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  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather on the plinth below Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
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  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face of Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-22-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face of Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-15-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the faces of Karl Marx and Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-05-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the faces of Karl Marx and Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-04-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather on the plinth below Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-32-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Pamphlets and literature on a stall of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-27-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face of Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-18-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Pamphlets and literature on a stall of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-09-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Pamphlets and literature on a stall of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-12-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face Soviet leader Lenin on a banner in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-08-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face Soviet leader Lenin on a banner in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-07-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_099.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. A passer by becomes agressive with the protesters and they turn on him. Blocked by police he is convinced to turn away by his friend.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_098.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_097.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Here the group shows its anger, blocking traffic on Tower Bridge and shouting slogans.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_093.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Here the group shows its anger, blocking traffic on Tower Bridge and shouting slogans.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_092.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. A fire breather shoots up a flame at the protest gathers on Tower Bridge.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_089.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. A fire breather shoots up a flame at the protest gathers on Tower Bridge.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_086.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_081.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_082.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_080.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_078.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_077.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_066.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_064.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_059.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_057.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_056.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_053.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_051.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_049.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_048.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_043.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_041.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_040.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_036.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Ex-serviceman with a homeless card.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_034.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_032.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_031.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_025.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_023.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_021.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Ian Bone publisher of anarchist newspaper Class War seen here with protesters. He has been involved in social campaigns since the 1960s.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_018.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_019.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Ian Bone publisher of anarchist newspaper Class War seen here with protesters. He has been involved in social campaigns since the 1960s.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_016.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_012.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_013.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_014.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_011.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_010.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_009.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_008.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_006.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. A member of the clergy wearing a dog collar passes the first protesters to arrive.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_002.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_001.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_083.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_084.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_079.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. A fire breather shoots up a flame at the protest gathers in the City.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_076.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_071.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_063.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc letting off smoke bombs for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_061.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_055.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_046.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_037.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_030.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted. Protester wearing a pig face head emblazoned with the letters ACAB meaning All Coppers Are Bastards amonst coloured smoke from a smoke bomb.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_027.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_022.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
    20160501_may day fuck parade_004.jpg
  • Anarchists gather as a black bloc for the Fuck Parade to party and protest at the class and wealth divide between rich and poor and the gentrification of London, the demonstration was organised by anarchist group Class War on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The parade is now part of the May Day activism calendar as dissatisfaction about the establishment, the police and the inadequacy of the press is highlighted.
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  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The procession begine, working its route through Deptford. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
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  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The procession begine, working its route through Deptford. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
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  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Preparations out in the street outside the Dog and Bell pub. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
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  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Preparations out in the street outside the Dog and Bell pub. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Preparations out in the street outside the Dog and Bell pub. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
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  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. An embrace for one of the May Queens. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
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  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Traditional Morris Dancing in Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Traditional Morris Dancing in Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich, underneath the masts of the Cutty Sark. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The procession begine, working its route through Deptford. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The procession begine, working its route through Deptford. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Climbing into the Jack outside the Dog and Bell pub. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. A short play aobut the Jack is acted out. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Traditional Morris Dancing in Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Traditional Morris Dancing in Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Traditional Morris Dancing in Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich, underneath the masts of the Cutty Sark. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich, underneath the masts of the Cutty Sark. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
  • May Day custom of Deptford Jack in the Green, a man encased in a framework entirely covered with greenery, is one of the lesser-known modern revivals by the Blackheath Morris Men of English traditional customs on May 1st 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Working its route along the river, the Jack reaches Greenwich. Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived in the early 1980s. Originally a revival from about 1906, it developed from the 17th Century custom of milkmaids going out on May Day with the utensils of their trade, decorated with garlands of flowers and piled into a pyramid which they carried on their heads. By the mid eighteenth century other groups, notably chimney sweeps, were moving in on the milkmaids territory as they saw May Day as a good opportunity to collect money, so carried a Jack in the Green. Over the last 25 years several popular festivals have grown up around the Jack in the Green tradition. Deptford Jack in the Green is not very widely known although it has been running since the early 1980s.
    20160501_deptford jack in the green_...jpg
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