Whitsuntide traditions

[poppypoppy]

Yeh I remember Whitsuntide too !! God I feel old now...we had new outfits..both me and my sister..both dressed alike...hats..gloves..handbags..ankle socks and new shoes...thought we looked the bees knees !!! Then mom and dad used to take us to the bottom of our road..and watch all the boys brigade bands from various churches in the area all march pass...and on into Endcliffe Park...Oh god.. I did used to like it...and then every so often the local boys brigade band used to march round our streets on a sunday morning...dont see that now do you..mind you..kids today would think that was absolutely crazy wouldnt they?? Oh shame alls these old traditions have vanished isnt it...I have a much older brother and sister and they went through the same ritual too...they loved it as well...my kids now have no idea what whitsuntide is...

[pennycrayon]

the bands used to go on whit monday to the parks with the may queens lol hey ho

[poppypoppy]

Oh another one of us what remembers..Hey....church I used to go to did a play with the may queen...can remember one year dressing up in grass skirt..blacked face etc etc...god it took my mom days to scrub my face clean...it was red raw by the time she'd got it all off.....oh happy childhood memories....lol

[Littlepink]

i rememeber one year in particular when me and my brother both wore pink !! i had a gypsy skirt and blouse and my brother ( poor devil) had pink trousers , shirt and tie !! heaven knows what my mother was thinking

[deedar]

does anyone know wen this is as children we used to get a new outfit and went around all our neighbours to show them our outfit and in return used to get bits of money for sweets oh they wer the days :)

God yeah I remember that, trolling round the streets of Hackenthorpe in our new clobber getting money for spice off the neighbors, sounds almost Dickensian now dunnit??

[teeny]

I remember being made a dress for whitsun ! I loved the whit sing in Graves park. all the churches together marching to Graves park. I don't know why it stopped but I wish it hadn't as it brought the community together.

[shanes teeth]

There's a common theme here,all the christian festivals,Whit ,Easter,Christmas.Bribe the kids to join in and then when they get older and see it for what it is,they kick it into touch

[lagerlil]

I remember one whit sunday , my mum and dad bought my sister and i matching desses. the material was polyester and the pattern was animal print! The only problem was , there are 5 years between us. I FELT A RIGHT NURD.

[lagerlil]

My mum tooks us to butterfield and masseys for our whitsuntide clothes. sometimes we went to blanchards on infirmary road. we had a posh hat, and handbag and patent shoes.

[Diddles]

My uncle used to take lots of cine films of the family on different occasions, and he recently put them all on to DVD's. There's a brill one where his daughter, my sister and I come trooping down the garden path in all our finery on Whit Sunday - my kids think its hilarious!