May Day

[Tilly2]

Pinch, punch, first of the month.
No returns from you!


Who's maypole dancing today?

[bhg481]

I was only saying to my wife yesterday that I haven't seen a Maypole since I left Lancashire 60 years ago. Our local parish church always used to come round our part of the town on Mayday.

[Tilly2]

There is a splendid May Day celebration, covid restricted, every year in the village of Ickwell, Bedfordshire.
It's a good day out, keeping history alive.
In fact, there's a new pole this year.

https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/people/new-ickwell-maypole-stands-proudly-on-village-green-3582562

[jno]

do they rent it out for private dances the rest of the year?

There's a church called St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London - the shaft was the maypole outside. It's gone but the church is still there.

[rowanwitch]

Hooray hooray the first of May
Outdoor bonking starts today!!

[tiggerblue10]

I remember dancing round a maypole once at my junior school. This was in the late 70s. Can't recall if it was on a school trip or in the playground though.

[jno]

it would have been better yesterday, rowan, warm and sunny. Cooler and wet today.

[rowanwitch]

The thought just makes me shiver...

[Tilly2]

It is cold today. Hopefully, it will be warmer tomorrow, for the Ickwell May Day festivities.

[Tilly2]

This is an interesting website.
(Well, I find it interesting) :-)

[jno]

Answerbank? It has its moments.

[pastafreak]

I have photos of then little pasta taking part in the yearly May Day festivities at the village school in Blunham. We were only a few miles from Ickwell.
It's very pretty round those parts.

[Tilly2]

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Folklore-Year-May/

Forgot the link!

[Tilly2]

It is Pasta. Did you live in Blunham?

[pastafreak]

Yes...11 years. Our first house in the UK. Fields to the front and at the end of a very long garden. It was a good place for little pasta to grow up.

[Tilly2]

Pasta, I have three friends who live in Bromham. I used to teach in Sandy.