May Day Celebrations 1947

Hi Annie..
I love old photos...
Can you spot similarities with your baby pics and those of Riley ?

Yes I can TT and even more so the photos of Ella and Jamie! I look miserable in this one :o))

Not miserable ...
just thoughtful ..
... and rather chubby-cheeked ;o) x

Very chubby-cheeked!!

:o))) xx

And such wonderful memories to cherish .

Thank you for sharing your wonderful family photos Annela.

Thanks Kath, even though they are black and white the May day ones have a lovely summery feel to them :o))

Fanta stic , what lovely memories and pictures.And, still in such good condition!
Your dad certainly knew how to smile for the camera!

Your Dad looked a very happy little boy, how lovely to see all these old photos, cherish them.......

Great annie, I like it very much!

I am always fascinated by old photographs, especially family ones, when my dad passed away we had to empty our old family home, it was amazing how many photos there were to sort through, lots of memories brought back to mind..
Thankyou for sharing Annella....

Thats fantastic Annella, how brilliant to have all those pictures, I went to school in bedfordshire too, you used to be able to see the maypoles up on the village greens!

Wonderful photos Annella, dont the children look so well turned out.

Happy memories. May Day was always a very happy time at the village school I attended.
The teachers and parents did a wonderful job organising it all.

Lovely blog Annella....

Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed looking at these.

Thanks all. Sticki where did you go to school?

Wow they are lovely photos Annella, I can remember celebrating May Day we always had a May Queen which the school voted on who it was to be. We then had a show, we had dancers and fancy dress and a different theme every year. No one seems to celebrate like we did on Mayday in the olden days. LOL how old am I lol. seems like centuries away at times. lol. Brilliant blog thanks for sharing.

Glad you enjoyed it Olive :o))

3 different schools in bedfordshire:

Denbeigh Road Luton
Aspley Heath Primary, Woburn Sands
Cedars, Leighton Buzzard

There are some lovely villages on the South side of Bedford Sticki, that's where I remember all the Maypoles. Do you know Northill, Ickwell & Old Warden not far from Biggleswade? I used to go to Aspley Heath with an old boyfriend years ago. We worked for Bedford hospital and used to deliver sterile equipment to Daneswood and Edgbury hospitals then we would sneak off for a while!

Old Warden rings a bell and I know of Biggleswade ~ but not well. Aspley Guise was about 2 miles from where I lived!!!

I have just changed my question Sticki please read again Lol!!

oh annella how amazing is that! cant remember edgbury [although names may have changed] but Daneswood i think was next door but one!!! our neighbour was the gardener for daneswood. oh, hold on ~ not sure now ~ was Daneswood right at the top if so that wasnt next door but my sister used to play with the little girl who lived in the lodge house for daneswood. i think we lived next to Homewood? i cant remember the names now ~ will have to check.

so you would have been visiting the woods at the top of the road!!!

I was very familiar with lots of woods in that area!!! The big blue van was hard to hide though Lol x

isnt that funny! we used to play in those woods all day, go on our bikes and make dens.

im sure i remember seeing a big blue van!!!

it would have been around 1964 - 1970 i think thats a bit early for the big blue van!!!

The big blue van was 1977 Sticki and I was 17.....Ahh back in the day :o)))x

1977 oh no! i was long gone!

I just had a quick look online and there are some brilliant old photos of Aspley Heath

wonderful memories :-)))))))))

so enjoyed seeing these photos Anne, brilliant and what a cute baby you were :o))

That's brilliant Annie. Reminded me of 'Call the Midwife'! Your Dads smile didn't change one bit did it?! What a lovely Man he looks. :))

What a lovely little boy. Looks like a great event.

The smile is older now but he is still a lovely man :o))

thanks for sharing, Annella - it's gone straight into my faves. Wonderful to see what "yesterday" looked like - is the same thing kept up nowadays?