Of course, waving handkerchiefs isn’t the sole province of the male Morris dancer. Taeppa’s Tump Ladies Morris hail from Maidenhead in Berkshire. Formed in 1981, they’ve danced at many Festivals, villages and towns in the region over the thirty years they’ve been together. Their name comes from a Saxon chieftain’s burial mound nearby in Taplow. This shot was one of a series taken at the Wallingford folk festival (aka Bunkfest) in early September this year. This is the Oxfordshire festival that takes over the whole village of Wallingford for three entire days. It’s a first class event. This image was shot an a Leica M9 Rangefinder camera fitted with a Leica 50mm Summilux lens.
This shot was grabbed at the same Wallingford festival. I was patiently waiting for some close up shots with Plum Jerkum’s dancers when I turned round and caught these three laughing at their colleagues. Very Handy! Plum Jerkum is a Border Morris team from Eathorpe in Warwickshire. Their name is taken from a plum based Cider brewed from the Warwickshire Drooper plum, which has the reputation of ‘leaving the head crystal clear whilst paralysing the legs!!’ Their dancing showed no signs of such wear and tear!
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