Bath City Morris tribute page

BATH CITY MORRIS
1967-1997(?)

tribute page

"Perchance it only sleepeth"

Chronology
Officers
Photograph gallery
Members
e-mail group
Miscellany, including people's anecdotes and memories
Past members personal memories, anecdotes etc
A starter for a formal history page, which Olaf (olaf.kolassa@ntlworld.com) would like to get going, with contributions from everyone
Val Parker's history of the start of the women's morris revival (1971-75 at the moment)

If you're accessing the site and there is no e-mail for you, let me know so we can include you in any further news.

Bath City Morris were formed by Tubby Reynolds in 1967 based at Bath University, consisting mainly of Bath University students (such as John Connolly and Steve Hudson), with some locals and some women from Domsci (Bath Domestic Science College). As a result, the side changed almost completely every three years as students passed through the University.

Some local men joined as well, such as Phil Butler, Mike Harrington, Robin Pollard, Zot, Tom Randall, and later formed Apley Morris Men to enable them to dance outside term-times. The side practised on a Wednesday evening, firstly in the South Building, then the Pharmacy block 4W (which later became the Chemistry block when Pharmacy moved to 5E). There was usually some social dancing afterwards. While the men were practising, Betty ran a programme of folky activities for the women (e.g. corn dolly making). It included some sword dancing (for fun only) but, significantly, two dances that Roy Dommett had taught at a Morris-for-women workshop at Sidmouth in 1971. It wasn't really a 'side' at that point (that started later) Betty had started the ball rolling and the women themselves that turned it into a cohesive side, later in 1971/early 1972. This was the first modern-times all-women's Cotswold side in the world (allegedly), around the same time that Gloucester's England's Glory, Cardiff Ladies, Knots of May in Sussex (mainly garland dances) and Blackheath Ladies (later to become Meridian) started. There is some dispute as to who started first, which doubtless will never be settled. Besides, there were women's sides at Spelsbury, Kidlington and Ilmington long before. The men's side joined the Morris Ring in 1975, having had a slight problem with the headed paper reading "Bath City Morris", and so Steve Bazire made a lino cut to add "Men" after the Morris.
After Tubby and Betty moved out of Bath, there were fewer people visiting them at weekends and hence there were few musicians around and some of the momentum was lost. Also students got more serious about work and once more campus accommodation was built, students were less willing to participate in all clubs. Another factor in the fading away of the team was the growing number of buskers in Bath who discouraged the regular Morris dancing tours in Bath.
In later years Richard Lander took over the BCM mantle and kept the side running until the mid-1990s, when eventually it faded out. A feature of many years (including the late 1990's) were the Bath Ceilidhs, held regularly during the winter and spring terms in the main hall at Bath University. The swansong was the 1997 30th anniversary event at Bath, run by Richard and Jo.

What follows is an inevitably incomplete and flawed history of the side. Please add your bits by e-mailing Stephen Bazire (e-mail sbazire@ukppg.org.uk).

Kit:

Men - Black britches, white socks, approximately black shoes, white shirts, black and red baldricks, yellow Sol on front and back, odd sized (hand)kerchiefs.
Women - white blouses, red/blue/green/brown long skirts (until late 1980's) with white aprons, then a sky-blue dress with white thingy on top

Some notable events in BCMs history:

