KEMP'S MEN OF
NORWICH
"Norfolk's finest men's morris side
which practises
on a Wednesday night and wears green and yellow."
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Welcome to the inner reaches of the web site. This is under
construction at the moment, but knowing us we'll get fed up
before we've perfected it and move on to something else. It will
also, of course, be out of step with other Morris web sites, but
that's tradition for you and why change the habit of a lifetime?
If you've never seen us dance, you'll soon realise we're all
Norwich City Football Club followers by the 4-2-4 formation we
adopt during most dances.
Kemps Men started in 1956, with six men, several boys (but
we'll gloss over that), Win (see below) and a dog. The side has
peaked at about 30 members and no dog. We have the usual mix of
regulars, part-timers, old stagers, part-timers-who-think-they're-regulars,
members-who-still-haven't-paid-their-annual-subscription-yet-despite-being-asked-every-other-week-for-the-last-six-months
etc etc. We used to have a boys side, but he grew up, got tired
doing jigs and is now Foreman.
Our claims to fame include having;-
- One of the (if not the) oldest Morris musicians in the
world.... Mr Norris "Win" Winstone, who was
born in 1913 (and went to the same school as Richard
Thompson, but not at the same time) and is still going
strong. Mind you, his melodeon is beginning to show its
age. Win was taught Morris in 1928 by a Mr Morris, and
Win lived two streets away from Cecil Sharp, although he
didn't know it at the time. His life history is awaited...
- The oldest randy morris man in the world (Tony)
- The youngest randiest morris man in the world (Steve C)
- The morris man with (probably) the most voracious
appetite in the world (Phil)
- The Morris Man with the shortest hair in the world (Dave
S)
- Two vicars dancing with us (not related nor even "just
good friends". They're even both married. To ladies
as well)
- Having a qualified Truss fitter
- Having a world top-selling author
- A Treasurer who once had a date with a member of the
Bader Meinhof gang
- An ex-Squire called Bert was once mistaken for Billy
Connolly at a posh restaurant in London (allegedly the
quote was "What the hell's Bremner doing here, and
with Pamela Stevenson!")
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