Next Event
Saturday 09 November 2024
Our annual and fifth
Gallon of Ale Tour V
A Tour of eights pubs - what can possibly go wrong!
11.45 The Old House At Home, Queenborough ME11
12.35 Admiral's Arm, Queenborough, ME11 5AD
14.15 The Yellow Stocks, Sittingbourne, ME10 4PD
15.30 The Elephant, Faversham, ME13 8JN
17.10 The Handsome Sam, Whitstable, CT5 4HJ
18.45 The Ship Centurion, Whitstable, CT5 1AY
19.50 The Brickfield, Whitstable, CT5 2LX
21.10 The Firkin Frog, Herne Bay, CT6 5QA
times are approximate and based solely on Morris time
Last Event
Friday 18 October - Monday 21 October 2024
Canal Capers
Ahoy me Mateys - Three nights aboard three canal boats on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal -
it got a bit messy but we survived, and only two people fell in!
We dance and sang at
The Plough & Harrow, Kinver
and
The Swan, Compton
Listen to our own Pete Burren chat with Lynn Briggs on West Kent Radio.
Hartley Morris Men, the oldest Morris side dancing in West Kent, have our roots dating back to the Stansted Morris dancers of the mid-1930s. We perform traditional Morris dances in the Cotswold style.
Our regular dance season runs from May until September and traditionally starts at dawn on May Day at the Coldrum Stones Long Barrow, which is even older than us. We dance most Thursdays through the summer, and the odd Tuesday, at some of West Kent’s best pubs and usually end the evening with a few songs. We also perform at various events at weekends where the clashing of sticks and a few beers seem to complement each other.
We’re a mixed bunch, ranging in age from early 20s to the other end of the spectrum. We’re keen to keep this great tradition going and would encourage you to come along and watch or, better still, get involved – we’re always happy to see new faces and teach them the dances.
Over the Christmas period traditional mumming plays are performed by some of our members as The Darent Valley Champions, in aid of local charities.
Wherever we are you’ll usually find the Hartley Horse, who originally erupted from an egg on the beach at Broadstairs many years ago and has followed us around ever since. Generally quite tame he sometimes gets completely out of control but has yet to cause anyone any serious harm, yet!