1967	Men's side formed by Tubby Reynolds at the newly evolving Bath University, with help from Betty Reynolds, and Roy Dommett
1969
1970	Was this the Dave Robinson/Buttercup year?
1971	October University intake included: Men - Andy Allan, Ian Jones, Olaf Kolassa, Colin Mallet, John ("Stainless") Long, John "Instant" Rowlands, Dave Rannie, Tony the silent Women - Val Parker, Sarah Jarrett, Margaret Jenner, Dorothy Devlin, Chris Trehayne, Chris Jones, Barbara Sinclair. Jenny Prall
1972	June - women's first (semi-)public performance in kit at University's Midsummer revels October intake included: - Men - Dave "Notso" Huber, Mick Huntley, Paul Woods, Duncan Drummond - Women - Gill Smith, Sally Wearing, Jill Coleman, Joan Robinson, Barbara Wheeler, Valerie Cranston, Barbara Butler
1973	March - women's first fully-public dance out, with Apley May - Bath City women became the first women since Sam Bennett's Ilmington Girls to dance at Bampton at Whit, with Arnold Woodley's side June - tour where Dave Huber became "not so" quiet Dave Huber August - Letterkenny Folk festival (first time for the women, men had been before) October University intake included: - Men - Adrian Ayley, Steve Bazire, Phil Roberts, John Starling, Martin Hewett - Women - Jacqui Price?
1974	March - Cardiff MM Day of Dance May - Ale, in South Building, where Adrian and Steve tried to make mashed potato by adding the mashed potato powder to water, rather than the other way round. We ran out of powder July/August - gate-crashed the Winchester Ring Meeting by pretending no one had said we weren't allowed September - weekend party at Sally Wearing's near Worcester October University intake included: - Men - Steve Palmer (I), Steve Palmer (II), Jim Cook, Ian Pedder, Ian ("Bag") Woodhouse, Martin Lear - Women - Jill Robins, Fiona Frank, Tina Forbes, Laura Hillier, Janet Campbell, Maria Price, Maureen, Melanie Fuller, Megan Thomas 31st December - New Years Eve party in Ipswich at Steve Bazire's parents house
1975	January - Bristol Morris Ale, where the women's side became (we think) the first women to be invited to a Ring side's Ale 15th February - Albert's Out of Town 26th May - Bath City women again dance at Bampton at Whit, with Arnold Woodley's side 20-22nd June - Cardiff Family weekend 28-30th June - Berkshire Folk festival July - Danced briefly for TV cameras for a "Russell Harty in Bath" programme, in which later that year we appeared for about 2 seconds (if that), Instant and yellow jacket highly prominent July - men joined the Morris Ring, and "danced in" at the East Suffolk Ring Meeting, having been encouraged by Morris Sunderland 25th July - surprise appearance at Phil and Barbara Butler's wedding in Little Bookham, Surrey 1st-10th August 1975 - summer tour, south coast (Littlehampton, Brighton etc). Unforgettable. October University intake included: Men - Jeff Dando, Dick Carlyon, Tom Orchard Women - Kris Lawrence, Pippa Heaney, Colette Cufflin, Gill Corbett, Jaddy Merlo, Sara, Diana Veale, (Jersey) Jill Skelton 31st December - New Years Eve party in London at Gill Smith's parents house in Wallingford, followed by dancing next day with Bristol Morris Men in Trafalgar Square and the Underground (which made the Sunday Times, 4.1.76)
1976	March - some BCM members stood for election to students union - Adrian Ayley gets transport secretary. Most poll around 250 votes February - Bath City Morris dance the Ducklington Dances for a Roy Dommett Ring instructional at Cecil Sharp House March - Steve Bazire and Tubby Reynolds record the Ducklington Morris tunes for a commercially available tape, recorded and marketed by Letchworth Morris Men 27th March to 3rd April - men go on Easter Canal trip along Grand Union canal 26th-29th March - women to Isle of Wight June - Cardiff family weekend 25-27th June - Berkshire folk festival 16th-28th -August - Folk camp near Le Mans (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe) in south of France September - Steve Bazire records the Ducklington Morris tunes again... October University intake included: Men - Dave Constantine Women - 31st December - New Years Eve in Ipswich again
1977	1977 - Men - Neile Taylor, Steve West 1977 - Women - Pat West 28-30th January - Cardiff Men's Instructional with Roy and Tubby 19th February - Albert's Out of Town 26th February - IVFDF Manchester February - release of Letchworth Morris tapes of Ducklington (LMM-3). March - 10th anniversary reunion weekend, which was probably only 9 years after the side formed 25th March-2nd April - Canal Tour 15-19th April - Dr Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band and BCM gig in Lille, c/o Fiona Frank, who was over there on placement 30th May-2nd June - Queen's Jubilee weekend - back-to-back ceilidhs and dancing (Dr Bowser's did 11 gigs in 15 days) June - Berkshire folk festival 7-14th August - less than successful tour in North Devon 16th-18th September - Fairland's Ale, Cheddar 23-25th September - Roy and Marguerite Dommett's weekend 31st December - New Years Eve party at Adrian Ayley's parents house in London
1978	February? - IVFDF in Southampton, dancing in the New Forest on the way home (I still have the tape) April - less than successful repeat gig by Dr Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band and BCM in Lille Easter - trip round the Broads (Fiona Frank as musician) - Steve West cannot remember ever again being as cold as he was during that week 21st-23rd July - Benfleet Hoymen Ring Meeting, with the infamous pub fight (starring Notso), pram (or supermarket trolley) pushing dance and bread roll throwing at the feast incidents, which caused the BCM and Hammersmith MM to be suspended from the ring, only to be reluctantly let back in the next year. Well, Hammersmith were reluctant anyway! 28-29th April - Cotswold tour 10th-21st August - Jersey tour, which was a good one 31st December - New Year's Eve party in Preston, at Fiona Frank's invitation
1979	21st April - BCM and scratch band do Rotaract Ceilidh in Jersey with Helier MM 25th February - Albert's Out of Town August - BCM visited Letterkenny Folk Festival
1980	19th-20th April - first BCM reunion in Talgarth Summer - week in Plymouth as part of their Drake 400 celebrations
1981	Tubby and Betty's wedding anniversary Summer - men went to Chanctonbury Ring Meeting Visit of Foggy Bottom Morris from Boston in the summer
1982	Tubby started teaching the Sherborne team 26th June - brief appearance of the M4 Morris - ex-Pats needed for a Morris competition and came last out of the seven participants in the competition. 9-11th July - reunion Talgarth, organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley
1983	1st-3rd July - second reunion in Talgarth, organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley Bath City women adopt the light blue "Alice in Wonderland" kit
1984	6th-8th July - reunion in Talgarth, organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley
1985	5th-7th July - BCM reunion in Talgarth, organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley
1986	28th Feb to 2nd March - IVFDF Manchester 15th March - Day of Dance 18th-20th May - Cardiff Ladies Spring Capers 23rd-25th May - Bampton June: 15 people go on the London-to-Brighton bike ride. The men's team travelled in full kit plus sticks & danced at least 8 stops 4-6th July - BCM reunion in Talgarth, organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley
1987	June Thos & Nicky organise day of dance for approx. 15 local teams on behalf of Bath City Council. Bath City Women adopt the Royal Blue and Red kit.
1988	1st-3rd July - BCM reunion in Talgarth (8th annual), organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley
1989	7-9th July - BCM reunion in Talgarth, organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley
1990
1991
1992	18th - 25th July - tour and holiday in Jersey
1993
1994	12-14th July - BCM reunion in Talgarth, organised by Adrian and Colette Ayley, who by this time were living in France, so a further similar event is pretty unlikely
1995	January - dance-out in Lacock followed by a BCM ceilidh February(?) - IVFDF in Exeter (as someone has noted, "I think we could kind of tell the writing was on the wall for BCM at IVFDF, when most of the team decided to go shopping instead of joining the Morris Tour!") July - dancing for 2nd European Youth Olympics in Bath
1996
1997	27th-29th June - 30th anniversary reunion weekend at Bath University
1998
1999	Demise of ceilidhs - the previous year was a good year, but when Jo and Richard came to book the hall again for the following year the University said they couldn't have it as there were so many students up there now that they were using the Small Hall as a lecture hall and they would not remove the tiered seating for the ceilidhs
2000
2001	November - Fiona Frank sets up e-mail group for boring old people like us to reminisc about how good the old times were and how bad my speeling is.
2004	September - Steve and Jill Bazire's 25th wedding anniversary, to which enough men and women come to dance at the pub on Saturday lunchtime.
2008	May - Adrian and Colette Ayley's anniversary party near Bergerac, to which enough men and women came to dance in Eymet on Saturday lunchtime.

Undated -

Easter Canal trip (with the famous occasion where Dick made a large mock radio control and Jeff drove the narrow boat round the basin at Stratford with a long pole sticking up, taking the mickey out of the radio control boat owners
All the "Albert's out of town"
The Albert's when Steve Bazire was stood at the bar between an imposing lady and Sonny (Townsend), the well-known Bampton Morris fool. Steve said something cheeky to Sonny, who replied "You cheeky bastard!". The imposing lady then said "No, he isn't", and Sonny replied "How do you know?". "...because I'm his Mother" was the (truthful) reply.
Cardiff instructionals

Officers

It would have to be noted that whilst some of us held official positions, Tubby was for most of the time the driving force, guidance system and mentor.

