A look back at May celebrations at local schools
The merry month of May has been celebrated at many schools across Oxfordshire, as these pictures from the Oxford Mail archives show. May queens, dancing, garlands and maypoles have been a popular feature of the summer term for many years
Laura Wing, 11, was crowned May Queen and Michael Skinner, 11, was named Jack of the Green at Bletchingdon village school in 1990. Michael is seen carrying a cauliflower, a sign of growing crops
The May King and Queen, Barry Hornblow and Rosemary Davis, headed the May procession from Iffley village school to St Mary’s Church in 1953
Queen Kate Lippiett, 11, with Tamara Norton, left, and Amy Robinson at Garsington Primary, 1988
May Queen Alison Moore, 11, and her attendants, took a ride of honour through Charlbury after being crowned in 1981
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