Just two weeks after the last bank holiday, thousands of people around Harrogate will be celebrating May Day.
These pictures were all taken in the first decade of the 21st Century by photographers from the Harrogate Advertiser or our sister paper The Yorkshire Post. They show the various ways that people have celebrated May Day over the years, from parades to galas, from pancake races to crowning a May Day Queen.
Do you recognise anyone in these pictures? We’re particularly interested in information regarding the one below right, as our archives are missing important details. Email us at [email protected]. You can also send any old pictures for a future retro page to the same address. Please include your name and details about the pictures.
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This picture was taken in Knaresborough in 2008. Do you know anything about what was happening?
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The Primrose Lane May Day Queen Ella Jackson (centre) and her attendants Sam Blackman, Kayleigh Morrell, Emily Mitchell and Hannah Stone.
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The teams taking part in the Pancake Race on Beulah Street in Harrogate. Pictured with Mike Beardsley of Sight Savers (centre) are Greg Dimond, Royston Bayfield, Lynne Yeadon, Andrea Day, Christine Jackson, Scott Lawson, John Broadberry and Robert May.
