Village May Queens

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For many years the Village May Day celebrations included the crowning of a May Queen. Other village children were also given roles in the ceremony, such as May Queen Assistant or Maypole Bearer.

Although not officially recorded, it has been possible to build up a provisional list of Village May Queens covering the first half of the twentieth century.

YearMay QueenAge
1900Minnie Chambers5
1903Mary Staniford Walsh5
1904Doris Cooke5
1905Maudie Farmer5
1906Florrie Hopkins5
1907Dorothea Daniels4
1908Winnie Pincham4
1913Edie Limmage3
1920Florence Arnold13
1923Florrie Smith10
1924Marjorie Coles13
1925Hilda Martha Barnes12
1927Hilda May Riley13
1928Joan Emma Thorn12
1929Joyce Chambers10
1930Hilda M Smith12
1931Violet Davies8
1932Peggy Earp10
1933Rosina Howell12
1934Amy F Perry12
1935Mary Woodford12
1936Joan Sylvester10
1938Muriel Simmonds11
1939Gladys Chambers12
Winnie Pincham May Queen 1908 (aged 4)