rushbearing 2014
I only went to take photo and video, but a certain member of Thieving Magpies forced me to take part as well…
