A May festival on The Green has been revived by Hawk Green
Residents Association recalling festivals of long ago.
A king and queen
presided over stalls, vintage vehicles and maypole dancing by the brownies. The
Green has a long tradition of serving the outlying district of Hawk Green near
Marple and was levelled with cinders from Goyt Mill for use as a cricket field
in the 1930s. Before that it was common land where horses, sheep and cattle
could be grazed by nearby cottagers.
The organisers turned up in costume
reflecting a WW1 theme and the sun honoured the day.
