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The Hartley Morris Men
Programme 2008
The dancing season will start on May Day, Thursday 1st May
at Coldrum stones (our 33rd year), when we dance at dawn [5.32am]
to welcome the sunrise to herald the start of Summer. It will end
on Boxing Day with dancing and a performance of the
Firle Mumming Play in Stansted and Wrotham villages.
We also have a pre-season warm-up on St George's Day see below
Thursday Evening Programme
| May | 1st | Beltane Tour, see below | |
| 8th | 8.30pm | White Swan, Ash (TN15 7HJ) | |
| 9.30pm | The Black Horse, Stansted (TN15 7PR) | ||
| 15th | Walking Tour of Tonbridge starting at | ||
| 8.30pm | Ye Olde Chequers Inn (TN9 1AS) | ||
| 9.30pm | finishing at the Punch & Judy (TN9 2AB) | ||
| 22nd | 8.30pm | The Pier, Lower Upnor (ME2 4XA) | |
| 9.30pm | The Kings Arms, Upper Upnor (ME2 4XG) | ||
| 29th | 8.30pm | The Harrow, Hadlow (TN11 0HP) | |
| 9.30pm | The Two Brewers, Hadlow (TN11 0DN) | ||
| June | 4th | 8.30pm | Walking Tour of Cobham |
Wednesday |
Starting at The Ship ( DA12 3BN) | ||
| Finishing at The Leather Bottle ( DA12 3BZ) | |||
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With Invicta Morris,
Motley Morris, Plain Capers and St. Clement's Clog |
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| 12th | 8.30pm | Ye Olde Whyte Lion, Locksbottom, (BR6 8NE) | |
| 9.30pm | Change of Horses, Farnborough (BR6 7BB) | ||
| 10.00ish | We will be doing a singing spot in the Orpington Folk Club at the back of the pub |
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| 19th | 8.30pm | The Ivy Leaf, Dartford (DA1 1LS) | |
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9.30pm | Malt Shovel, Dartford (DA1 1LP) | |
| 26th | 8.30pm | Harrow, Knockholt (TN14 7JT) | |
| 9.30pm | The Bricklayer's Arms, Chipstead (TN13 2RZ) | ||
| July | 3rd | 8.30pm | The Man of Kent, East Peckham (TN12 5LA) |
| 9.30pm | The Bush, Blackbird & Thrush, East Peckham (TN12 5LN) | ||
| 9th | 8.30pm | The Terrace Tavern, Gravesend (DA12 2BJ) | |
Wednesday |
9.30pm | The Ascot Arms, Gravesend (DA12 5AW ) | |
| 17th | 8.30pm | The Blue Bell Beltring (TN12 6QH) | |
| 9.30pm | The Chequers, Laddingford (ME18 6BP) | ||
| 24th | 8.30pm | The Buck's Head, Godden Green (TN15 0JJ) | |
| 9.30pm | The White Rock, Underriver (TN15 0SB) | ||
| 31st | 8.30pm | Leicester Arms, Penshurst (TN11 8BT) | |
| 9.30pm | Greyhound, Charcott (TN11 8LG) | ||
August |
6th | 8.30pm | The Kings Arms, Shoreham (TN14 7SJ) |
Wednesday |
9.30pm | The Crown Otford (TN14 5PQ) | |
8th to 15th |
Broadstairs Folk Week (all week) | ||
| 21st | 8.30pm | The Chaser, Shipbourne (TN11 9PE) | |
| 9.30pm | The Kentish Rifleman, Dunks Green (TN11 9RU) | ||
| 28th | 8.30pm | The Chequers, Sevenoaks (TN13 1LD) | |
| 9.30pm | The Anchor, Sevenoaks (TN13 1AS) | ||
| September | 4th | 8.30pm | The Sugar Loaves, Hollingbourne (ME17 1TS) |
| 9.30pm | The Windmill, Hollingbourne (ME17 1TR) | ||
| with Woodchurch Morris Men | |||
| 11th | 8.30pm | The Rose and Crown, Wrotham (TN15 7AE) | |
| 18th | 8.30pm | Morris Dancing Taster Evening
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below Come and try Morris dancing the Hartley MM way St George's Hall, Wrotham (TN15 7AB) |
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Other Events and Tours
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| Wednesday, 23rd APRIL St George's Day Celebration |  |
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| 8.30pm | The Queen's Head, Mereworth (ME18 5QD) with Weald of Kent Morris Men |
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| Thursday, 1st MAY - BELTANE TOUR |
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| 5.30am | Coldrum Stones Longbarrow (Courtesy of the National Trust) | ||
| 10.00 am | Southfleet Village (DA13 9NR) | ||
| 11.00 am | The Robert Pocock, Gravesend (DA12 1AH) | ||
| 12.00 noon | The Green Man, Hodsoll Street (TN15 7LE) | ||
| 1.30 pm | Rose & Crown, Wrotham (TN15 7AE) | ||
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| Sunday 4 May - ROCHESTER SWEEPS FESTIVAL
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Singing in the Gordon House Hotel from 12.30 to 2.30pm (There is also a Beer Festival in the same marquee) |
