Summary: Vol. 25 Issue 1

Published: January 2006

Table of contents

• The Morris Dance, from “Something For Everybody” (1861), by John Timbs 
• Fowlers Molly, by Sarah Crofts 
• Farewell to Mick Brooks 
• The Reconstruction of the Holton-le-Clay Straw Man, by George Frampton 
• Robert Dover, Dr William Brookes and all the Olympic Games by Roy Dommett 
• Morris in 2012, by Long Lankin 
• Pub Morris 
• Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival – an update, by George Frampton 
• On English Ground 
• Licensing Act update

Editorial

Happy New Year! I read a book review about “Monkeyluv “1 in which the hypothesis is made that at certain stages our minds become closed to new experiences , whether they be food, music , fashion (or dance?). The age cut-offs were that we reach the threshold at 35for music, 39 for food and 23 for body decoration (such as tongue studs). He didn’t examine dance but I wonder what age that would be – at what age are people no longer prepared to try morris dancing?!

The underlying theme for this issue is the Olympics. You can always rely on Roy Dommett to have researched a topic thoroughly and sure enough , there I was in mid-December wondering what I was going to fill this issue with and I looked through some of his notes handed to me over the years. And lo & behold, with the Olympics as a hot topic, he is a veritable mine of information about matters linked to the Olympics . Fascinating stuff. Part 2 will be in the next issue.

And – Vote for Morris – for those who haven ‘t yet voted – visit www.icons.org.uk /nom to vote for morris dancing as a British icon – it was doing well as of mid January.