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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, 2013
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![The Community Orchard at Pickering Road was founded as part of the NHS initiative to encourage people to eat their 5-a-day ration of fruit & veg and each year they […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/166363_178417442197775_4805153_n-115x115.jpg "Hull Pickering Road Community Orchard Wassail")
Hull Pickering Road Community Orchard Wassail
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsThe Community Orchard at Pickering Road was founded as part of the NHS initiative to encourage people to eat their 5-a-day ration of fruit & veg and each year they […] -
![The Community Orchard at Pickering Road was founded as part of the NHS initiative to encourage people to eat their 5-a-day ration of fruit & veg and each year they […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSCN0492-115x115.jpg "Hull Pickering Road Community Orchard May Celebrations")
Hull Pickering Road Community Orchard May Celebrations
Posted on January 18, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe Community Orchard at Pickering Road was founded as part of the NHS initiative to encourage people to eat their 5-a-day ration of fruit & veg and each year they […] -
![Burning the Clavie is an ancient fire custom which is held every 11th January (“Old” New Years Eve if you use the calendar as it was before adjustment to the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_1287-115x115.jpg "Burghead Burning the Clavie")
Burghead Burning the Clavie
Posted on January 11, 2013 | 4 CommentsBurning the Clavie is an ancient fire custom which is held every 11th January (“Old” New Years Eve if you use the calendar as it was before adjustment to the […] -
![The ancient Borough of Rye has records dating back to the thirteenth century; nowadays the Town Council elect their Mayor annually in a ceremony on May Day. Like Winchelsea (see […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/IMG_5644-115x115.jpg "Rye Mayor Making")
Rye Mayor Making
Posted on January 6, 2013 | No CommentsThe ancient Borough of Rye has records dating back to the thirteenth century; nowadays the Town Council elect their Mayor annually in a ceremony on May Day. Like Winchelsea (see […] -
![Winchelsea Corporation dates back over 700 years ( their records began in 1295) and each Easter Monday their new Mayor takes office. The Mayor is elected annually from amongst the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Winchelsea-Court-Hall-115x115.jpg "Winchelsea Mayoring")
Winchelsea Mayoring
Posted on January 6, 2013 | 1 CommentWinchelsea Corporation dates back over 700 years ( their records began in 1295) and each Easter Monday their new Mayor takes office. The Mayor is elected annually from amongst the […] -
![Tree Dressing Day began in the early 1990s and was founded by environmental group Common Ground with the aim of encouraging the celebration of trees all over the UK, drawing […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/IMG_7418-115x115.jpeg "Singleton Weald and Downland Museum Tree Dressing Day")
Singleton Weald and Downland Museum Tree Dressing Day
Posted on January 4, 2013 | No CommentsTree Dressing Day began in the early 1990s and was founded by environmental group Common Ground with the aim of encouraging the celebration of trees all over the UK, drawing […] -
![Hoodening is a midwinter custom in Kent involving a hooden horse, a hobby-horse type head on a pole with the operator covered by a sheet. In the past Hoodeners used […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/IMG_4795-115x115.jpg "St Nicholas Hoodeners")
St Nicholas Hoodeners
Posted on January 2, 2013 | 2 CommentsHoodening is a midwinter custom in Kent involving a hooden horse, a hobby-horse type head on a pole with the operator covered by a sheet. In the past Hoodeners used […] -
![Clogfest was the annual National Gathering for the Step Clog dancing community – the only event of its kind. It was held every July at Skipton; this type of […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/IMG_1315-115x115.jpg "Skipton Clogfest")
Skipton Clogfest
Posted on January 2, 2013 | No CommentsClogfest was the annual National Gathering for the Step Clog dancing community – the only event of its kind. It was held every July at Skipton; this type of […] -
![The Muskham Pinkies are keeping their mummers Plough Play alive in January each year, carrying on a tradition dating back to the sixteenth century and probably beyond. Their play is […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/IMG_7658-115x115.jpg "Muskham Pinkies Plough Play")
Muskham Pinkies Plough Play
Posted on January 2, 2013 | 1 CommentThe Muskham Pinkies are keeping their mummers Plough Play alive in January each year, carrying on a tradition dating back to the sixteenth century and probably beyond. Their play is […]