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Matthew Stapledon

Matthew Stapledon

Foreman of Mersey Morris, a Cotswold-side Morris dancing team based in Liverpool, who grew up dancing within the side.

Aug 27, 2026

36:47
still
36:48
got 32 years to go before a match, how long he's done it for, so I'm sure I'll have my...
36:53
It can be frustrating if people aren't listening.
36:56
There are some nights where it's...
36:58
On practice nights where... people just seem to be in a mood where they want to gab to each other yeah and you're trying to get their attention yeah but dad used to have a good trick which i haven't done yet because i haven't got to that stage where he just launched a stick in the air and it would crash down on the floor and then you'd get silence across the room and he'd just give a death stare to everybody you do realize the rest of the side are going to be listening to this we've messed up now So I haven't done that yet, but I know it's in the armory somewhere.
37:26
You

6 MINS LATER

43:31
Do you not get to use the full kit?
43:34
No, well, it's a very different feel to what John Bull was, isn't it? Yeah.

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