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10 April 2019

Simon Brock’s journey to becoming a Clog Maker

Simon Brock making clogs

Simon Brock has written a series in the FedExtra magazine about his journey to become a clog maker, making clogs for morris and step dancers across the country, and where he finally answers the question “Why do you want to make clogs?”.

  • Episode 1 ‘serendipity, generosity, and big scary knives’ in Autumn 2017, pages 14-15
  • Episode 2 ‘obtaining timber, nobody is safe in retirement, first attempt at making clogs’ in Winter/Spring 2018, pages 22-23
  • Episode 3 ‘a proper launch’ in Summer/Autumn 2018, pages 14-15
  • Episode 4 ‘an anniversary of sorts’ in Winter/Spring 2019, page 14-15

Simon’s work has been generously assisted by a grant from The Morris Federation.

For more information about Simon Brock see: Simon Brock Clog Maker and Leatherworker

Filed Under: News Tagged With: clog maker, grant, leatherworker, morris federation, sheffield, Simon Brock

1 July 2016

Dancing England 2017

logo-draft-1The Joint Morris Organisations welcome the return of Dancing England in 2017 as an opportunity to showcase the best of our broad range of traditional dance to the highest standard. We look forward to some of our member teams participating and wish you every success.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2017, dancing, england, morris, sheffield

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Clog Stepping for Beginners Workshop

18 January 2021

Practices go online

6 January 2021

Leeds Morris Men go digital

26 December 2020

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