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Shock, Horror! Male dancers still participating in the Gorse Hill Morris troupe after WW1.

The following three postcards of a Stretford Rose Queen event recently came into the author's posession. These were not dated, the Rose...

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The Travels of the Ashfield Morris Dancing Troupe, Altrincham

The Ashfield Morris Dancers and their associated entertaining troupes travelled considerable distances to attend carnivals and other...

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Meet Stanley Morton Harrop, Leader of the first Gorse Hill Morris troupe

Stanley Morton Harrop, Stretford Pageant Programme 1913, Trafford Local Studies, LHC 438 It is very pleasing to have located an image of...

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The Grant Family of Gorse Hill - a family's involvement in the early days of Stretford Pageant

The famous Stretford Pageant had its origins in a gala held at Gorse Hill Farm in 1907. This became the Stretford Open Air Fete and...

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