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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 March, 2015
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![Every Good Friday, a Procession re-enacts the Stations of the Cross with Roman Soldiers, Jesus carrying his cross and a moving and graphic recreation of the original Good Friday performed […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/unnamed-115x115.jpg "Hastings Good Friday Stations of the Cross Passion Play & Marbles")
Hastings Good Friday Stations of the Cross Passion Play & Marbles
Posted on March 21, 2015 | No CommentsEvery Good Friday, a Procession re-enacts the Stations of the Cross with Roman Soldiers, Jesus carrying his cross and a moving and graphic recreation of the original Good Friday performed […] -
![Shrove Tuesday is the date for a little known custom in Oxfordshire when the schoolchildren visit the local manor, Hendred House, where the resident Eyston family await their arrival. The […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_9960-115x115.jpg "East Hendred Shroving")
East Hendred Shroving
Posted on March 9, 2015 | No CommentsShrove Tuesday is the date for a little known custom in Oxfordshire when the schoolchildren visit the local manor, Hendred House, where the resident Eyston family await their arrival. The […] -
![Beating the Bounds normally takes place every five years at Bodmin and this involves an 18 mile walk around the parish boundaries, followed by the throwing of a silver ball […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Bodmin Beating the Bounds & Hurling")
Bodmin Beating the Bounds & Hurling
Posted on March 9, 2015 | 8 CommentsBeating the Bounds normally takes place every five years at Bodmin and this involves an 18 mile walk around the parish boundaries, followed by the throwing of a silver ball […] -
![Hot Cross Buns are readily available throughout the country in the approach to Easter (and indeed it seems that they’re readily available all year!) and it’s traditional to eat them […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_5290-115x115.jpg "St Albans Alban (Hot Cross) Buns")
St Albans Alban (Hot Cross) Buns
Posted on March 1, 2015 | 11 CommentsHot Cross Buns are readily available throughout the country in the approach to Easter (and indeed it seems that they’re readily available all year!) and it’s traditional to eat them […]