Ilmington. Morris dancers

Group of Morris Dancers with handkerchiefs, Ilmington.  1900s

[The Morris Men are dancing 'The Maid of The Mill'unique to the Ilmington morris dance tradition as a linked handkerchief dance.The musician is Sam Bennett, fiddle player who died in 1951 aged 85 years. The dance is still danced to this day by the current Ilmington Morris dancers, who usually dance around the local villages on a Wednesday evening from May to August]  |  IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Group of Morris Dancers with handkerchiefs, Ilmington. 1900s [The Morris Men are dancing 'The Maid of The Mill'unique to the Ilmington morris dance tradition as a linked handkerchief dance.The musician is Sam Bennett, fiddle player who died in 1951 aged 85 years. The dance is still danced to this day by the current Ilmington Morris dancers, who usually dance around the local villages on a Wednesday evening from May to August]
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 352/97/39, img: 1313
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