Festivities have been quiet this year because of coronavirus but there are plenty of reminders of May celebrations from the past.

Music was in the air at Cumnor as schoolchildren led their parents and other villagers on a walk to mark the traditional spring festival.

We are not sure what year Picture 1 was taken, but you can guarantee that the musicians in front led the procession with great gusto on their recorders.

Nine-year-old Cathy Ridge, in Picture 2, became May Queen at the celebrations at Headington Quarry First School in Oxford in 1986.

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She was crowned by her fellow pupils and by former school May Queen Anne Hatwell, seen with her, who reigned in 1933.

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Parents and staff watched as 90 pupils, aged from five to nine, took part in the festivities, including dancing round a maypole.

Maypole dancing attracted plenty of applause, too, when pupils entertained parents at a barbecue at Little Milton School in 1989.

Picture 3 shows May Queen Helen Lovegrove and May King Jamie King being crowned by Christopher Quested and Francesca Warren-Price.

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The May Queens at the village school at Wootton, near Abingdon, in 1999 had not only attractive floral crowns but attendants to look after them.

The three queens, front, left to right, Nichola Hall, Kim Edwards and Erica Ford, are seen in Picture 4 with Lucy Uzzell, Chloe Schoones and Julia Green.

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School May King Anthony Hulse and May Queen Coralie Wright led villagers from Aston Rowant, near Thame, on their annual walk to Kingston Blount recreation ground for the May fete in 1990.

Coralie, six, is seen in Picture 5 with her friend, Amanda Shepherd, seven, making friends with Hanna the pony.

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Susan McQuaide, in Picture 6, treated herself to a taste of pastry after presiding at the May Day celebrations at East Oxford Secondary School in 1973.

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Susan, of Freelands Road, Oxford, was the 54th consecutive May Queen to be crowned at the school.

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A May Fair at Didcot Youth Centre in 1990 provided a shop window for local organisations to show visitors what they could offer.

Among those at the event was Adrianna Dodd, nine, in Picture 7, drumming up support for Didcot Diamonds marching band.

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This year Oxford City Council, alongside Magdalen College, encouraged residents to celebrate Oxford’s traditional May Morning at home and online. Celebrated since the early 16th century, May Morning has traditionally been held at Magdalen Tower, with thousands of revellers celebrating in the streets below.

However, on Saturday outdoor gatherings of more than six people or more than two households was not permitted.

Due to the restrictions, there was no May Morning event Magdalen Tower.