Last Updated 7th February 2001
The Manuscript.
The Log Books of the Morris Ring consist of 8 hand written volumes. Ring meeting programmes, feast menus and so forth are pasted into the MS.
The 3rd Log Book contains, at the front, a list of Ring Meetings for the period covered by the Log. This has not been reproduced.The log was written by Ewart Russell from its commencement until the end of 1959, and by Mike Garland thereafter. The log entries are normally signed by the squire for the time being.
Editorial Notes
The transcription maintains the spelling, capitalisation and punctuation of the original. Where words or phrases are underlined in the original this has also been done in the transcript, however double underlinings are shown as single underlinings.
Line breaks have not been maintained, save where the sense has demanded this.
Transcriptional interpolations are shown contained [in square brackets in red type.]
Each page in the original is numbered and this pagination has been maintained as [p1], [p2] etc. Pages are separated in the transcript by a horizontal rule.
Ephemera pasted into the Log have not been transcribed.
Contents:
50th Ring Meeting. London. 8-10 July 1955. p1-17
51st Ring Meeting. Lichfield. 2-4 September 1955. p18-25.
52nd Ring Meeting. Manchester. 16-18 September 1955.
p26-33
53rd Ring Meeting. Leeds. 20-22 April 1956. p34-39
54th Ring Meeting. Thaxted. 25-27 May 1956. p40-49.
55th Ring Meeting. Abingdon. 14-16 September 1956. p50-59
56th Ring Meeting. Lichfield Instructional. London. 22
September 1956. p60-63
57th Ring Meeting. Lichfield and Rapper Instructional.
London. 30 March 1957. p64-65
58th Ring Meeting. Thaxted. 31 May - 2 June 1957. p66-73
59th Ring Meeting. Winchester. 28-30 June 1957. p74-83
60th Ring Meeting. Derby. 6-8 September 1957. p84-93
61st Ring Meeting. Kingston on Thames. 21 September 1957.
p94-100
Death of Alec Hunter, 1st Squire of the Ring. 10 January
1958. p101-103
62nd Ring Meeting. Fieldtown, Ilmington and Headington
Instructional. London. 22 March 1958. p104-107
63rd Ring Meeting. Thaxted. 30 May - 1 June 1958.
p108-113
64th Ring Meeting. Colchester. 5-7 September 1958.
p114-121
65th Ring Meeting. Whitley Bay. 12-14 September 1958.
p122-131
66th Meeting. London. 11 April 1959. p132-133
67th Meeting. Newcastle. 18 April 1959. p134-135
68th Meeting. Thaxted. 29-31 May 1959. p136-141
69th Ring Meeting. Exeter. 10-12 July 1959. p142-149
70th Ring Meeting. Headington. 4-6 September 1959.
p150-159
71st Ring Meeting. Ludlow. 25-27 September 1959. p160-167
Birmingham Instructors' Meeting. 31 October - 1 November
1959. p168-171
Plaque Ceremony, Headington. 26 December 1959. p172-175
72nd Ring Meeting. London. 12 march 1960. p176-179
73rd Ring Meeting. Thaxted. 10-12 June 1960. p180-187
Death of Kenworthy Schofield. 8 June 1960. p188-191
74th Ring Meeting. Reigate. 9-11 September 1960. p192-201
75th Ring Meeting. Whitley Bay. 23-25 September 1960.
p202-213
76th Ring Meeting. Leeds. 15 April 1961. p214-215
77th Ring Meeting. London. 22 April 1961. p216-219
78th Ring Meeting. Thaxted. 26-28 May 1961. p220-229
79th Ring Meeting. Birmingham. 14-16 July 1961. p230-249
80th Ring Meeting. Bedford. 8-10 September 1961. p250-259