, Civil servant. Lived at Harewell in the 1940s. Leonard Bardwell. A great enthusiast for the Morris, if not the world's best dancer. He was the prime mover in getting the 1937 tour going; this was breaking new ground as, apart from Thaxted and the Travelling Morris, it was unheard of to take Morris to the public in this way. He also played concertina, which was our only regular music. When Bardwell retired after the War, he moved to the Oxford area and had some sort of connection with the Abingdon Morris, although I am not certain if he actually danced with the side. I think he died some time in the 1950s. [N.B. Actually Len lived until 1967 and was still an active dancer in the Oxford area until as late as 1954. Leonard's other claim to fame is that he was the grandfather of the novelist Martin Amis and the father-in -law of Kingsley Amis. He is believed to be the inspiration/origination of the character Professor Ned Welch in "Lucky Jim" - I am indebted to John Maloney of Exeter Morris Men for this facinating piece of information - (Ed)]