OXFORD celebrated the traditional May morning virtually earlier today.
Normally, thousands would gather outside Magdalen College from 5am to hear the bells and choristers from the Great Tower.
However, due to the coronavirus lockdown, the college released a video at 6am this morning to celebrate the event.
Last year’s #MayMorning vs this year’s pic.twitter.com/I1vzgJHoPV
— Dr Emily Furlong (@em_furlong) May 1, 2020
There was none of the normal Morris dancing and folk singing in the city centre, although the Eynsham Morris dancers celebrated whilst social distancing.
At dawn we deployed a crack squad of social distancers to celebrate the first of May.
— EynshamMorris (@EynshamMorris) May 1, 2020
Happy May Day everyone!#eynshammorris #eynsham #village #morrisdancing #mayday #maymorning #dance#music #traditional pic.twitter.com/k4GZb2S9S8
Horns of Plenty Oxford also failed to let the lockdown get in the way of some May morning fun as they played 'Somewhere over the rainbow' in over 100 sites across the city.
#MayMorning What a beautiful morning! Over 100 sites across Oxford playing 'Somewhere over the rainbow'. Share your videos! pic.twitter.com/fD3tLOWZZk
— Horns of Plenty (@horns_of_plenty) May 1, 2020
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