Here we take a look back at children in Sheffield dancing around the Maypole in years gone by – including at Sheffield’s traditional Highland Fling country fair, which usually takes place on the Mayday bank holiday weekend at Graves Park, but has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
1. Sheffield Highland Fling at Graves Park Mayday Maypole dancing
Mayday Maypole dancing at last year's Highland Fling in Graves Park, Sheffield Photo: Dean Atkins
2. MAY QUEEN,ASHDELL SCHOOL Maypole dancers pictured at Ashdell School, Sheffield. 26 May 2004
Maypole dancers at Ashdell School, Broomhill, May 2004 Photo: Roger Nadal
3. Kids and adults all got to try the Maypole at the Highland Flking at Graves Park in Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2nd May 2016. Photo by Glenn Ashley.
Maypole dancing at the 2016 Highland Fling Photo: Glenn Ashley
4. Children from the Reignhead Primary School, Beighton, entertain the shoppers in Orchard Square with traditional Maypole dancing. 1/05/1992
Children from Reignhead Primary School, Beighton, entertain shoppers in Orchard Square with traditional Maypole dancing in May 1992 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
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