St Albans Morris Men

Plough Mondays

In private, we can let our hair down - those of us who still have hair.
These photos are from our Plough Monday Feasts (Plough Monday being an old ploughman's festival, the first Monday after Twelfth Day) where we entertain ourselves with food, beer, dancing and sometimes a mumming play.

The Red Lion Hotel, Hatfield - January 2001

As a response to The Morris Ring trying to get a photographic record of every member club, as at the turn of the Millennium, SAMM took the opportunity of our annual Plough Monday gathering to sit down together and try to look relatively human.
[Photo by David Wicken]

Back row (L to R): Sandy Glover (Crier); Jon Peett; Bob Combes; Gordon Jones; Chris Hillier; John Seaborn; Jim Rose (Fool); Trevor Adams; John King; Graham Lyndon-Jones.
Middle Row: Chris Warren; Nic Nicolson; Jon Dyer; Gerald Farmer (Squire); Brian Bending (Assistant Bagman); John Price; Chas Whitlock.
Front Row: Robert Oerton; Mike Bennett (Foreman); Pete Davis; John Beecham (Bagman); Dave Goode.
(Not a bad turn-out - but regular dancers like Reggie Welbank and Nigel Moorcroft were not able to attend; nor were honoured long-time members such as Mike Chandler; nor our newer member, Alexander McClintock.)

The Red Lion Hotel, Hatfield - January 2000

SAMM dance "Maid of the Mist" - a version of "Maid of the Mill" inspired by our trip to Niagara Falls last year.

The Red Lion Hotel, Hatfield - January 1998

General view during the Loving Cup ceremony.

Guests of honour Peter Hoover and Peggy Haine from Ithaca, NY, are just visible!

Cast members for the Tollerton Plough Play:

Chris Hillier
Gerald Farmer
John Price
Nigel Moorcroft
Mike Bennett
John Beecham

After the feast, some men prefer watching to dancing or mumming! (At least some of the time.)

Nic Nicolson
Chris Warren
Peter Hoover
Mike Chandler
Brian Bending
John Seaborn

Mumming at The Pré Hotel, St Albans - January 1997

Jim Rose
Gerald Farmer
Mike Bennett
Dave Wass
A.N.Other
Nigel Moorcroft
John Price

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