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The Maypole is
a major feature village life, as every three years it has to be taken down and
painted or repaired/replaced. This task used to be done by hand - with many ropes
and ladders. A big deal by any standards - now it gets done by Crane, due
to 'health and safety concerns... and with this chore go the
pagan rituals-
-the electing of a 'sacrificial virgin' - May Queen - (she gets younger every year!!) and parades and dancing during the day, - serious drinking in the evening. The Norman Fort is where all the
dancing takes place - it makes a useful theatre.
'Off
the beaten track' is where I am in this picture,- well out of the way bottom
right.
2, Rakehill Road, Email - MTOram @ woodshedproducts.co.uk (remove spaces to email)
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Situated
on the outskirts of the pretty little village of Barwick-in-Elmet, in Yorkshire,
England, a few miles from Leeds, which is famous for having the highest Maypole
in Europe, an Iron Age Hill Fort and a Norman Motte and Bailey Fort.
