WAKEFIELD MORRIS DANCERS WOMENS KIT
WAKEFIELD MORRIS DANCERS
The Womens Outfit 2000

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The current womens outfit is a blue tailored dress, trimmed with ribbons in the blue and gold of Wakefield City. A third ribbon in black is included to pick up the black in the mens outfit, though this may be in memory of the now almost defunct men's team "The Shrogys"! The dress is worn over a white shirt and black tights. As with the mens kit the foot wear is black clogs.

This is actually the third version of the womens kit to have been seen in public. The current version came into public view in late 1999. Before that the kit was a blue short sleeved dress worn with a cream pinafore. This outfit also included for some years a flowered head band which faded away sometime in the early 1990's.

But before that kit there was yet another womens outfit, photographic records of which are so rare as to make the outfit almost mythical in status. But recent reaearch in the archives, or glory hole at the back of the hall has turned up a picture. This kit was a blue skirt and white blouse worn with yellow knee socks and a blue head scarf. Topping this was a blue bolero style waistcoat. Attractive but as one dancer who wore the kit commented "the blouse never stayed tucked into the skirt and the scarf always fell off...". The mens kit on the other hand has seen almost no change since the team started. Only the lack of materials or replacements has forced subtle changes in colours over the years.

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