| Biography | The Ravensbourne Morris was formed in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Many Morris clubs which were active before the war did not get together again thereafter.
On 28 October 1946, six men met in Jeans Café on Bromley High Street. They were: from Morley College, - Walter Faires, Eddie Jenkinson and Geoff Metcalf; from Balgowan (a boys side taught by Walter Faires) - Dennis Harding & Peter Paddon and from St Albans - Bert Simons. At this meeting it was agreed to form a Morris club to operate in North West Kent, and Geoff Metcalf was elected first Squire and Bagman.
The club made its first public appearance on 10 March 1947 when it provided illustrations to a talk given by Douglas Kennedy at Beckenham and Penge County School. On 20 March, the club attended the first post-war Ring Meeting at Cecil Sharp House and was admitted to membership and received its staff of office, which is that formerly held by the Squire of Balgowan. |