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CARTMEL RACES POSTERA poster announcing Whit Monday races (29th May 1871) at Cartmel, Lancashire. Races will include a hurdle race, the Hartington Stake, the Innkeepers Stake, a Trotting Match and a Hound Dog Trail
George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742George Whitefield(1714-1770), nonconformist preacher, depicted preaching under difficult circumstances at Moorfields Fair on Whit Monday, 1742. 1742
Whitsun walk in Abertillery, South Wales. c.1938
Boat trips, Bridlington to Flamborough, Whitsun 1938Boat trips from Bridlington to Flamborough, North Yorkshire, during the Whitsun period, 1938. 1938
Corby Pole Fair, Northamptonshire 1902Once every twenty years on Whit-Monday the people of Corby in Northamptonshire celebrate by holding a unique fair in commemoration of a charter granted to them by Queen Elizabeth in 1585
Whit Monday procession, Padiham, Lancashire, early 1900s Date: early 1900s
Whit Monday parade, Padiham Date: early 1900s
Honley Whit Monday in 1923
Royal visit to Leicester - planting oak tree in Abbey ParkPrince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark), opening the new Abbey Park by planting a young oak tree, on Whit Monday. Date: June 1882
Advert, Wee MacGreegor Pottery, Glasgow, Scotland, by John Hassall - Whit Wey? 1904
Music cover, Its a Different Girl Again! Words by George Arthurs, music by Bennett Scott, sung by Whit Cunliffe. Date: 1900s
The Whit Sunday custom of strawing the floor of the Nave of the church with rushes, dating back to 1493. St. Mary Radcliffe Church, Bristol, England. Date: 1930s
Whit Monday in Kidbrooke Lane 1871People at Kidbrooke Lane on Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian calendar. Date: June 1871
Manchester, Lancashire - Whitsuntide WalkPrincess Street walkers - Whitsuntide Walk, Manchester, Lancashire. The earliest known " Walks" can be traced to Manchester around 1800
Manchester Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, EnglandManchester Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, near Stalybridge, Lancashire, England. Whit Friday Ladies Procession from Abney Church. Date: 1900s
Burnley Road, Padiham, LancashireBurnley Road, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Showing the Whit Monday Procession Date: 1926
Barlow Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, EnglandBarlow Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, near Rusholme, Lancashire, England. Whit Thursday Procession, St Marks School. Date: 1910s
Ampurias. Ruins whit statue of Asclepius. Catalonia. SpainGreek Art. Ampurias. Greek colony founded by the greeks of Foci. 575 BC. Ruins whit statue of Asclepius, god of medicine. Catalonia. Spain
A test of courageYoung boy with a lamp eyeing a fierce whit bulldog at the gate. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911
St Andrews Sunday School - Whit Walk, Hyde, CheshireSt Andrews Sunday School - Whit Walk, Hyde, near Stockport, Cheshire, England. Date: 1912
Sunday School Whit Walk, Hindley, LancashireSunday School Whit Walk, Hindley, near Wigan, Lancashire, England. Date: 1922
Group of golfers at Llandudno Golf Club, Whit Week 1914 Date: 1913
Four men on a bench at golf club, believed to be Llandudno at Whit week 1913. Second from left is the photogrpahers brother Edgar who was to become a WW1 casualty just 4 years later
Llandudno Golf Club at Whit Week 1913 Date: 1913
Group of men by a car, believed to be at Llandudno, Whit week 1913 Date: 1913
Advertising material displayed on a car, with a man sitting alongside. One poster reads: Stop this car for a free drive, and the other reads: See the seaside from the air
Whit Sunday CustomThe Whit Sunday custom of strawing the floor of the Nave of the church with rushes, dating back to 1493. St. Mary Radcliffe Church, Bristol, England. Date: 1930s
Ram Roasting TraditionThe Ram Roasting Fair at Kingsteington, Devon, England, is an annual (Whit Tuesday) event. A lamb is sacrificed in thanks for rain after a period of drought. Date: circa 1950
Queue for Dome of Discovery, Festival of BritainA long queue of people patiently waiting to enter the Dome of Discovery at the Festival of Britain on Londons South Bank on Whit Monday. Date: May 1951
Crowd of Children 1950SA crowd of children watch a Punch & Judy performance at the Whit Monday Church fete in a park in Thaxted, Essex. Date: 1950s
London Zoo, Whit Monday, 1866Engraving showing the crowd of visitors at the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) in Regents Park, 1866. On the right of the picture are the cages of the big carnivores (lions)
Customs / Cheese RollingCheese Rolling at Coopers Hill. For over 400 years this Whit-Monday ceremony has taken place to preserve rights of common as grazing-ground
Morris Musician / MustoThe leader & musician of the Bampton Morris Dancers of Oxfordshire playing a fiddle accompaniment for the dancers for their annual Whit Monday festivities
Morris / MustoMORRIS DANCING: Bampton, Oxfordshire. Villagers watch a morris dancing team perform on a well-clipped lawn on a sunny Whit Monday