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Welcome to the Grimsby Morris website

We are a mixed morris side (formerly men only) based in the Lincolnshire town of Great Grimsby and have been dancing since 1967. No wonder we're tired.

Grimsby Morris Men in 1967 Grimsby Morris Men on the Pier at Cleethorpes Grimsby Morris with new recruits in 2025

 

The website has lots of information about us and our activities, details of forthcoming events and a have-a-go page for anyone who likes beer (no, I mean dancing) and fresh air. There will also be various galleries and a link to our online museum which is being developed from the archives of Grimsby Morris Men.

If you have any queries there is a Contact Us link on the menu as well as here.

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  • Saint George's Day

    Happy smiley.Confirmed and finalised
    Thursday 23rd April 2026

    Grimsby Morris will be out celebrating our patron saint's day as we usually do. Our own Saint George will hopefully accompany us so dragons would be advised to stay away.

    Our first spot of the evening is at the Royal Oak, Holton-le-Clay which has become our traditional start point for Saint George's Day.Starting at 8.00 pm we'll do 3 or 4 dances in the car park and then refresh ourselves before moving on.

    Next, its the New Inn at North Thoresby at about 8.45 pm. Again, we'll do a few dances then pop inside for fluid replacement. We'll probably sing a song or two and play a tune or two. 

     

    The New Inn, North Thoresby

    Station Road
    North Thoresby
    Lincolnshire
    United Kingdom
    DN36 5QS
    What 3 Words: ///tens.clustered.cakes

    The Royal Oak Inn, Holton - Le - Clay

    Louth Road
    Holton - Le - Clay
    Grimsby
    North East Lincolnshire
    United Kingdom
    DN36 5AB
    What 3 Words: ///crowd.froth.rare
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  • Cheque Presentation

    Tuesday 31st March 2026

    On Tuesday 31st March four members of Grimsby Morris undertook the long trek to Sunny Scunny. Our destination was Lindsey Lodge Hospice.

    In 2024 Lindsey Lodge looked after our great friend and fellow dancer Jackie Denman so we decided that our annual charity collection during the winter of 2025/26 would be in aid of the Hospice. Thanks to our audiences on Boxing Day and at our waes-hals at Green Futures, North Thoresby and Grimsby in Bloom, we raised £500.

    The picture shows Martin Campbell, Ian Riley, Nick Booth and John Ide of Grimsby Morris with our banner presenting the cheque at Lindsey Lodge.

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  • Grimsby Morris Going Strong

    Sunday 26th January 2025

    Well. We've reached the end of January after a bit of a dicey year in 2024.

    We struggled to get enough dancers for several dance-outs due to a rash of illnesses (or was it an illness of rashes?) and moved into the Boarder season fearing that the Boxing Day Tour of Cleethorpes and the Lincolnshire Waes-hal may not take place. Fortunately our fears were unfounded thanks to .... NEW RECRUITS!

    Mike and Vikki joined us in mid 2024 and were doing okay and then we switched to Boarder. Fortunately they're both dead keen and picked up several of the dances really well. They also made superb efforts to get their Boarder kit ready. They actually danced-out on Boxing Day and at the Waes-hal.

    Beth and Sam joined us a little later but were making good progress on the Boarder dances, so we changed to Cotswold. They are back on the steep part of the learning curve again but doing very well. They were joined in January by Kirsty who will do her second practice tomorrow.

    Despite having a number of poorly dancers the end of 2024 and start of 2025 has been better than we could have hoped. The Boxing Day tour went ahead (thanks to Mike and Vikki) and we did two waes-hals. The Lincolnshire Waes-hal moved to a new home at Green Futures, our first visit there in over a decade and good time was had by all. We also waes-haled in North Thoresby where a new Community orchard has been planted and we came to toast the trees and all that jazz. We'll be back at both places in January next year.

    With a total of five new recruits we are looking forward to a great summer.

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  • Saint George's Day

    Tuesday 23rd April 2024

    Despite the weather Grimsby Morris were out this evening celebrating our patron saint's day. It was just a short tour. We started with a few dances outside the No. 2 Refreshment Room where it was pretty chilly but at least the station buildings provided some shelter from the Northerly wind.

     

     

     

              GM dancing "Bobbin' a Joe"

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Shooting the musician at the end of "Beaux of London City"

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Then it was on to the Notts where the aforementioned Northerly blasted its way down Sea View Street so it was b***** freezing and we cut our spot short to take refreshment in the Notts along with a great song session in the back room.
    The highlight of the tour was Jackie Denman dancing out in her brand new GM hat! She really looked the part and danced very well. Top marks Jackie.

     

     

     

    Here we are dancing a half gyp in some dance or other. Jackie front and centre.  

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  • Stan has a re-boar

    Saturday 13th April 2024

    Over the last fortnight or so Stanley the Boar has been having intensive surgery at a secret facility in the mountains of Waltham. In a gruelling series of operations Stan has had a new cape attached, some cosmetic surgery on his head (a new coat of black paint) and gold leaf (fool's gold) applied to his now gleaming tusks. Internally there have been major structural changes (a new, lighter hard hat supporting the head) to make Stan a bit more comfortable for his driver, currently John Ide. Finally, he has had a complete upgrade on all of his weapons systems (water spray).

    After a suitable time recovering the renewed Stan made his first public appearance at the JMO Day of Dance in Newark on 13th April. Here is a small selection of pictures:

     

     

     

     

     

     

              Here he is menacing the audience.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    And this time gathered together with some other dubious characters

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

              Finally, after much searching, he found his way home.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • We Are Not Men

    Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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  • The End Is Nigh?

    Sunday 4th April 2021
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  • Covid19 again

    Sunday 20th December 2020
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  • Covid 19

    Tuesday 7th April 2020
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  • Waes-hal!

    Sunday 19th January 2020
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  • Boxing Day Tour 2019

    Thursday 26th December 2019
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  • GMM Bladder Scanner Appeal

    Monday 18th February 2019
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  • Easter Sunday dance-out

    Sunday 1st April 2018
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  • Resource Packs Issued

    Friday 12th January 2018
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  • Plough Sunday 2018

    Sunday 7th January 2018
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  • 50th Boxing Day Tour

    Tuesday 26th December 2017
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  • 50th Anniversary

    Thursday 21st December 2017
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  • Jigs Workshop

    Friday 24th November 2017
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  • Boarder Morris Workshop

    Friday 20th October 2017
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  • Fiftieth Anniversary Feast

    Friday 22nd September 2017
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  • Golden Year Weekend of Dance

    Sunday 30th July 2017
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  • Golden Year Exhibition in Lincoln

    Saturday 15th July 2017
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  • Cheers Michel

    Thursday 1st June 2017
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  • Launch of Grimsby Morris Men CD

    Tuesday 30th May 2017
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  • May Day Tea Rooms Tour

    Monday 1st May 2017
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  • Cotswold Morris Open Evenings

    Monday 24th April 2017
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  • Plough Monday 2017

    Monday 9th January 2017
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  • Boxing Day Tour 2016

    Monday 26th December 2016
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  • Anniversary Tour

    Thursday 22nd December 2016
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  • Grimsby Morris Men on the telly!!

    Sunday 6th December 2015
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  • Grimsby Morris Men on the Radio!

    Wednesday 2nd December 2015
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