A clog dancing group in Devon is appealing for new dancers and musicians to join them.
The group Plymouth Clog was formed in the 1980s but group members said in recent years their numbers had dwindled.
Clog dancing is similar to Morris dancing but the dancers wear wooden clogs on their feet.
The group said it would welcome anyone who wanted to give it a try and previous experience of dancing was not required.
Plymouth Clog was originally called Plymouth Maids but changed its name in an attempt to encourage more men to join.
The group said it was also looking for musicians who play traditional folk instruments to join them.
Tammi Boyd, 35, is one of the group’s youngest members and hopes it is a tradition other young people would want to help preserve.
She said: “For me I find it very important, because I see not as many young people doing it, it feels as though some people don’t want it to continue and it is something that we have, why not have it, like cream teas, like going down the pub, why not have something else that can continue and be loved for future generations.”
Jacqui Blake, the group’s squire or leader, said: “We all wear the traditional wooden clogs, that would have been used in the industries back in the 1800s.”
Ros Twinn, who has danced with Plymouth Clog for about 30 years, said: “I have always enjoyed doing clog dancing, at the time that I joined there weren’t many sides that you could join as a woman because Morris dancing then was just for men.
“So when I accidentally discovered that there was a clog side and that they were women and I could join, I thought this is wonderful, you can dance in the street – it is such fun.”
