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1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994
1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003

1975
Spring Side formed - Harry Kitchener, Anne Port Bay Folk Club. Practice at Howard Davis Farm
August Battle of Flowers
December 13 Christmas Appeal - Royal Square

1976
Squire – Harry Kitchener, Bagman – Peter Winn, Foreman – Gordon Woods
July Trip to Alderney
July 3-4 Ale – guests: Wessex Morris Men
September Folk Festival guests – Chingford Morris Men
Christmas Mummers Play – 1st performance
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1977
Summer Trip to Wessex - South Petherton Folk Festival
August Visit from Newton Bushell Morris Men
September Folk Festival guests - Wessex Morris Men
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1978
Squire - Stuart Mason, Bagman - Nick Bate, Foreman - Vic Wankling
Spring Ale - guests: Plymouth Morris Men
Summer Trip to Wessex
September 8-10 Folk Festival guests: – Shropshire Bedlams Tuppeny Dish (ladies)
? CAMRA Ceilidh, Peacock Farm - with Bath City Morris Men
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1979
April 21-22 Rotaract / CAMRA Ceilidh – with Bath City Morris Men
May-28 Trip to France – Grandcamp, with Gorey Yacht Club
July 6-7 Wessex Ale – with Hartley, Chalice, West Somerset
August 25 Visit from Newton Bushell Morris Men
September Folk Festival guests – Gloucester Old Spot Morris
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1980
Practice at Howard Davis Farm ends
May 9-12 Wessex Ale - with Hartley, Broadwood, West Somerset
September 5-7 Folk Festival guests - Dorset Knobs Knockers (mixed)
Christmas Mummers Play performed
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1981
Squire - ?, Bagman - Stuart Mason, Foreman - Vic Wankling
March 28 CAMRA / 1st Ceilidh - Trinity Young Farmers Club
May 8-10 Ale - guests: Wessex Morris Men (1st with Tourism sponsorship)
June 6-7 Plymouth Ale - with Dartington, Carn Brae Plymouth Maids
July 4 Trip to Guernsey - Saumarez Park Fete
August 15-16 Trip to Wessex Ale - with Hartley, Broadwood, Wyvern Jubilee
September 4-6 Folk Festival - no guests
October 24 Helier Ceilidh - Trinity Young Farmers Club
December 31 Helier Ceilidh - Trinity Young Farmers Club
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1982
Squire - Nick Bate, Bagman - Stuart Mason, Foreman - Vic Wankling ?
May 1 Mayday - 1st dawn performance
May 7-9 Ale - guests: Trigg Morris Men
June 5-6 Ale - guests: Plymouth Morris Men
July 17-19 Trip to France - Barenton Folk Festival, Avranches, Mont St. Michel (with Lilies)
August 20-22 Trip to Wessex Ring Meeting
September 4-6 Folk Festival - guests: Wessex Morris Men
November 27 Ceilidh - Trinity Young Farmers Club
December 31 Ceilidh - Trinity Young Farmers Club
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1983
Squire -?, Bagman - Stuart Mason, Foreman - Vic Wankling ?
May 7-8 Ale - guests: Standon Morris Men
July 16 Trip to Guernsey - Soroptomist’s Fete
September 2-4 Folk Festival - guests: Broadwood Morris Men
September 9-11 Trip to Trigg Morris Men Family Weekend
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1984
Squire - Ed Evered, Bagman - Les Grihault, Foreman - Vic Wankling
May 25 1st joint monthly Ceilidh with Lilies at Royal Hotel(?)
May 25-28 Ale - guests: Datchet Morris Men
August Battle of Flowers parade (1st time)
September 1-2 Folk Festival - guests: Fidlers Fancy (ladies clog)
September 14-16 Trip to Standon Morris Men Annual Day of Dance - with Harwich Morris Men
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1985
Squire - David Le Maistre, Bagman - Peter Winn, Foreman - Stuart Mason
May 1 Mayday - 1st Full day of Dance
May 3-5 Ale guests - Wessex Morris Men
May 24-27 Lilies weekend - Wyvern Jubilee Queens Delight (ladies)
August 8 Battle of Flowers parade
August 10-11 Trip to Alderney weekend (1st time)
August 31-September 1 Folk Festival - no guests:
September 6-8 Trip to Wessex Ale - with Chalice Bathampton
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1986
Squire – Trevor Keeler, Bagman - Miles Spencer, Foreman - Stuart Mason
May 23-25 Ale - guests: Plymouth Morris Men (joint with Lilies Magog)
June 13-15 Datchet 25th Anniversary Ale with Ewell St.Mary, Lassington Oak, Spring Grove, Greensleeves, St.Albans, Bradford Rapper, Towersey, Bedford.
August 9-10 Trip to Alderney weekend
August 14 Battle of Flowers parade
September 5-7 Folk Festival - guests: White Rose
Christmas Mummers Play performed
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1987
Squire – Jeremy Holmes, Bagman - Miles Spencer, Foreman - Stuart Mason Lloyd Smith
May 22-24 Ale - guests: Thaxted Morris Men (joint with Lilies Plymouth Maids).
June 26-28 Plymouth Morris Men Ale - with Dartington King John’s
July 31 Last of the joint monthly ceildihs at the Royal Hotel
August 8-9 Trip to Alderney weekend
August 13 Battle of Flowers parade
September 4-6 Folk Festival - guests: Beetlecrushers (ladies clog)
Christmas Mummers Play performed
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1988
Squire - Jeremy Holmes, Bagman - Miles Spencer, Foreman - Stuart Mason Gerard Wankling
May 27-30 Ale - guests: Ewell St.Mary & Wessex Morris Men
June 3-5 Trip to Thaxted Ring Meeting (billeted with Wadard Morris Men)
September 2-4 Folk Festival - guests: Kemps Men
Christmas Mummers Play performed
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1989
Squire – David Le Maistre, Bagman – Miles Spencer, Foreman – Stuart Mason Gerard Wankling
