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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 April, 2014
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![This annual test of endurance sees people racing up to the village maypole whilst carring sacks of coal on their shoulders.For the men the sacks weigh 50 kg/1cwt and for […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_3252-115x115.jpg "Gawthorpe World Coal Carrying Championship")
Gawthorpe World Coal Carrying Championship
Posted on April 21, 2014 | 4 CommentsThis annual test of endurance sees people racing up to the village maypole whilst carring sacks of coal on their shoulders.For the men the sacks weigh 50 kg/1cwt and for […] -
![In the past this was a charity dole of money and food given only to poor widows of the parish of St Bartholomew the Great at Smithfield in London, but […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_3205-115x115.jpg "London Butterworth Charity & Widows Sixpence")
London Butterworth Charity & Widows Sixpence
Posted on April 19, 2014 | 1 CommentIn the past this was a charity dole of money and food given only to poor widows of the parish of St Bartholomew the Great at Smithfield in London, but […] -
![The Widow’s Son was a pub with a great legend – the resident lady’s sailor son was due home from voyage on Good Friday so she baked him a hot […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_3212-115x115.jpg "London Widow’s Bun Ceremony")
London Widow’s Bun Ceremony
Posted on April 18, 2014 | 4 CommentsThe Widow’s Son was a pub with a great legend – the resident lady’s sailor son was due home from voyage on Good Friday so she baked him a hot […]