These three men – Abingdon born and bred – belong to Mr. Hemmings Traditional Abingdon Morris Dancers.

Their annual day of dance is on the nearest Saturday to the birthday of Tom Hemmings on May 6th.

Tom Hemmings helped revive the Abingdon Morris tradition in the early half of the 20th century and was an important figure until his death in 1960.

There were 5 or 6 visiting groups – including the Winchester Morris Men

and a group from Adderbury,

As well as the dance there was the odd bit of horsing around. The day began with rain but ended almost sunny. Planes overhead sometimes added a roar to the proceedings as they flew in for tomorrow’s air show.