Cold weather puts paid to Flora Day Lily of the Valley sprigs

A key component of Helston's Flora Day celebrations is unlikely to be seen - at least in its natural state – this year.The plunging temperatures that Cornwall have put paid to any hopes that the dancers will able to wear Lily of the Valley next Saturday.Nigel Pascoe, one of the Flora Day organisers, told the BBC: "Our records go back more than 100 years and we can tell from those records that men wore Lily of the Valley on th eir lapels and the women on the their dresses."But...