Year	Men's Squire	Men's Bagman	Women's Squire	Women's Bagman /lady/person	Foreman/comment
1967-8	?	?	N/A	N/A	Tubby Reynolds
1968-9	?	?	N/A	N/A	Tubby Reynolds
1969-70	?	?	N/A	N/A	Tubby Reynolds
1970-1	?	?	N/A	N/A	Tubby Reynolds
1971-2	John 'Stainless' Long	Dave Rannie	Val Parker	Sarah Jarrett	Tubby and Betty Reynolds Musicians Mike Harrington and Dave the Box (Rushton)
1972-3	John 'Instant' Rowlands	?	Val Parker	Sarah Jarrett	Tubby Reynolds
1973-4	Dave Huber (Notso)	Mick Huntley	Sarah Jarrett	Sally Wearing	Tubby and Betty Reynolds. Musicians Andy (Pest) Allen, Joan Robinson
1974-5	Adrian Ayley, then Steve Bazire	Paul Woods	Gill Smith	?	Tubby and Betty Reynolds Musicians Paul Woods, John (Instant) Rowlands, Gill Smith
1975-6	Philip Roberts then Ian Pedder	Ian (Bag) Woodhouse	Jill Coleman	Melanie Fuller	Tubby and Betty Reynolds Musicians John (Instant) Rowlands, Steve Bazire, Fiona Frank
1976-7	Adrian Ayley	Steve Palmer (1)		Melanie Fuller	Tubby and Betty Reynolds Musicians Jeff Dando and Steve Bazire
1977-8	Steve Palmer (2)	Steve Palmer (1)	Jill Robins	Colette Cufflin	Tubby Reynolds Musicians inc. Jeff Dando
1978-9	Dick Carlyon	Carl Filby	Joy Clarke	Caroline Rainger	Tubby Reynolds Musicians inc. Jeff Dando
1979-80	Tim Peters	Andy Buckley	Joy Clarke	Caroline Rainger	?
1980-1	Tim Peters or Andy Buckley	Dave Harbourn/Thos Berry	Joy Clarke	Kim Lawrence	?
1981-2	Thos Berry	Dave Harbourn	Helen Kendall?	Caroline Schoon	?
1982-3	Chris Weber	Tim Findlay	?	?	?
1983-4	?	?	Caroline Schoon (?)	Kim Corfield ?	Richard Lander
1984-5	Doug Greenwall	?	Julie Solomons	?	Richard Lander
1985-6	Thos Berry (Jeremy gave up after a few weeks)	Max Jones	Cathy Hibbert	?	Richard Lander
1986-7	Thos Berry or Jeremy Packer	?	Julie Solomons ?	?	Richard Lander. Nigel Oldbury ran the Day of Dance
1987-8	?	?	Kath Fletcher	?	Richard Lander Foreman.
1988-9	?	?	Juliette Wankling	?	Richard Lander Foreman.
1989-90	?	?	?	?	Richard Lander Foreman.
1990-1	?	?	Juliette Wankling	?	Richard Lander Foreman.
1991-2	?	?	?	?	Richard Lander Foreman. Treasurer Nicola Baker
1992-3	?	?	?	?	Richard Lander Foreman.
1993-4	?	?	?	?	Richard Lander Foreman.
1994-5	?	?	?	?	Richard Lander Foreman.
1995-6	Richard Lander	(Lucy Middleton)	?	Lucy Middleton	Richard Lander Foreman as well.

Photo archive:

Click the photos for an enlarged version of each:

	The woman dancing at the legendary Letterkenny folk festival in Northern Ireland in summer 1973, with Jill Coleman, Jacqui Price, Sarah Jarrett, Valerie Cranston, Gill Smith and Val Parker visible. Photo by Olaf Kolassa.
	Sally Wearing, Dennis Lloyd, John Starling, Mic Huntley, Steve Bazire, Duncan Drummond, Jill Coleman and Gill Smith at The George, Norton St Philip in about May 1974. Photo by Olaf Kolassa.
	Paul Woods, Ian Pedder, Steve Palmer, Adrian Ayley, Steve Bazire, John Starling, Martin Hewett and Tubby Reynolds enjoying a pint during a break from an early morning practice at IVFDF in London on 22nd February 1975. The Milk Marketing Board were not interested in this as a promotional photograph, but we tried.
	The women dance Colne Royal at IVFDF, 22nd February 1975. Dancers Gill Smith (1), Sally Wearing (2), Jill Robins (3), Tina Forbes (4), Sara (5), Melanie Fuller (6), Maria (7) and Maureen (8).
	On 26th May 1975, the women's side on the Countess of Munster's Lawn dancing Colne Royal. Dancers Gill Smith (1), Sally Wearing (2), Jill Robins (3), Tina Forbes (4), Sara (5), Melanie Fuller (6), Rachel Warlow (7) and Maureen (8).
	Bath City dance in at the East Suffolk Ring meeting, 12th July 1975. Roy Dommett (Andy Pandy), Ring Squire Morris Sunderland, Tubby Reynolds (complete with torn ligament) and Bob Johnson are visible. John "Instant" Rowlands is musician (yellow jacket) and the dance was Princess Royal "Limpley Stoke", the eccentric choice of squire Steve Bazire.
	The 1975 summer tour, seen here in Arundel. This photo appeared in the Lloyds Bank magazine, and a photo taken in the same set was used as a calendar. Dancers include John Starling, Steve Bazire, Steve Palmer (acting as fool, because of not wanting to dance too much, on account of a broken toe), Phil Roberts, Jim Mitchell and Ian Pedder.
	Tour on 11th October 1975, immediately before the establishment of the Women's Morris Federation (WMF), the next day in the Small Hall at Bath University. Excluding Phil Butler, the dancers are: Standing: Valerie Cranston, Gill Smith, Jill Coleman, Val Parker, Sally Wearing, Margaret Jenner, Jacqui Price front row Laura Hillier, Sara, Melanie Fuller.
	IVFDF in Manchester February 1977. Top row are Jim Cook, Ian "Colne" Lloyd, Carl Filby, Adrian Ayley, Steve Palmer 1, Steve Bazire, Dave Constantine. Second row are Tom Orchard, Kris Lawrence, Melanie Fuller, Steve Palmer 2. Seated are Janet, Gill Corbett, Phillippa Heaney, Rekha Shah, Wenda Cooper (who never quite got over the embarrassment of her knickers being visible in the photo) and Colette Cufflin.
	The women take up stave dancing, and take it on tour round the Cotswolds, seen here under the watchful eye of Roy Dommett and Tubby. Dancers are (left to right) Tina Forbes, Fiona Frank, Colette Cufflin, Pippa Heaney, Jill Robins, Joy, Caroline and Megan.
	The August 1978 Jersey tour, team photo. Standing (Left to right) Colette Cufflin, Andy Buckley, Fiona Frank, Carl Filby, Tina Forbes, Jaddy Merlo, Martin Lear, Phillippa Heaney, Adrian Ayley, Jill Robins, Tubby Reynolds, John Moroney, Stephen Bazire. Part standing are Angela Raybould, Janet Oldfield, Ian Pedder, Steve Naylor and Steve Palmer. Sitting are Jayne Adey, Brian, Jayne Rogers, Jeff Dando, Jim Cook, Kris Lawrence and Betty Reynolds.
	July 1979 at Ashleworth at a fete. Kindly donated by Angela Raybould. Jaddy, Dick, Tom, Melanie, Mike, Caroline, Angela, Tom, Carl, Tubby, Joy, Kris and Steve are amongst the stars.
	The Ayley's reunions were wonderful occasions, especially when, as on 7th July 1984, it coincided with Adrian's birthday. Colette was so organised she even made him a cake. He obviously hadn't drunk enough (having downed a pint in one immediately before), because the candles actually went out!

The June 1997 reunion, organised by Richard and Jo Lander, produced this remarkable photograph of BCM, spouses, children and other friends, as well as producing a few sore heads. A better resolution photo is on the website, which you can download by clicking the photo above, but you'll need Broadband unless you've a lot of patience.

