Monday 15 April 2019

A look ahead to the annual Knutsford Royal May Day parade

Visitors to Knutsford generally walk along town centre pavements in single file. That’s thanks to Lady Jane Stanley who stipulated, when she paid for pavements in the 18th century that they must be narrow enough to avoid the scandalous sight of a man and woman walking together side by side.



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