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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 February, 2011
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![Competitors wearing comic fancy-dress outfits raced in relay teams of six over a complex obstacle course at the West Piazza,Covent Garden, carrying Christmas Puddings on trays. You could expect water […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_2862-115x115.jpg "London Great Christmas Pudding Race")
London Great Christmas Pudding Race
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsCompetitors wearing comic fancy-dress outfits raced in relay teams of six over a complex obstacle course at the West Piazza,Covent Garden, carrying Christmas Puddings on trays. You could expect water […] -
![Wookey Hole was the venue for the Mince Pie Eating Championships, held in late October or early November. The prize money of £1000 seemed generous but bear in mind that […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Mince-Pies-115x115.jpg "Wookey Hole Mince Pie Eating Contest")
Wookey Hole Mince Pie Eating Contest
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsWookey Hole was the venue for the Mince Pie Eating Championships, held in late October or early November. The prize money of £1000 seemed generous but bear in mind that […] -
![The Mari Lwyd is an ancient Welsh custom which used to be widespread, almost disappeared to survive only in a few places and is again regaining popularity in the twenty-first […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Mari-Lwyd-115x115.jpg "Llangynwyd Mari Lwyd")
Llangynwyd Mari Lwyd
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsThe Mari Lwyd is an ancient Welsh custom which used to be widespread, almost disappeared to survive only in a few places and is again regaining popularity in the twenty-first […] -
![The Peter Pan Cup takes place on Christmas Day each year in the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park over a 100 metre course; competitors line up at the Lido and […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_6773-115x115.jpeg "London Peter Pan Cup")
London Peter Pan Cup
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsThe Peter Pan Cup takes place on Christmas Day each year in the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park over a 100 metre course; competitors line up at the Lido and […] -
![Many churches ring in Christmas Day with a peal of their bells, but at Dewsbury they do things differently. Starting at around 10.30 pm, the bell-ringers toll the tenor bell […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_7565-115x115.jpg "Dewsbury Tolling the Devil’s Knell")
Dewsbury Tolling the Devil’s Knell
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsMany churches ring in Christmas Day with a peal of their bells, but at Dewsbury they do things differently. Starting at around 10.30 pm, the bell-ringers toll the tenor bell […] -
![The Winter Solstice is marked each year at Stonehenge by a Druid Ceremony. The solstice is the shortest day, when the sun is at its most southerly and furthest from […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Winter-Solstice-115x115.jpg "Stonehenge Winter Solstice Ceremony")
Stonehenge Winter Solstice Ceremony
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 7 CommentsThe Winter Solstice is marked each year at Stonehenge by a Druid Ceremony. The solstice is the shortest day, when the sun is at its most southerly and furthest from […] -
![St Nicholas’ Day falls on December 6th and because he is patron saint of children, it was appropriate for this to be the chosen date to elect a Boy Bishop. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_4527-115x115.jpg "Salisbury Chorister Bishop")
Salisbury Chorister Bishop
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsSt Nicholas’ Day falls on December 6th and because he is patron saint of children, it was appropriate for this to be the chosen date to elect a Boy Bishop. […] -
![St Nicholas’ Day falls on December 6th and because he is patron saint of children, it was appropriate for this to be the chosen date to elect a Boy Bishop. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_9313-115x115.jpg "Hereford Boy Bishop")
Hereford Boy Bishop
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsSt Nicholas’ Day falls on December 6th and because he is patron saint of children, it was appropriate for this to be the chosen date to elect a Boy Bishop. […] -
![The Lord Mayor’s Show in London is the oldest civic procession in the world and it takes place every November, when the newly elected Mayor travels in state from the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DSC01925-115x115.jpg "London Lord Mayor’s Show")
London Lord Mayor’s Show
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Lord Mayor’s Show in London is the oldest civic procession in the world and it takes place every November, when the newly elected Mayor travels in state from the […] -
![Local sides East Hoathly Morris and Winter Solstice Morris & Mummers organise a traditional wassailing event each January in Sussex. Wassailing is the winter custom of encouraging trees to produce […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Waldron Wassail")
Waldron Wassail
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 8 CommentsLocal sides East Hoathly Morris and Winter Solstice Morris & Mummers organise a traditional wassailing event each January in Sussex. Wassailing is the winter custom of encouraging trees to produce […]