In September 2004, Steve and Jill Bazire's 25th wedding anniversary saw a few BCM dances, with the women's side of Colette, Fiona, Caroline, Diana, Pippa and Kris dancing outside the White Horse in Neatishead.

Members - name and e-mail, era (using the Bath Uni graduation year date where relevant) and any details

Are you here? If so, let us have some more details! Want to be removed? Let me know. Got any additions, corrections, clarifications? Let me know please! Any glaring omissions? I've re-listed everyone according to their first names and put full maiden names where appropriate, and all versions of someone's name, as this shows up better on Google searches - sorry for any errors and if you let me know, I'll correct them.

Adrian Ayley - Horticulture '77 - Living near Bergerac, France and running a nursery and plant selling company
Adrian Bailey (aka Cuddly Adrian). Applied Biology 1974-78, PGCE 1978-79. Still play's melodeon regularly with a band for ceilidhs on the Isle of Wight called the Caulkheads. Has played for several sides and played for a new Women's side to get them underway. Now a teacher on the Isle of Wight and (on his own admission) rather overweight and bald(!).
Alex Tilley or Alix Tilley (lives in Fleet) (MD, 12.01)
Alison Meredith, 1995 era, Uni staff, now dancing with City Clickers
Alison O'Connor - now Alison Duncan (lives in the Christchurch area) and plays in a ceilidh band (MD, 12.01)
Andy Allan (aka Pest) - engineering '74. Lead member of the "Grumblin' Rustics", playing violin (although he could play pretty well any instrument given a few minutes experimentation. 3 days to learn to play a clarinet for the "Electric Morris" sticks in the mind). His gas-powered Gypsy (in response to the fuel shortage) was also a feature of BCM in the early 1970s. He stopped anything folky in the late 1970s and became involved with the Bristol music scene in the 1980s, running the legendary Cave recording studio (for a full history, photos and other stuff see www.gearonline.co.uk/aadesign.htm; Gear On-line is a brokerage company run by Andy's ex-wife). Moved to Wells in about 2005 and has started playing at Irish Music sessions (December 2005)
Andy Buckley - '79ish - lives in the New Forest area (MD, 12.01)
Andy Carter (last heard of in Bristol)
Andy Lee (aka Boff) Physics 1983, living in Bath area (2002)
Angela Conyers, last heard of in Church Stretton
Angela Raybould - 1976-84, Education - was in Birmingham, has now moved to Yorkshire (08.04)
Angela Spuffard (last heard of in Buckinghamshire)
Ann Coulthard (last heard of in Chelmsford)
Annette Connor (last heard of in Gloucestershire)
Barbara Butler (n�e Barbara Bruce) - Biology '75 - Living in Saltford, near Bristol, dancing with Somerset Morris
Barbara Sinclair - 1970-74, now senior lecturer in Education (TESOL), School of Education at University of Nottingham, Wollaton Rd, Nottingham NG8 1BB. website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/education (8.04)
Barbara Wheeler (last heard of in Cornwall)
Becky Maude - lived in Fleet and Ipswich, now in teaching in Reading, with three children and still married to Tim (3.06)
Bev or Beverley Barclay (n�e Marriott) (danced on August 1976 Folk Camp tour) - now a Reverend in Sheffield
Bob Crowder - Horticulture lecturer 1976 - Living back in New Zealand
Bob Johnson (Occasional member in 1970's and 80's, Yeovil, sadly died on 17.4.04 after a long battle with cancer. For a tribute page, click here)
Bob Randall (last heard of in Bristol)
Brenda Woolett (now Brenda Armstrong) - Pharmacy '80ish - lives Bristol way, with her three girls (MD, 12.01)
Bruce Matheson (last heard of in Rugby)
Carl Filby - Sociology '79 - Living in Royston, Herts with Tina [Forbes] and their 3 children (2005)
Carmen Saunders (last heard of in Paulton)
Carole Jardine - last heard of in Chippenham, arriving via Watford, having danced with Whitethorn Morris for a few years
Carole Webber - BCHE '83, last heard of in Bristol
Caroline Peters (n�e Caroline Rainger) - Biology '79ish - Living in Sidcup, Kent
Caroline Bartle, Eurostud '87, last heard of in Bristol
Caroline Schoon, now Caroline Tracey, crtracey@club-internet.fr - Euro Stud '85, living in Dinan, Britttany with her husband Richard and two sons, running residential courses for AS and A level French during the holidays. Website for the school is www.tracey-frenchcourses.com (1.08)
Catherine Anderson - non-Uni, last heard of in Bath
Chris and Jill Legg (still living in Bristol, 2001)
Chris Barclay (danced on August 1976 Folk Camp tour) - now GP in Sheffield
Chris Harvey, (Zot) - non-Uni, danced with Apley, one of the best Morris Fools ever (no one who saw the scam with the brush at Sidmouth during Great Western's Arena show in 1977 will forget it). Was working as a Technician at Radstock College in October 2001.
Chris Hoile - Materials Eng '96, last heard of in Swansea
Chris Manning (last heard of in Nottingham)
Chris Weber, Biochem '83 (last heard of in Reading or Bristol)
Christine Jones (DOMSCI), last heard of in Chichester
Christine Trehene (last heard of in Cheam)
Christopher Main (last heard of in Chippenham)
Colette Ayley (n�e Colette Cufflin) - Pharmacy '77 - Living near Bergerac, France
Colin Mallet - 74ish. Now a part time consultant for British Telecom at their research establishment in Suffolk. Occasional concertina player. Could be contacted via Olaf Kolassa if essential.

Dave Blackham, 1979-83, now Framilode Passage, Gloucestershire (9.08)

Dave Brown - Pharmacy '76 - not a dancer, but went on several trips as part of Dr Bowser's and now a Professor in the School of Pharmacy at Portsmouth (Dec 2005)

Dave Constantine - Applied Biology '80 - regular member of Dr Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band, living and teaching in Hull area (2005)

Dave Harbourn (Horticulture 1982) - living in Bath/Stroud area. Was itinerant musician for several Somerset sides. Was musician and foreman for Priston Jubilee Morris men (2002)

Dave Huber (Notso) - Economics '74 - Now living in Preston

Dave McDougall, last heard of in Tipton, Staffordshire

Dave Rannie (aka Dave the Sweater or Dave the fool - lived in Middlesex and danced with Long Man MM in late 1990s)

Dave Robinson (pka Buttercup) (last heard of in Altrincham, Cheshire)

Dave Rushton (aka Dave the Box) - BCM musician who also played for the women initially. Living in Wells area and regularly plays at sessions with Andy Allen (dave is a complete technophobe so he can be contacted via Andy Allan).