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| Saturday 17th May - Spa Valley Railway Morris Day |
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| Starting about 10.00am. Programme to be confirmed when we know the train timetable. | |||
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| JUNE 6th - 8th - HARTLEY ALE | |||
| SATURDAY, JUNE 7th | |||
| Larkin's Tour | Goacher’s Tour | ||
| 10.00 am | Larkin's Brewery, Chiddingstone | 10.00 am | Goacher's Brewery, Maidstone |
| 11.00 am | Leicester Arms, Penshurst (TN11 8BT) | 11.00 am | The Cock, Boughton Monchelsea (ME17 4JD) |
| 12.00 noon | Bottle House, Smarts Hill (TN11 8ET) | 12.00 noon | Lord Raglan, Rabbits Cross (TN12 0DE) |
| 1.00 pm | The Beacon, Rusthall (TN3 9JH) | 1.00 pm | Bell & Jorrocks, Frittenden; (TN17 2EJ) |
| 3.45pm | High Rocks Inn (TN3 9JJ) | 4.00pm | Sissinghurst Castle. (TN17 2AB) |
| 4.30pm | Tunbridge Wells West Station (TN2 5QY) (Courtesy of The Spa Valley Railway ) |
(Courtesy of the National Trust) | |
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| 6.00 pm | The Swan, West Peckham (ME18 5JW ) | ||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 8th | |||
| 11.00 am | Ightham Mote (TN15 0NT) (Courtesy of the National Trust) | ||
| 1.00 pm | Massed Display in Wrotham Village Square (TN15 7AH) | ||
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JUNE, 27 - 29th, THE SHEPHERD NEAME TOUR |
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| Over this weekend, which is sponsored by the largest
brewer in Kent. we sleep, eat, drink ,dance, and sing at Shepherd Neame pubs. |
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| SATURDAY, | JUNE 28th | SUNDAY, |
JUNE 29th |
| 10.00 am | The Rose Inn, Herne Bay (CT6 5ER) | 12.00 noon | The Gate, Marshside (CT3 4EB) |
| 11.00 am | The Clock Tower, Herne Bay (CT6 5JQ) | ||
| 12.00 noon | The Neptune’s Hall, Broadstairs (CT10 1ET) | ||
| 1.00 pm | The Royal Albion, Broadstairs (CT10 1AN) | ||
| 1.30 pm | Wrotham Arms, Broadstairs (CT10 1QQ) | ||
| 4.30 pm | The Crown Inn Sarre CT7 0LF (The Cherry Brandy House) |
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| 6.00 pm | The Gate, Marshside (CT3 4EB) | ||
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| AUGUST, 8- 15th, BROADSTAIRS FOLK WEEK | |||
| We will be there all week come and see us. Find out more on www.broadstairsfolkweek.co.uk | |||
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| Friday 29th , Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August THE HOP FARM BEER FESTIVAL, | |||
| at the The Hop Farm Beltring |
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| Saturday 30th
Sunday 31st |
11.00am and 1.45pm
11.00am and 1.45pm |
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| Thursday, 18th SEPTEMBER INFORMAL TASTER EVENING in St George’s Hall , Wrotham | |||
| 8.30 pm | We will be holding an informal TASTER EVENING for anybody to
come along and have a go at Morris Dancing. It is good exercise and far cheaper than either a gym or evening class. In fact it is FREE. The evening starts at 8.30pm in St George’s Hall in Wrotham (TN15 7AB). There is ample parking in the roads beyond the hall. We finish at 10.30 and go to the Rose & Crown to complete the social side of the evening.
If anybody wants to learn more, we will invite the men to join us and
representatives from Invicta Morris, |
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| Saturday OCTOBER, 4th, TENTERDEN FOLK FESTIVAL | |||
| We will be there, somewhere. We won't know where until we get there, but there will be a pub involved | |||
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| Saturday DECEMBER, 6th, Wrotham Christmas Lights | |||
| This is the Wrotham Village event, a Christmas Market, Santa and us. We process, dance and perform the Firle Mummer's Play | |||
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Friday DECEMBER 26th, BOXING DAY |
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| This will be our traditional annual dance and mummers play, followed by singing in the Rose and Crown | |||
| 12.00 noon | The Black Horse, Stansted (TN15 7PR) | ||
| 1.15 pm | The Rose and Crown, Wrotham (TN15 7AE) | ||
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Updated 29 March 2008
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