A HUDDERSFIELD- based morris dancing club is celebrating its 50th anniversary with dances across the town.

White Rose Morris Men - now based at Marsh Liberal Club - has invited other morris dancing tams from across the country to join them in the celebrations.

The roving event will be held this Saturday with teams of dancers performing in Huddersfield and Holmfirth town centres and across the Holme and Colne Valleys.

White Rose Morris Men spokesman David Barstow said: "We have teams joining us from South Wales, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Rutland, Northumberland, East Suffolk and Shropshire.

"It will be a fantastic day - one to remember."

Morris dancers will be performing in Huddersfield town centre at Market Place and the Head Of Steam pub in St George's Square at 10am; The Nook pub in the centre of Holmfirth at 12.15pm and 4.30pm; The Bridge pub in Holmbridge at 1.30pm; The Cricketers at Deanhouse near Holmfirth at 11.30am; The Clothiers Arms in Stocksmoor at 12.30pm; Cannon Hall in Cawthorne at 2pm; The Farmer's Boy at Burnlee near Holmfirth at 3pm; The Dunkirk Inn on Barnsley Road, Denby Dale, at 3.30pm.

They will also be dancing in the Colne Valley and the centre of Halifax.