Dave Wintle - brief peripheral membership 1974-5, but a good memory

Debra Williams (last heard of in Bristol)

Dennis Brown (Elec Eng '67) and Stephanie Brown (Bradford on Avon, Dennis dances with Holt Morris who regularly visit Priston in November each year (6.2002)

Dennis Lloyd - 1971-74ish (Biological sciences/horticulture), lives in Chelmsford, has danced with Colchester MM (7.03 c/o Olaf)

Diana Lear, (n�e Diana Veale) - Pharmacy '78, married to Martin, 3 children, living West Londonish.

Diane Price, last heard of in Oxford

Dick Carlyon - engineering 1979, now living in Somerton with Jadi and daughter Alex (c/o MD 8.05)

Dominic Reynolds

Dorothy Devlin (now Dorothy Trinder) - dorothytrinder@btinternet.com, 1971-75, Maths, now living in Gloucester, teaching in Stroud and just joined Stroud Morris (June 2007)

Doug Greenwell - Aeronautical Engineering 1982-85 era. Worked for QinetiQ in Bedford (2001), then went to Bristol University and now living in Bedford and is Reader in Flight Dynamics, for the Centre for Aeronautics, City University in London (1.08)

Dudley Savage (last heard of in Southampton)

Duncan Drummond - engineering '75ish (aka desperate, Duncan Disorderly). Last heard of in the Didcot area in about 2000.

Esther Randall - not a formal member, but associated and well-known via Somerset Maids etc

Fiona Balmer (now Fiona Hawkins), e-mail Fiona@wmnt.freeserve.co.uk. 1976. After leaving Bath moved to Lymington and became musician for Knightwood Oak Morris and danced clog with the women. In 1978 moved to Sri Lanka for a couple of years then came back to Stafford and danced with and played for Stafford Castle Clog. Still married to Ron (Hawkins), ex-bass player of the Woodpeckers. Lived in the Netherlands (danced in Dutch clogs with a local dance side) and now part of the Herbal Remedy barn dance band and living in Astwood Bank 16 miles north of Worcester. Have 2 children.

Fiona Bristow (last heard of in Chichester)

Fiona Frank - Euro studs '78 - Living and working in Lancaster (2005)

Fiona Whitbread Applied Biol '84, now Fiona Cook (last heard of in Sandy, has lived in Winchester)

Fran Miller - Elec Eng '85??, last heard of in Cheltenham

Frank and Jean Daniels (last heard of in Stow)

Gavin Skinner - danced a few times in 1995, now Rag Morris

Gill Corbett - Euro Studs '78ish (last heard of in Basingstoke), another Dr Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band member

Gill Smith (now Gill Curlett) - Pharmacy 1975 - living in Wimborne, Dorset. She is a Clinical Governance pharmacist for Poole PCT. Her 2 daughters (Katharine and Rozzie) play in the National Children's Orchestra, and son Patrick is at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester studying Violin (2006)

Gordon Beresford - Claimed to be a founder member of Bath Morris Men. Contact came via Bristol Morris Men 11/2001.

Graham Pippen (last heard of in Bristol)

Gez Pegram Building Engineering '92, was in Southampton, now married to Juliette and runs Minster Strays Morris in York (3.06)

Guy Watson (last heard of in Bristol)

Hazel Hutchinson (last heard of in London)

Helen Broughton (last heard of in Birkenhead)

Helen Kendall - Pharmacy '79 - Lecturing Pharmacy at Sunderland University (2001)

Helen Saunders - BCHE '78, married to Ian Pedder, living in Stroud with their two children

Hugh Farlie, Rev

Ian Bookless and Teresa Bookless (1988) - dancing with Pigsty Morris, Bristol (2002)

Ian Ferguson (last heard of in Bournemouth)

Ian Jones - '74 (last heard of in Chepstow)

Ian Lloyd - engineering '77ish (aka Ian Colne), in 2005 living near Halifax, member of Bradford Caving Society (c/o MD, 8.05)

Ian Marsh - vaguely with BCM from 1979 until about 1984. He has been married, unmarried and is now living on the East Norfolk Coast (2.06).

Ian Pedder - Maths '77 - Living in Stroud, and dancing with Stroud Morris Men, via Bristol MM (2005)

Ian Woodhouse - Mech Eng '78ish - member of Dr Bowser's, working for the RAF, but on loan to the RAF Oman (RAFO) in 2001, back in the UK in the Luton area in 2005

Jackie Sadler - Eurostuds 1974-78, cooper@sadler.u-net.com. Danced for a couple of years. Now an independent consultant on training and education, living near Northampton and married to Chris Cooper, a University lecturer (2005)

Jacqui Price (now Jacqui Hewett) - Euro Studs '74 living in Gloucestershire

Jaddy Carlyon (n�e Jaddy Merlo) - Euro Studs 1979 (living in Somerton) - dances with a clog side. (MD, 8.05)

Jane Adey, (Pharmacy circa '79)

Jane and Martin Jones (last heard of in Nuneaton)

Jane Smallwood - '80ish

Janet Brett, (n�e Janet Sheppard) - Pharmacy '79ish - (last heard of in Bristol)

Janet Campbell (now Janet Miller) - Sociology 1978 - Living in Reading, having danced with Taeppa's Tump and Thames Valley Royals (2005)

Janet Fisk (last heard of in Oxford)

Janet Capp - Euro Stud '86, now Janet Jent, last heard of in Barnstaple

Janet Oldfield - Maths and Computing, '78ish (last heard of in Farnborough, Sandhurst)

Janice Hurst (last heard of in Cheshire)

Jasper Virgin - physics '86, last heard of in Isleworth

Jayne Rodgers - '78ish

Jeff Dando - Elec Eng '79 - Living in, and dancing with, Bampton, founder member of Dr Bowser's, before joining the Woodpecker's

Jeff Weed - 1970's. Now living in Toronto, as immediate past (in 2006) Squire of Toronto F Morris Men (silent F apparently), who were invited to the carnival in Cuba in summer 2006. Some further memories and details on the memories page (8.2002)

Jenny Prall - pharmacy '72, last heard of in Bathford

Jeremy Packer

Jill Coleman (now Jill Griffiths) - Maths '76 - Living in Maidenhead (2001), and dancing with Windsor Morris and Insword rapper

Jill Robins (now Jill Bazire) - Euro studs '78 - Living and working in Adult Education in Norfolk, danced with Somerset Maids and Fiddlesticks, off-spring Rosie and Christ(opher)

Jill Skelton - Applied Biology '79 (married, living in Jersey, Head of Health Intelligence for Public Health in Jersey) (2007)

Jim Cook - Elec Eng - Living in Wiltshire (2005)

Jim Mitchell - engineering '75ish (last heard of in Maldon)

Jim Reynolds - sadly Jim died in July 2005. He was in Africa doing VSO when he was hit by a truck (he was quite deaf and didn't hear it coming). He was taken to a local hospital who didn't really realise how ill he was at first and they thought he was OK. Jan went out after a week to see him. He was moved to a bigger hospital and eventually to Johannesburg where he died on Saturday 30th July (?), 3 weeks after the accident. Fortunately Dominic was able to fly out to find out more information for Jan, so he was there with Jan when he died. Jim was 59. (from Melanie Orchard, 1.8.05)

