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This site aims to list the wide variety of traditional and unusual events that take place each year in the UK and to help visitors take part in them. Each event has its own page giving details of its timing and location, as well as a very brief history and notes on what to expect. Enjoy!
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Archive for January, 2011
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![The Queen’s College Needle & Thread Gaudy is a custom dating back hundreds of years and is included here because it is commonly listed in books of traditional customs. However, […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/needle-115x115.jpg "Queen’s College Needle & Thread Gaudy")
Queen’s College Needle & Thread Gaudy
Posted on January 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Queen’s College Needle & Thread Gaudy is a custom dating back hundreds of years and is included here because it is commonly listed in books of traditional customs. However, […] -
![Andrew’s Dole was a charitable gift of loaves to the needy founded by the Mayor, John Andrew in 1605 and distributed each January 1st. Land rental of a field named […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Bideford Andrew’s Dole")
Bideford Andrew’s Dole
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 2 CommentsAndrew’s Dole was a charitable gift of loaves to the needy founded by the Mayor, John Andrew in 1605 and distributed each January 1st. Land rental of a field named […] -
![This is the oldest rowing race in the world founded by Thomas Doggett in 1715 with prizes of a red coat and a silver badge, hence the name. He left […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_1450-115x115.jpg "London Doggett’s Coat & Badge Wager")
London Doggett’s Coat & Badge Wager
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 1 CommentThis is the oldest rowing race in the world founded by Thomas Doggett in 1715 with prizes of a red coat and a silver badge, hence the name. He left […] -
![At one o’clock precisely every day except Sundays, a 20-pound howitzer is fired at Edinburgh Castle – you can set your watch by it. Originally it was used as an […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_1610-115x115.jpg "Edinburgh One O’Clock Gun")
Edinburgh One O’Clock Gun
Posted on January 5, 2011 | No CommentsAt one o’clock precisely every day except Sundays, a 20-pound howitzer is fired at Edinburgh Castle – you can set your watch by it. Originally it was used as an […] -
![The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is one of the oldest charitable institutions in the UK and dates back to the early twelfth century; the Brethren […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0018-115x115.jpg "Winchester Wayfarers’ Dole")
Winchester Wayfarers’ Dole
Posted on January 4, 2011 | 6 CommentsThe Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is one of the oldest charitable institutions in the UK and dates back to the early twelfth century; the Brethren […] -
![At 9pm a curfew bell rings out briefly from the Bell Tower every night, just less than an hour before the ancient Ceremony of the Keys begins. A Yeoman Warder […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0020-115x115.jpg "Tower of London Ceremony of the Keys and Curfew")
Tower of London Ceremony of the Keys and Curfew
Posted on January 4, 2011 | No CommentsAt 9pm a curfew bell rings out briefly from the Bell Tower every night, just less than an hour before the ancient Ceremony of the Keys begins. A Yeoman Warder […] -
![The Metcalf family have been the hereditary hornblowers in Bainbridge for generations and the tradition used to take place each night between 28th September (Michaelmas Eve) until Shrove Tuesday. It […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_8957-115x115.jpg "Bainbridge Hornblowing")
Bainbridge Hornblowing
Posted on January 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Metcalf family have been the hereditary hornblowers in Bainbridge for generations and the tradition used to take place each night between 28th September (Michaelmas Eve) until Shrove Tuesday. It […] -
Abbotsbury Garland Day
Posted on January 4, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe old May Garland ceremony was until recently a survivor from days of yore – many fishing villages used to celebrate the abundance of the season by making similar floral […] -
![Charles I was beheaded on January 30th 1649, the only king to be publicly executed in Britain and two events mark the date annually in London. Each year the anniversary […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3957-115x115.jpeg "London Charles I Commemoration")
London Charles I Commemoration
Posted on January 4, 2011 | 12 CommentsCharles I was beheaded on January 30th 1649, the only king to be publicly executed in Britain and two events mark the date annually in London. Each year the anniversary […] -
![The Glastonbury Thorn is a descendant of the tree which legend has it grew from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, who placed Christ’s body in the Tomb. The Holy […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2879-115x115.jpg "Glastonbury Holy Thorn Cutting Ceremony")
Glastonbury Holy Thorn Cutting Ceremony
Posted on January 3, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe Glastonbury Thorn is a descendant of the tree which legend has it grew from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, who placed Christ’s body in the Tomb. The Holy […]