Annual Wellow Maypole Day celebration to take place this bank holiday Monday, May 27
The unique traditions of the annual Wellow Maypole Day will take place this bank holiday Monday.
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The unique traditions of the annual Wellow Maypole Day will take place this bank holiday Monday.
On May 22nd 1923 a carpenter’s daughter came face to face with a Marchioness on the maypole green at Wellow.
Janet Carr, of the committee, said: “We held an afternoon tea to commemorate what would usually be a fantastic occasion, and had an extra delight of the surprise appearance of local musician Tony Wade, with his Elizabethan pipe and tabor and a harmonium, to give an impromptu concert of English folk tunes by the maypole. "He entertained the gathering, and the customers outside the nearby Red Lion, for half an hour, before a photo call with the May Queen-elect, Ellie Wilson. “Ellie has now been patiently waiting to be crowned May Queen for two years, and so, together with the Maypole commit...