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Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Ethel shaw, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Mayor Choosing ceremony is a tradition in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The newly elected mayor, Ethel Shaw, stands proudly in his regalia in front of the market cross. The sign for the Borough Museum ...

Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Francis Stanier, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Mayor Choosing Ceremony of 1896 saw Francis Stanier elected as Mayor Newcastle-under-Lyme for the first time. This traditional ceremony takes place every year, although today there is no photograph ...

Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Norman Bradshaw, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Mayor Choosing ceremony is a tradition in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The newly elected mayor, Norman Bradshaw, stands proudly in his regalia in front of the market cross in 1956.

May Celebrations, Whiston

May Day Celebrations, Stanton

Stanton’s May Queen features in this procession travelling along Marsh Lane towards the village centre. St. Mary’s Church can be seen in the background. Photographer: H. Hinge, Ashbourne.

May Day Celebrations, Stanton

Stanton’s May Queen and her entourage on a dias pictured in front of the School House. Photographer: H. Hinge, Ashbourne.

May Day Demonstration, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.

A Labour Day demonstration, featuring Miners' Trade Union banners. The demonstrators are marching up Stafford Street, at the corner of Clayton Street in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

May Day, Albrighton, Shropshire

A May Day carnival at Albrighton, Shropshire. Pictured is a decorated donkey cart with spectators around it and a large crowd and horses in background. To the right is Albrighton Pool. Photographer: ...

May Day, Tittensor School

A school group pictured on the Vicarage lawn in Tittensor.

May Fair and Cattle Market, Stafford,

Annual fairs had two sides - trade and pleasure. People would travel from a wide area to visit the fairs, which often filled the town's main streets. Henry III granted Stafford's first annual fair in ...

May Fair, Codsall Wood area

The photographer was Bennett Clarke.

May Fair, Market Square, Stafford

Stalls and a strength-testing machine at the May Fair in Stafford's Market Square, with Market Street in the background. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ...

May Queen at Rushton Well Dressing

May Queen and girls celebrating the dressing of Saint Helen's Well at Rushton Marsh. Saint Helen's Well, near the vicarage house at Rushton Marsh, was dressed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

May Queen, Endon

The Endon May Queen celebration takes place late in May, during the Spring Bank Holiday. It includes the crowning of a 'Well-Dressing Queen' and Endon is now one of the places in Staffordshire to continue ...

May Queen, Oaken area

The May Queen pictured is 12 year old Betty Hardcastle (now Baron).

May Queen, Rowley Street, Methodist Hall, Stafford

In the absence of the traditional village green, the Rowley Street Methodist Church Hall, with its attractive decorations of streamers and flags, provided an excellent substitute for the crowning of the ...

May Queen, Stafford

Theresa Bebbington as Queen Rosebud II, Sandyford Nursery School,Stafford

Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Edward Bond, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Mayor Choosing ceremony is a tradition in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The newly elected mayor, Edward Bond, stands proudly in his regalia in front of the market cross. The Lancaster Buildings can ...