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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 New Years Day Parade is an American style procession with marching bands, cheerleaders, street entertainers, vintage vehicles and clowns from several nations. Expect literally thousands of participants as they […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_2496-115x115.jpg "London New Years Day Parade")
London New Years Day Parade
Posted on January 27, 2011 | 5 CommentsThe New Years Day Parade is an American style procession with marching bands, cheerleaders, street entertainers, vintage vehicles and clowns from several nations. Expect literally thousands of participants as they […] -
![Twelfth Night at Bankside is a modern New Year celebration involving many ancient elements associated with the season, and is now well established having run for over 25 years. The […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5124-115x115.jpg "London Bankside Twelfth Night Celebrations")
London Bankside Twelfth Night Celebrations
Posted on January 26, 2011 | 7 CommentsTwelfth Night at Bankside is a modern New Year celebration involving many ancient elements associated with the season, and is now well established having run for over 25 years. The […] -
![Each February the city of York celebrates its Norse heritage by staging a Viking Festival. The exact timing varies slightly with the school half-term holiday but is always in the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_8005-115x115.jpg "York Jorvik Viking Festival")
York Jorvik Viking Festival
Posted on January 26, 2011 | 5 CommentsEach February the city of York celebrates its Norse heritage by staging a Viking Festival. The exact timing varies slightly with the school half-term holiday but is always in the […] -
![Royal Maundy takes place every year on the Thursday before Good Friday, which is known as Maundy Thursday. The reigning monarch gives a gift of money to the elderly – […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Royal-Maundy-115x115.jpg "Royal Maundy")
Royal Maundy
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 9 CommentsRoyal Maundy takes place every year on the Thursday before Good Friday, which is known as Maundy Thursday. The reigning monarch gives a gift of money to the elderly – […] -
![This is a church service with a difference – the congregation will be wearing heavy make-up, wigs and baggy trousers and you’ll perhaps see pedal cars driven or unicycles ridden […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Dalston-Clowns-Service-115x115.jpg "Hackney Clowns Service")
Hackney Clowns Service
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis is a church service with a difference – the congregation will be wearing heavy make-up, wigs and baggy trousers and you’ll perhaps see pedal cars driven or unicycles ridden […] -
![3rd February is the feast day of St Blaise, the patron saint of Woolcombers; the saint was also venerated for his aid to sufferers of throat related illnesses and some […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/st-etheldredas-115x115.jpg "Holborn Blessing the Throats")
Holborn Blessing the Throats
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No Comments3rd February is the feast day of St Blaise, the patron saint of Woolcombers; the saint was also venerated for his aid to sufferers of throat related illnesses and some […] -
![St Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall and his feast is widely observed throughout the county on March 5th each year. Interest in the saint grew as part of […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_3133-115x115.jpg "Cornwall St Pirans Day Parades")
Cornwall St Pirans Day Parades
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 4 CommentsSt Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall and his feast is widely observed throughout the county on March 5th each year. Interest in the saint grew as part of […] -
![The well-known nursery rhyme “Oranges and Lemons” mentions several churches in the City of London and one of them, St Clement Danes, holds an annual service commemorate it. In medieval […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5402-115x115.jpg "London Oranges and Lemons Service")
London Oranges and Lemons Service
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 5 CommentsThe well-known nursery rhyme “Oranges and Lemons” mentions several churches in the City of London and one of them, St Clement Danes, holds an annual service commemorate it. In medieval […] -
![Denholm is a traditional borders handball game with its origins in a match using an invading Sassenach’s head as a ball (or so the legend goes!). Written records date back […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0286-115x115.jpg "Denholm Ba’")
Denholm Ba’
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsDenholm is a traditional borders handball game with its origins in a match using an invading Sassenach’s head as a ball (or so the legend goes!). Written records date back […] -
![Blessing the Sea is a lapsed custom which formerly took place on Rogation Monday at the fishing port of North Shields. In modern times it moved date to become part […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "North Shields Blessing the Sea")
North Shields Blessing the Sea
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsBlessing the Sea is a lapsed custom which formerly took place on Rogation Monday at the fishing port of North Shields. In modern times it moved date to become part […]