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Fort Langley established its May Day in 1922, and it continues to be an annual tradition (2003). In Langley, May Day refers to the 24 of May, the date of the birth of Queen Victoria. The first May Day was held in Fort Langley, then the event moved to Langley Prairie from 1923-1957. In 1958 the Langley Kinsmen gave up the event, and it returned to Fort Langley where it was organized by the Community Improvement Society and the Fort Langley Lions club, and finally a community committee. May Day celebrations include the crowning of the May Queen and the May pole dancing.

Superbase See Also: May Day Celebrations - Langley Prairie
Term Source: Warren Sommer's "From Prairie to City", p. 154.

Ernest Edward "Ernie" Sendall was born at Aylesham, England on April 3, 1890. His business activities were centred in the Harmsworth community. Ernest was active in the Harmsworth Community Society, which he was president of. After 1935, he became a Board of Trade leader and president of the Langley Board on two occasions. He also served as president of the Associated Boards of Trade of the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland, and was a charter member of the BC Chamber of Commerce.

Sendall helped organize the BC Baby Chick Co-operative Association, and served for many years as its president and secretary. He was on several poultry organizations and was regarded as an authority in the poultry industry. In 1949 he was president of the Canadian Federation of Hatchery Associations. His poultry farm, under his management, developed into the largest operation of its kind in BC. Before 1959 it was the first hatchery to produce more then a million chicks in one year. Sendall was one of the first to promote development of cross-bred strains in the Lower Mainland poultry industry. He was also an avid aviation booster. He was a member of the Langley Advisory Board and on the executive of the BC Aviation Council. He served with the Langley Lions Club, was a past master of the Eureka Lodge No. 103 A. F. and A. M., and past district deputy Grand Master of district No.2 A. F. and A. M. He worked hard for the incorporation of Langley Prairie as a city and served as the first elected Mayor of Langley City from 1955-1959. His family included son John Edward (1919-1943) who died overseas during the Second World War, son Richard (Dick), daughter Jean, a brother in England, and a sister in Northern Ireland. Ernie Sendall died on October 26,1959.