Jo Fretwell (1987), Living in Derby (2002)

Jo Lander (living in Bath with Richard)

Joan Robinson - '74, piano accordion player (last heard of in Middlesex)

Joanne Blakeman BCHE '95, last heard of in Torquay

Joanna Mulholland - Horticulture 91, last heard of in Mansfield

John Beecham

John Davis - "John the Spy", last heard of in Sheffield

John Eves - ? - Now dancing with Hook Eagle

John Long - 73-74ish johnvl@eircom.net (aka Stainless), from Sheffield, Is now, via a very circuitous route, an organic sheep farmer in Eire and also manages an organic market garden. He has managed to escape matrimony and his sister says John has no offspring he will own up too (12.2003)

John Middleton (John the Tall) (last heard of in Bath area)

John Moroney - '78ish (last heard of in Middlesex)

John Patching - PhD microbiology, last heard of in Galway

John Prall - Stats '72, last heard of in Bathford

John Rawles (last heard of in Birmingham)

John Rowlands (aka Instant [as in John the Instant Morris Man] and Peasant [because that's what Gill Smith always used to call him])

John Starling - doing a PhD in '75ish (last heard of in about 1994 at 9947 83 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6A 3N3, Tel: 403-469-1570) - you still there John? (6.04)

Jon Campbell, 1975-78. Now living in Wellington, New Zealand with wife Alexa (a geneticist) and children Felix (b1990), Cyrus (b1992) and Frances (b1997ish), and missing decent British beer (03-2003)

Jonathan Cook (last heard of in Bedfordshire)

Joy Clarke - 1977-81 - married to Leo Reynolds and lives near to Blandford Dorset.

Judith Norris (danced with Bath 1975 for about a year. Mike Dommett sees her in Godalming regularly) (MD, 12.01)

Julie Solomons

Juliette Wankling (Squire 88-89, 90-91): gez@pegram68.fsnet.co.uk - Chemistry, last heard of in Southampton

Juliette (Squire 1992-94ish?), now married to Gez Pegram and runs Minster Strays Morris in York

June Chandler and Steve Chandler (last heard of in Swindon)

Kath Fletcher (Maths 1987) - last seen dancing with Pigsty Morris (Bristol) (2001)

Kathy Roberts (nee Cudmore, now living near Frome and a very successful author and no longer married to Jerry (1.08)

Keith and Pat Johnson (last heard of in Gloucestershire)

Keith Hallam - Chemistry '86, member of side 1985-87, now dancing with Rag Morris in Bristol and working at Bristol University

Keith Thompson

Kim Corfield - BCHE '84 - living with Simon in Dorchester (6.2002)

Kim Lawrence - Eurostuds 1979-83, danced 1979-81 but since the kit had changed during her placement year only did the social events after that (!). Now Kim Lawrence-Gehweiler, she is European Executive Assistant for National Semiconductor GmbH, Fuerstenfeldbruck, having been Germany ever since graduating (not too many Morris sides there!). She now lives near Munich (visitors welcome) - e-mail kim.lawrence-gehweiler@nsc.com or kim.gerhard@freenet.de (June 2004)

Kris Lawrence (pka Kris Palmer) - Maths '79 - Living in Farnham, Surrey, dancing with Jack Straws et al

Laura Hillier - Euro Studs '78 (now Laura Pilborough) and lives in Stourbridge, West Midlands with Simon and 2 kids (2001)

Leo Reynolds - married to Joy

Lucy Middleton (now Lucy Skinner) - Molecular & Cellular Biology '98, now with Rag Morris and now plays for Sister Act (12.2001)

Lynn Turner (last heard of in Porthcawl)

Malcolm Tebbutt - pharmacy '76, never danced but an enthusiastic supporter. Now living in deepest Hertfordshire (5.03).

Margaret Jenner (pharmacist), founder member of women's side. Now Margaret Tebbutt, married Malcolm Tebbutt (Malcolm was never a BCM but an enthusiastic supporter for years) Graduated 1976? Now living in deepest Hertfordshire (5.03)

Maria Price - Euro Studs '77ish

Marilyn and Cliff Skey

Martin Hewett - aka Marty Bampton - (last heard of in Gloucestershire)

Martin Holmes

Martin Horley (caller, Radstock)

Martin Lear - Chemistry '79ish?, member of Dr Bowser's

Matthew Collinson (last heard of in Maidstone)

Maureen McCarthy (1975 era)

Megan Taylor (nee Megan Thomas) - Architecture '80ish megantaylor@beeb.net. Now living near Canterbury, self employed with her own architectural practice, having got a second degree and professional practice qualifications at Kent Institute of Art and Design in 1989. Now with Oyster Morris (www.oystermorris.org.uk) as dancer and secretary, via England's Glory and King John's Morris (allowed to dance at practices "since she can do the huckle backs and you lot can't" but not out for some reason!), also founder member of Somerset Maids

Melanie Orchard (n�e Melanie Fuller) - Pharmacy '77ish - Living in High Littleton, Avon (2007)

Mic Huntley - '74 (living in Atlanta, USA, 2001)

Mike Dommett - Building Engineering 1975-79, working in on various engineering projects, including Northern Ireland and railways in England, danced with BCM for one term in 1975-6, and then again 1977-1982 (when he went out to Sudan). Now lives in Alton, works on a variety of engineering projects as a boffin and plays (rarely dancing) with Alton Morris (MD, 4.07)

Mike Harrington (last heard of in Cumbria, 2000) - BCM musician and member of Apley, and University administrator, where he occasionally showed slight bias towards BCM requests for booking minibusses and rooms.

Mike Haswell - university administrator in the 1960s and 1970s. Not a Morris man but a close ally of Tubby and the side, ensuring that BCM always had the good nights booked for the small hall.

Nick Miller - Elec Eng '85?, last heard of in Cheltenham

Neile Taylor - Pharmacy 1978. Now living near Canterbury, Palliative Care Pharmacist for the 3 local hospices, dancing with Oyster Morris, via Gloucestershire Morris Men and King John's Morris

Nicky Hayden, (now Nicky Berry), Newton Park '86 lives in Timsbury, works in Bath Uni Library. Founder member of Mr Wilkins' Shilling but chucked her clogs in the attic years ago (6.2002)

Nicola Baker (Treasurer 1991-92), now Nicola Stockman, dancing and playing for Ouse Washes Molly Dancers and Golden Star (mixed Cotswold) in Norfolk (3.06)

Nicola Kemp (last heard of in Dartford)

Nigel Oldbury,

Olaf Kolassa - Electrical and electronic engineering 1974, e-mail olaf.kolassa@ntlworld.com. Living in Guildford (via Bradford, London), married to Mona, two children, Jennifer (21 years) and Jasmina (17 years). Took early retirement from the National Grid Company in 2002 and elected as Councillor on Guildford Borough Council in 2003.

