The Worksop Folk Dance Group consists of members who dance for their own and other people's pleasure. 

The group was born in the early 1930's by Dorothy Bradbury whose interest in Folk Dance was cultivated while a member of the Girl Guides movement. It was 1933 that she first registered the group as part of the English Folk Dance & Song Society. 

At the present we are involved in exchange visits to our twin town of  Aurillac in France, and entertain many local people including hospital patients, Women Institutes, church organizations, school functions, country parks and many more societies with Folk dances and Morris dances.If you would like us to display for you please ring our secretary for address and to see if available and then download a booking form and return it to him/her within one week or highlight it and copy and paste it to e-mail and send to web editor at group@worksopfolkdance.plus.com filled in.

The music played for our dances consists of traditional tunes English, Irish, & Scottish, the origins of which are not always known and more contemporary tunes written especially for modern dances. Many traditional tunes are special ones and suit only one particular dance they are used for. 

We have 7 costumes for our group, our oldest one being "Festival Dress". The waistcoats worn by the man are quite unique and individual. The original idea came from our founder, Mrs. Dorothy Bradbury, over forty years ago. On the back you can see a tree and some figures. Of course the tree is the "Major Oak" and the figures are from the legend of Robin Hood. On the front of each waistcoat are various designs, each one representing the name of a dance, e.g. Newcastle, Huntsman Chorus, Fandango, Nottingham Swing and so on. The other newer costumes are "Reds", "Playford", "Morris", "Robin Hood", "Welsh" and "Big Deal ".