Winter and spring is practice season, and we are looking for new recruits. Whether you are an experienced Morris dancer, a ceilidh dancer, or a complete beginner, we’d love to hear […]

As we practice in the Chinley and Buxworth WI Hall, we wondered if the WI members would like us to go along to one of their meetings to talk about […]

Thanks to the talented Kerri, we now have a logo. Now we all want it on a T-shirt, on a beer glass, … and there was some talk of a […]

Thanks to the Peak Park Conservation Volunteers team, specifically Dave Cramp for arranging things and Nick Baker for being our host for the day, Jason, Beth, Lucy, and Adam spent […]

Our post-practice pub is usually the nearby Old Hall Inn, or sometimes at the Paper Mill Inn. We’re there from around 9:45pm on most practice nights, comparing the beers, planning […]

As a newly-formed side in 2017, the question “what to wear” kept us busy over several pub sessions. We agreed quite quickly about the avoidance of white trousers and that […]

We called ourselves “Cracken Morris” mostly because we liked the sound of it, but the name works for us because of multiple associations. Firstly, Cracken Edge is a geographical feature […]

Our first ever dance-out was at Clarence Mill as part of the Bollington Folk and Boat day on Sept 9th. Cracken concluded the day’s dancing after various of its members […]