Pump House Clog Morris are a friendly and welcoming mixed North West Morris Side from Watford in Hertfordshire. New members are always welcome. Learn some traditional English dances and enjoy dancing out at events, both locally and further afield at Festivals and Days of Dance.
Most of our dances originate from the mill towns of Lancashire and surrounding counties, hence North West Morris. When the English textile industry was at its peak, the mill girls wore clogs to work in, and perhaps to distract themselves from the noise and monotony of the work, they would move their feet to the rhythm of the looms and eventually turning these rhythms into dances which would have been performed at festivals such as Easter, Christmas and May Day. Today we perform dances, sometimes passed on from other sides, and some we adapt to suit our style. Sometimes we might perform a dance from a different ‘style’ just to keep life interesting!
The short video was shared in several formats (landscape/portrait modes) and posted on several social media sharing services:
The following short video (available in landscape and portrait formats) are also available on YouTube. Note these videos were published in week 37 (3 September 2025).
Download short video: (landscape mode) – (portrait mode)
To download click on link and then right-click video and chose Save video or similar option (may differ on browsers).
See the “Dissemination Channels for your Side’s Videos” document for suggestion on how to use the video.
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