TO celebrate one of Worcester's most important historical events people are being encouraged to wear oak leaves.

Oak Apple Day was once an English public holiday observed annually on May 29, to commemorate the restoration of the English monarchy in May 1660.

Discover History brought the tradition back for Worcester in 2003 after it was forgotten about in the 1990s. There had been plans to mark the 360th anniversary this year but they had to be shelved due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

But people are still being encouraged to mark the day by wearing oak leaves.

The significance of the Oak Leaves was that Charles II had hid in an oak tree in Boscobel, following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

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Paul Harding from the Discover History said: "We resurrected the tradition - tradition is really important, too much heritage and tradition is lost.

"After restoring Oak Apple Day in 2003, we are so pleased that the city continues to celebrate it. It's just sad that we can't celebrate the anniversary in style.

"In 2010 we organised OakApple350 with Cathedral Bells ringing out and events taking place across the city."

People are encourage to wear the leaves and take selfies of themselves, sharing them on Discover History's social media pages.