May 12-14 Broadwood Ale with Gloucestershire, Bourne River, Thames Valley
May 26-28 Ale – guests: King John’s & Broadwood
June 29-July 1 Travelling Morrice tour of Channel Islands
September 23-24 Folk Festival – guests: Belles Broomsticks (ladies)
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1990
Squire - Steve Bohea, Bagman - Miles Spencer, Foreman - Stuart Mason Gerard Wankling
May 25-27 Ale - guests: GloucestershireMorris Men & Leominster Morris Men
June 2-3 Trip to Thaxted Ring Meeting (billeted with Vancouver Morris Men) Helier accepted as full members of Morris Ring (sponsored by Wessex Morris Men).
September 14-16 Trip to Wessex Cam Valley Joint Ale - with Stockport, Chalice
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1991
Squire - Jeremy Holmes, Bagman - Mike Collier, Foreman - Miles Spencer
April 12-14 King John’s Ale with Bow Street Rapper, Men of Wight, Winchester, Dartington, Ewell St.Mary, Ellington, Plymouth, Moulton.
May 24-26 Ale - guests: Wessex Morris Men & Standon Morris Men
Sepember 8 Trip to France - Dol de Bretagne
October 11-13 Cam Valley 10th. Anniversary Ale with Wessex, Carn Brae, Priston
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1992
Squire - David Le Maistre, Bagman - Mike Collier, Foreman - Miles Spencer Stuart Mason
May 22-24 Ale - guests: Exeter Dolphin Morris Men
June 5-7 Trip to Gloucestershire Ale with West Somerset, Broadwood
July 23 Bath City Morris visit Jersey
Christmas Mummers Play performed
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1993
Squire - David Le Maistre, Bagman - Malcolm Annan, Foreman - Miles Spencer Stuart Mason
May 28-30 Ale - guests: Wyvern Jubilee White Horse Morris Men
July 9-11 Trip to France - Airvault, Festivale Folklorique
September 10-12 Trip to Standon Ale with Lord Conyers Morris Men
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1994
Squire - Graeme Bennett, Bagman - Malcolm Annan, Foreman - Gerard Wankling Stuart Mason
May 27-29 Ale - guests: Wessex Hageneth Morris Men
June 24-26 Trip to France - Airvault, Fete St.Jean
August 26-28 Trip to Guernsey for the Belles Broomstick’s 10th Anniversary Weekend of Dance.
September 3-4 Trip to France - Villedieu Les Poelles, 11th. Jeux Intervilles Normandie - Jersey
September 16-18 Trip to Wessex Ale - with Stockport Morris Men
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1995
Squire - Graeme Bennett, Bagman - Malcolm Annan, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
May 26-28 Ale - guests: Exeter Morris Men & Dorset Buttons
August 4-6 Trip to Men of Wight Ring Meeting
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1996
Squire - Steve Bohea, Bagman - Graeme Bennett, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
May 25-26 Ale - guests: Dolphin Morris Men & Thames Valley Morris Men
July 12-14 Trip to Trigg Ring Meeting
September 1 Trip to Les Minquiers
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1997
Squire - Steve Bohea, Bagman - Graeme Bennett, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
January 17 Wassailing (1st time - St.Martin)
May 24-26 Ale - guests: Men of Wight & Trigg Morris Men
June 28 Visit from Travelling Morrice
August 15-17 Trip to Wessex Ring Meeting
September 21 Trip to Les Ecrehous
Christmas Mummers Play performed
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1998
Squire - Colin Ireson, Bagman - Graeme Bennett, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
January 17 Wassailing (1st Day of Dance)
May 22-24 Ale - guests: Broadwood Morris Men & Stockport Morris Men
June 27-28 Trip to Dolphin Ale with Greensleeves Richmondshire
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1999
Squire - Colin Ireson, Bagman - Graeme Bennett, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
May 28-30 Ale - guests: West Somerset Morris Men & Exeter Morris Men
July 9-11 Trip to Greensleeves - Chipperfield Weekend with Dophin, Barnsley Longsword, Wath upon Dearne
August 28 Trip to Sark
September 10-12 Gloucestershire Dance Weekend with Boars Head Morris Men
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2000
Squire - Colin Ireson, Bagman - Graeme Bennett, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
May 26-28 Silver Jubilee Ale - guests: Exeter Morris Men, King John's Morris Men, Plymouth Morris Men, Trigg Morris Men, Wessex Morris Men
June 3-4 Trip to Thaxted Ring Meeting with Jockey & Milton
July 9-11 Trip to Greensleeves - Chipperfield Weekend with Chester & East Surrey

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2001
Squire - Colin Ireson, Bagman - Graeme Bennett, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
April 21-22 King Johns Morris Men's Ale
May 26-27 Ale - guests: Greensleeves Morris Men & Dorset Button Rapper
July 7-8 Trip to Stockport Morris Men
August 25 Day trip to Guernsey

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2002
Squire - Colin Ireson, Bagman - Jean-Paul Lecrivain, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
May 3-6 Trip to Rochester Sweeps Festival
September 6-8 Ale - guests: Standon Morris Men & Thames Valley Morris Men
December Mummers Plays performed for Joint Jersey Christmas Appeal

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2003
Squire - Roy le Bas, Bagman - Jean-Paul Lecrivain, Foreman - Gerard Wankling
May 23-25 Ale - guests: Dartington Morris Men & Gloucestershire Morris Men
September 26-28 Wessex Morris Mens' Ale

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details for 1975 - 1999, complied by Miles Spencer from the Bagman’s reports and 2000+ from AGM minutes.