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Description: Knutsford Royal May Day 2024 On May 4th 2014 twelve year old Orla Bolton was crowned Knutsford's one hundred and fifty eighth May Queen.   The Crown Bearer was Jack Pearce, a year eight student at Knutsford Academy.  Both Orla and Jack have lived in Knutsford all their lives. The

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Knutsford Royal May Day is the highlight of the town’s calendar and it takes place every year on the first Saturday in May. The procession through the town and the crowning of the May Queen began in 1864 by the Vicar of Knutsford, the Rev. Robert Clowes. The prefix ‘Royal’ was bestowed on the event in 1887 by their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, then Prince and Princess of Wales.  Knutsford remains exceedingly proud of its Royal title.

The first celebration at Knutsford, of May Day, took place on Monday 2nd May when such a site was witnessed by the inhabitants as will not be forgotten.  The idea was first originated with the Miss Clowes, through whose efforts the arrangements were carried out most successfully …… Throughout the town the day was observed as a general holiday, and the inhabitants appeared in holiday costume, while flags and banners hung from almost every trademan’s window.'(Guardian, May 7th 1864). nutsford ‘Royal’ May Day

“Knutsford, the little Cheshire town Mrs Gaskell described as ‘Cranford’, has one of the grandest May Day pageants in Britain.” Roy Kerridge published in the The Spectator, 13th May 1983 .

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