North Kelsey Village Fair - Pump Blessing
North Kelsey Village Fair opens tonight with a dressing and blessing of the village water pump and Grimsby Morris will be dancing in front of the pump. This will be followed by a visit to the Butcher's Arms.
6.30 pm North Kelsey Village Pump 7.30 pm The Butcher's Arms, North Kelsey North Kelsey Pump
Halls LaneNorth KelseyUnited KingdomWhat 3 Words: rewriting.outdone.warnsLN7 6EBThe Butcher's Arms, North Kelsey
Middle StreetNorth KelseyLincolnshireUnited KingdomWhat 3 Words: liner.person.haircutsLN7 6EH_________________________________________________________________Southwell Folk Festival
-Several members of GM will be at the festival to enjoy the music but we also hope to get a side out to dance for the first time in a few years. To be confirmed.
_________________________________________________________________Binbrook Pump Blessing
Grimsby Morris are back in Binbrook. We'll be dancing in the village square at 8pm with a blessing of the water pump at about 20 past. We will then undertake the long trek to the Plough Inn where more dancing will occur followed by songs and music inside. Refreshment will be taken.
Expect to see our collecting buckets being passed around. We will be collecting for Water Aid.
Binbrook Pump
Back LaneBinbrookLincolnshireUnited KingdomWhat 3 Words: handover.mammoths.toastedLN8 6DEThe Plough, Binbrook
10 Market PlaceBinbrookMarket RasenLincolnshireUnited KingdomWhat 3 Words: ozone.frock.crunchedLN8 6DE_________________________________________________________________Folklincs Humberfest
Grimsby Morris will be in Barton to dance at the Folklincs Festival 2026.Details coming soon.
_________________________________________________________________Caistor Pump Blessing
We're back in Caistor market place to celebrate the blessing of the water pump. Dancing starts at 8 pm with the blessing at about 8.20 then some more dancing.
Then its on to North Kelsey for another visit to the Butcher's Arms with more dancing followed by songs and tunes and all that jazz (No Jazz).
8.00 pm Caistor Market Place 8.40 pm The Butcher's Arms, North Kelsey Caistor Pump
Market PlaceCaistorLincolnshireUnited KingdomWhat 3 Words: escapades.venue.succeedLN7 6GAThe Butcher's Arms, North Kelsey
Middle StreetNorth KelseyLincolnshireUnited KingdomWhat 3 Words: liner.person.haircutsLN7 6EH_________________________________________________________________Alford Day of Dance
Alford Morris will be hosting their annual day of dance in - erm - Alford! We couldn't make it last year due to lack of numbers but we should be there this time. Details tbc.
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Lincoln Big Morris is an annual festival of morris held in Lincoln on the first Saturday of September. Grimsby Morris have attended on several occasions in the past but have missed the last couple of years due to lack of dancers so we are really keen to be there this year with our new dancers. Details tbc.
_________________________________________________________________Invitation Feast
A gathering of members of GM and their partners to say thank you for putting up with us. Details tbc
_________________________________________________________________Lincolnshire Day
We are a Lincolnshire side so of course we'll be dancing out on the county's day. Details tbc
_________________________________________________________________Halloween
Grimsby Morris are out celebrating hallowe'en. Lots of spooky goings and on and uncanny dancing. Details tbc.
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GM News
Cheque Presentation
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.
_______________________________________________Grimsby Morris Going Strong
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.
_______________________________________________Saint George's Day
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.
_______________________________________________Stan has a re-boar
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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