Pat West - Pharmacy '78, now in Sussex (2005)

Paul Truswell - Maths '79, e-mail ptruswell@yahoo.co.uk, living in Woking, Surrey with wife Tatjana, daughter Sophie (born 1998) and son Robin (b2001)

Paul Woods - Pharmacy '75 - Living in Macclesfield (home e-mail (2005)

Penny Cooper (now Penny Martin), lives in Alton, dances for Alton Morris (MD, 12.01)

Penny Dando (n�e Penny Dorme) - Pharmacy '80 - Living in Bampton

Pete Dale (last heard of in Hampshire)

Phil Evans - Elec Engineering '83

Phil Park - Chem Eng '83, dances with a North West side, lives in West London and has 3 daughters (c/o MD, 8.05)

Phillip Butler - Living in Saltford, near Bristol, dancing with Bristol Morris Men, via Apley MM

Phillip Roberts - Applied Biol '77 - Last heard of in Botswana

Pippa Woodhouse (n�e Pippa Heaney; Phillippa Heaney, Phillippa Woodhouse) - Euro studs '78 - now living back in the UK in the Luton area in 2005

Rachel Garrett, last heard of in Somerset

Rachel Stewart (last heard of in Matlock)

Rachel Warlow - '74 (n�e Rachel Kingston) (last heard of in Bath)

Ray Appleby, last heard of in Bath

Rekha Shah - Pharmacy 80ish (last heard of in Harrow)

Richard Bennett, Elec Eng '88, last heard of in Bristol

Richard Lander (living in Bath)

Richard Pidduck - Architecture '85ish - now living near Bishops Castle in Shropshire, danced with the Shropshire Bedlams, taken up the melodeon and now playing in a splendid Shropshire band called "This Way Up", who are making a VERY good name playing at Towersey and Sidmouth (PJD, 12.01)

Richard Pilley - Elec Eng '92, last heard of in Stanwell

Robyn Pollard (aka Vampire) - late-70's (last heard of in Bury)

Rosalie Keeling, now Rosalie Merry (Rosie Merry), and living near Dartford, dancing with Dacre Morris, e-mail colinmerry@compuserve.com (2002)

Rose Bower (last heard of in Bath)

Roy Dommett - not a formal member, but he is probably an honorary member. If not, he should have been, at the least to share the blame.

Roz Coe (last heard of in Kings Lynn)

Russ Betts (last heard of in Plymouth)

Sally Wearing - Chemistry '75 - lived in Coventry, now in Kent. Morris Federation meetings secretary then President for many years

Sarah Gould - PGCE '90, now Sarah Mansel, living near Bury St Edmunds, and has been dancing with the Haughley Hoofers since 1990, and is currently foreman (2008).

Sarah Grover - Building Eng '84 (last heard of in Dursley)

Sarah Hoile - Materials Eng '96??, last heard of in Swansea

Sarah Jarrett (see RIP), pharmacy 1975, died of an unknown long illness in the early 1980s (in Africa?)

Sheila Thackray - runs a hotel in Shropshire and calls for ceilidhs (MD, 12.01)

Simon Champion and Heather Champion (last heard of in Bristol)

Simon Clarke, last heard of in Blackburn

Simon Corfield - Mech Eng '84) - living in Dorchester (MD, 12.01)

Simon Reynolds - living in St. Albans, married to Trudie, dancing with Treacle Eater Clog (2001) (MD, 12.01)

Stepan Czuplak (last heard of in Nottingham)

Stephanie Mills (last heard of in Bath)

Stephen Beck (Physics 1986), now university lecturer in Sheffield, where he lives with wife and children (1.08)

Stephen Coombes, University staff (Mech Eng)

Steve Bazire - Pharmacy 1973-76 - founder member of Dr Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band and now Shindig, working for Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Honorary Prof for School of Pharmacy at UEA, living with Jill (nee Robins), off-spring Rosie and Christ(opher), running the UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group website (who, unbeknown to them, are hosting this webpage), now stopped dancing with Kemps Men of Norwich, via Bristol MM (1977-1986) and briefly (1976-77) with Great Western Morris, and being a season ticket holder (with Rosie and Chris) at Norwich City FC

Steve Hudson

Steve Naylor - 1979 (still living in Enfield) (MD, 12.01)

Steve Palmer (1) - Electrical Engineering '78 - now working for Motorola and living in United Arab Emirates with wife Janet and boys Dominic and Joe, may move to Oman in 2002-3 (4.02)

Steve Palmer (2) - Sociology '78 - member of Dr Bowser's, now headmaster of a school in South Korea, and teaches along with his wife Karen. Often comes back at Christmas and Sidmouth and plays for Alton Morris (rumours of him not being able to dance were friendly abuse apparently!) (c/o MD, 8.05)

Steve West - Pharmacy '78, Now pharmacisting in Sussex (2004)

Steven Deproost (last heard of in Colchester)

Susan Brameld (last heard of in Selby)

Susanne Harris (last heard of in Surrey)

Tamsin Grantham - Biology '91, last heard of in Netherlands

Thos Berry, Elec Eng 1978-82 and 1985-93. Squire for Priston Jubilee Morris Men. No children - 1 dog, and living in Timsbury, Somerset. e-mail tomberry@freewire.co.uk (6.2002)

Tim Maude - Maths '78, lived in Fleet and Ipswich, now in Reading, with three children and still married to Becky. Tim was a member of Dr Bowser's

Tim Findlay (1984) living in Derby (2002) tim.maude@cupara.com

Tim Peters - Physics, then Education '80ish - Living in Sidcup, Kent

Tina Filby (n�e Tina Forbes) - Euro Stud '78 - Living in Royston, Herts (2005)

Tom Orchard - Education '79ish - Living in High Littleton, Avon (2005)

Tom Randall - Never danced but is well known as a member of Blue Hill Button Band and later Dr Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band

Tony Crawford, and Morag Crawford (last heard of in Fife)

Tubby Reynolds and Betty Reynolds (living in Wootton Bassett). Tubby was founder of the side, having served his time in the 1st Parachute Regiment. He was wounded at the age of 21 (in 1944) and was nursed by his childhood sweetheart Betty, who was then 24.

Tubulous Remoulds (see Tubby Reynolds)

Valerie Arrowsmith, (n�e Valerie Cranston) - Maths '76, living in Bristol (2001)

Val Parker, e-mail val.parker@biscit.biz, Maths Studs 1975, living in St. Albans, Morris Federation Secretary for 15 years

Veronica Hooper - Building Engineering '86, last heard of in Cirencester

Wendy Bowdery (last heard of in Clacton)

Wendy Hassell - Maths '89, last heard of in Chessington

Wenda Cooper - Maths 76-80. Now Wenda Moroney, currently in Winchester, having moved in 2005 from near Edinburgh in Scotland. Mother of two, both terrified their mum will take up dancing again (12.05)

(MD, 12.01) - info from Mike Dommett, 12.01

In addition, the following names don't have surnames....

