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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 October, 2014
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![In 1662 on 9th May Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary a reference to a performance held at Covent Garden, which has gone down in history as the first ever […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0134-115x115.jpg "Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival")
Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival
Posted on October 20, 2014 | No CommentsIn 1662 on 9th May Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary a reference to a performance held at Covent Garden, which has gone down in history as the first ever […] -
![Punch and Judy practitioners (who are traditionally known as Professors) and enthusiasts gathered each October in Covent Garden for an extravaganza celebrating the puppeteering arts. Booths filled the area near […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Punch-Judy-115x115.jpg "Covent Garden Punch and Judy Festival")
Covent Garden Punch and Judy Festival
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 8 CommentsPunch and Judy practitioners (who are traditionally known as Professors) and enthusiasts gathered each October in Covent Garden for an extravaganza celebrating the puppeteering arts. Booths filled the area near […] -
![Day of Syn has to be one of the best-named fixtures in the calendar and refers, if there are any doubts, to fictional hero Dr Syn, aka the Scarecrow, and […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0497-115x115.jpg "Dymchurch-under-the-Wall Day of Syn")
Dymchurch-under-the-Wall Day of Syn
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 4 CommentsDay of Syn has to be one of the best-named fixtures in the calendar and refers, if there are any doubts, to fictional hero Dr Syn, aka the Scarecrow, and […] -
![Every July the villagers at Farndon paraded to St Chad’s Church for their Rush Bearing Celebrations. Before churches had paved floors, rushes were strewn to keep the earth floors sweet […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_3325-115x115.jpg "Farndon Rush Bearing")
Farndon Rush Bearing
Posted on October 19, 2014 | No CommentsEvery July the villagers at Farndon paraded to St Chad’s Church for their Rush Bearing Celebrations. Before churches had paved floors, rushes were strewn to keep the earth floors sweet […] -
![Lymm is one of the few locations in which the once-common custom of rush bearing still takes place. Back in the days when churches had cold earth floors, the annual […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_6864-115x115.jpg "Lymm Rushbearing")
Lymm Rushbearing
Posted on October 18, 2014 | 7 CommentsLymm is one of the few locations in which the once-common custom of rush bearing still takes place. Back in the days when churches had cold earth floors, the annual […] -
![The Levellers, a radical political group somewhat ahead of its time, were suppressed by the Commonwealth in 1649 ; here at Burford hundreds of their members were imprisoned in the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_5722-115x115.jpg "Burford Levellers Day")
Burford Levellers Day
Posted on October 17, 2014 | 10 CommentsThe Levellers, a radical political group somewhat ahead of its time, were suppressed by the Commonwealth in 1649 ; here at Burford hundreds of their members were imprisoned in the […]