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MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS
5th-6th May 2024
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Address: Beamish, DH9 0RG
Venue: Beamish Museum
Website: www.beamish.org.uk
In the Edwardian period, May Day was second only to Christmas in popularity & each town or village all over the country would have its own range of traditions and customs. Find out more about the customs of May Day, including how a 1900s Pit Village would have prepared for May Day as sprigs are placed on the doors of the Francis Street cottages in a tradition called May birching.