John the Bounce (pre-1974)
John the Baptist (pre-1974)
Jim the Squire (pre-1974)
John the Playford (pre-1874)
Pat the fiddle (pre-1974)
Sara ? (1975 era)
Hazel (1975 era)

In Memoriam:

Sarah Jarrett (Pharmacy 1971-74), died 1983
Morris Sunderland - former Squire of the Ring, not a BCM member, but highly supportive and pushed through our membership of the Ring.
Bob Johnson (died April 2004)
Jim Reynolds (1946-2005)

Bath City Legacies - 1

As well as being a Morris side (or two), BCM was also a strong social grouping (with Tubby and Betty being surrogate Dad and Mum for many of us), with many people working their way systematically through the "other lot". There were subsequently many marriages that resulted directly from meeting through BCM, and also many children too. These include Phil and Barbara (Harriet and Mark), Duncan and Maria (?), Tim and Becky, Tom and Melanie (Laura and Sarah), Richard and Jo, Jeff and Penny (Robin and Gill), Jaddy and Dick (Alex), Ian and Phillippa (Paul and Natalie), Tina and Carl (Nicholas, Helen and Robert), Tim and Caroline (2), Adrian and Colette (Jacob, Reuben, Caleb and Rachel), Steve and Pat (4 inc. Rachel), Steve and Jill (Rosemary and Christopher), Neil and Megan (2), Ian and Jayne (2), Doug and Catherine, Martin and Diana (Catherine, Jenny and Rosemary), Martin and Jacqui (2?), ?Leo and Joy (3). That's at least 30, and probably many more. Thanks Tubby and Betty!

If you're on here and it's wrong, or want to be removed, or add anything or any details please e-mail me on sbazire@ukppg.org.uk and let me know. I'll change it asap. Sorry if anything is wrong here, no offence meant, just trying to give a flavour of the side.

Bath City Legacies - 2

And as for ceilidh bands, who knows? The best known are still The Woodpeckers Band, for whom Jeff plays, and has for many years now. Also Dr. Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band were an almost integral part of BCM for several years in the late 1970's and early 1980's, with Jeff, Steve Bazire, Paul Woods, Tim Maude, Steve Palmer, Gill Corbett, Martin Lear, Ian Woodhouse, Dave Constantine and others such as Tina and Fiona passing through at various times, with many people as well as Tubby calling (as opposed to calling as well as Tubby) e.g. Adrian, Dick, Martin etc. Tubby even played one gig on pipe and tabor, when Adrian called in Fronglaise in Lille. Before that, Andy Allen's Grumbling Rustics (with Jeff Weed, Phil Butler?) were a force to be dealt with. And they were. Tubby gave all of us the necessary help and breaks to make it into the small time.

Bathcitymorris@coollist.com e-mail group

Fiona has also set up an e-mail group at "Coollist.com" for ex-Bath City people. She uses this for a couple of clubs she's part of - it's a really efficient free service. Go to Coollist.com and scroll down the right hand of the page to where it says 'join a new mailing list'. The name of the list is bathcitymorris@coollist.com - that's all you need to know. If we all join, and get everyone else to join, then we can all write to all of us all at once! It's up to you but it might be a good thing to start. It would make anyone's job a bit easier if we want to do another reunion or if anyone takes me up on my idea of a celebration for Tubby and Betty.

Are you missing? E-mail your details, join the e-mail group and get in contact, at least once.....

Miscellaneous other things:

Roy Dommett's 1994 Simouth lecture: (BCM snippet)

"A great long term influence from the 1970's was the Morris at Bath University. I first met Eric Reynolds, known as Tubby it was said because of a resemblance to Tony "Tub" Hancock, in the first National Folk Week during 1967. He had danced with Bathampton and then Apley. That week I also talked with Hargreaves of Evesham collecting fame at Hereford while watching Chipping Campden, having seen earlier in the week the first public performance by Leyland. They were out with women doing country dances as well, so they were not drinking. Bath discovered that the folk world stopped for the Albert Hall Show so they created the "Albert Out of Town" weekend of workshops, dances and shows. He and I became a well known double act, influencing each others styles of calling, teaching and playing. My personal debt to him is enormous. Later I was able to work up with the Bath City men on an annual cycle the Cotswold traditions of Ducklington, Stanton Harcourt, and Ascot-under-Wychwood, leading to a Ring Instructional in Ducklington, a first for a young side from a university."

Roy Dommett's stave dance talk

Best visit this directly, as it's long, but gives a good overview of the dances and origins.

Bath City memories

There has been some talk of a Bath City review article for Morris matters. This is how it came about, in an e-mail from Jill Griffiths:

Dear All,
I've had a request from Beth Neill, editor of Morris Matters. She had asked Tubby about doing an interview for Morris Matters. This is the result of their conversation ...
"I finally got through to Tubby! We had a good chat and he definitely isn't keen on doing an interview for Morris Matters - mixture of reasons ... but what he agreed was important/worth doing was to capture something about the early days of Bath City especially as the team don't exist any more. He suggested getting a few memories from folks who we know or can contact; collating them in some way and then he will happily look at the "finished" article to see if he can chip in anything to add to, or amend, half-forgotten details.
So, would you like to start the ball rolling - and copy in any for whom you have a contact? I thought a good starting point might be to quote the citation Tubby and Betty received in 1979 when they got the Sidmouth Silver Jubilee award (see MM 2-4). Apart from that the only other real mention of Bath I found was your review in MM 16-2 about the 30 years on. There isn't a profile of Bath at all ..or I couldn't find one! If everyone wrote one paragraph about their memories of, say, learning a dance, their first tour, their first practice, their worst/best Morris tour, how being in a university team affects the way you learn and perform ....and possibly about teams they went on to found or join."
Please help, all of you ....... I await the results with interest. It might be easiest to send it round as a growing document, but please copy me in at intervals so I know it is growing! So, can you help? By sending your own memory or 2 (and that of your other halves where relevant!). Also, by sending this e-mail onto others. Send any contributions to me jill.griffiths@mcs.co.uk and I'll forward them onto Beth. Bath City people contacted so far: John Rowlands, Val plus those above.
Cheers,
Jill

For a collection of Bath City memories from people finding the website, please click here.

This page is maintained occasionally by Stephen Bazire (e-mail sbazire@ukppg.org.uk)

First started 20.11.2001, last update 18.04.2006

Many thanks to contributors and helpers Val Parker (correcting and filling in the early years), Richard Lander, Gavin Skinner, Keith Hallam, Dave Wintle, Fiona Frank, Jill Griffiths, Jill Bazire, Stephen Bazire, Paul Woods (the Bristol MM one), Mike Dommett, Paul Woods (the BCM one), Andy Allan, Caroline Tracey, loads from Tom Berry, Juliette Wankling/Pegram ... and hopefully you too.

BATH CITY MORRIS 1967-1997(?)