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  • St Blaise is the patron saint of wool-combers, and in Frampton on Severn today his feast is marked by a special event at the church, on the Sunday nearest to […]

    Frampton St Blaise’s Day

    St Blaise is the patron saint of wool-combers, and in Frampton on Severn today his feast is marked by a special event at the church, on the Sunday nearest to […]

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  • The annual flower festival at Shaftesbury is part of a unique project to create the UK’s first “snowdrop town”, following on from its beginnings in 2012 with the public planting […]

    Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival

    The annual flower festival at Shaftesbury is part of a unique project to create the UK’s first “snowdrop town”, following on from its beginnings in 2012 with the public planting […]

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  • Boxing Day is a popular date for sport of all kinds, but as far as I know the Squirt event at Geddington is unique. It involves a huge water fight […]

    Geddington Boxing Day Squirt

    Boxing Day is a popular date for sport of all kinds, but as far as I know the Squirt event at Geddington is unique. It involves a huge water fight […]

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  • The tiny church at Efenechtyd houses the Feat Stone or Maen Camp, a large rounded boulder used to demonstrate the strength of the locals who would throw the stone backwards […]

    Efenechtyd Throwing the Feat Stone

    The tiny church at Efenechtyd houses the Feat Stone or Maen Camp, a large rounded boulder used to demonstrate the strength of the locals who would throw the stone backwards […]

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  • The summer celebrations at Parwich begin on Wakes Saturday, the last weekend in June or sometimes the first in July, with the unique Oddfellows Procession. The Oddfellows are a national […]

    Parwich Wakes and Oddfellows Procession

    The summer celebrations at Parwich begin on Wakes Saturday, the last weekend in June or sometimes the first in July, with the unique Oddfellows Procession. The Oddfellows are a national […]

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  • Tichborne Dole is one of the longest established charity doles in the country, with a great legend attached to it. As Lady Mabella lay on her deathbed in the twelfth […]

    Tichborne Dole

    Tichborne Dole is one of the longest established charity doles in the country, with a great legend attached to it. As Lady Mabella lay on her deathbed in the twelfth […]

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  • The Onion Fayre at Newent was the only celebration devoted to the ever useful vegetable; it had been held since the Twelfth Century but the Onion Eating competition had only […]

    Newent Onion Fayre & Onion Eating Contest

    The Onion Fayre at Newent was the only celebration devoted to the ever useful vegetable; it had been held since the Twelfth Century but the Onion Eating competition had only […]

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  • The World Worm Charming Championship is held on a Saturday late each June at Willaston Primary Academy in Cheshire and dates back to 1980. Where else would you get a […]

    Willaston World Worm Charming Championship

    The World Worm Charming Championship is held on a Saturday late each June at Willaston Primary Academy in Cheshire and dates back to 1980. Where else would you get a […]

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  • Penzance is the setting for an annual revival of an ancient Cornish custom which vanished during the early years of the twentieth century: the Blowing of May Horns. Tin trumpets […]

    Penzance May Horns

    Penzance is the setting for an annual revival of an ancient Cornish custom which vanished during the early years of the twentieth century: the Blowing of May Horns. Tin trumpets […]

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  • The Mapleton Bridge Jump saw brave souls launching themselves from the parapet of Okeover Bridge into the chilly waters of the River Dove about 30 feet beneath; they then swam […]

    Mapleton Bridge Jump

    The Mapleton Bridge Jump saw brave souls launching themselves from the parapet of Okeover Bridge into the chilly waters of the River Dove about 30 feet beneath; they then swam […]

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