It was formed primarily by members of Fenstanton Morris (an early mixed sex dance side operating near Huntingdon) and other dancers located in East Anglia in the 1979 as a response to the male-only policy of the Morris Ring and the female-only policy of the Women's Morris Federation - although, by 1980, the Morris Federation had already dropped their female-only policy in favour of one that allowed both joint sides, where morris sides had male and female members who would dance in all male or all female sets, and mixed sets, where men and women would dance together.
The group was formed primarily by Fenstanton Morris dancers and others from East Anglia in 1979 as a response to the male-only policy of the Morris Ring and the female-only policy of the Women's Morris Federation. By 1980, the Morris Federation had changed its stance to allow mixed sides with both male and female members who could dance in all-male or all-female sets, and mixed sets where men and women danced together.