NORTH WEST MORRIS
The North West, or clog style of Morris originated in the villages of Cheshire, Lancashire, and the far west of Yorkshire. Dancers worked in the cotton mills and other large industries of the area. Each village had its own side or team, and its own dance.
Dance sides can be, all men, all women, or mixed. North West Morris is usually performed by sets of eight dancers. The dance figures, and arm movements were intended to depict the operation of the mills machinery, as in the crossing of the shuttles in the looms.
The Dancers would dress in elaborate and colourful costumes, but would be shod in clogs, the footwear of the mill workers. The dances were usually performed during wakes week, the one holiday week of the year
