Lanreath, Cornwall
The permanent Maypole at Lanreath was financed by a Lottery grant and sited on a landscaped "Maypole Green" complete with an information shelter. The pole is of glass fibre tube and set in a stone base which has a message saying  it was 'opened 1 May AD2000'. This is a beautifully set pole in a picturesque village. This year Lanreath had two Maypoles as they had also raised a pole for the old local tradition of stealing Maypoles.

Kilnsey, N. Yorkshire.
Kilnsey pole was due to be raised before 1 Jan. 2000 but due to delayed planning permission was not raised until the 6 July 2000.  The wooden shaft had been matured for over 18 months in a nearby field. The 'flagpole' base, and the finely made weather vane, a trout leaping from water in wrought iron, were made by local blacksmith John Clements. Traditionally many of the Maypoles in Wharfdale are not painted as is the new Kilnsey pole which is at a very spectacular site, near Kilnsey Crag, a favourite site for rock climbers, a number of whom were climbing the Crag  when this picture was taken. In the public house opposite a photograph of the previous pole at Kilnsey can be seen. This fell in in the early 1960's, and was not renewed until now. This earlier pole can also be seen on an early 1950's film 'A Girl, A Boy and a Bicycle', a story of a cycle club outing featuring a young Diana Dors (in shorts!)

Galphay N. Yorkshire
At Galphay only the shaft of the maypole was replaced, a glass fibre tube substituting for the old wooden pole. This was donated to the village by a car company in the city of Ripon on the 10th of October 1999 in time for the Millennium celebrations.  A plaque on the shaft describing this joins two others on the flagpole type base. One of these tells that the pole was renewed in 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The other states that a pole was erected in 1935 commemorate the Jubilee of King George V and in memorial to Admiral Charles Oxley.

As with the base the weather vane was not renewed. This is a wonderful original wind indicator where a sailing ship chases a spouting whale, perhaps to honour Admiral Oxley. This is a pole on a beautifully set green.