Whitsun Collection

Whitsun walk in Abertillery, South Wales. c.1938

Boat trips, Bridlington to Flamborough, Whitsun 1938
Boat trips from Bridlington to Flamborough, North Yorkshire, during the Whitsun period, 1938. 1938

Whit Monday procession, Padiham, Lancashire, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, at Whitsun 1938
Knaresborough, market and spa town in North Yorkshire, seen here at Whitsun 1938. 1938

Whit Monday in Kidbrooke Lane 1871
People 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

Redruth Whitsun Fair
Children riding a hand-cranked roundabout at Redruth Whitsun Fair

Frog driving coach on a German Whitsuntide postcard
Frog driving a coach drawn by cockroaches on a German Whitsuntide postcard. Date: circa 1890s

German soldiers on Whitsun postcard, WW1
Group photo, German soldiers on a traditional Whitsun (Pentecost) greetings postcard, May 1917, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Kingsteignton Maypole
The May Queen and her Maids of Honour (and one boy!) by the Maypole, at the Ram Roasting Fair, Kingsteignton, Devon, England, held annually on Whitsun Monday. Date: 1950s

National Air Scouts 21st Anniversary Celebrations
Surrey Air Scout Camp at National Air Scouts 21st Anniversary Celebrations at Rushmoor. 1962

Death of Anne of Bohemia
Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II, dies at the age of 28

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