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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 August, 2015
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![The Birnam Highland Games are held each year on the last Saturday in August and as well as all the events you could hope for in a traditional festival of […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_1617-115x115.jpg "Birnam World Championship Haggis Eating Competition")
Birnam World Championship Haggis Eating Competition
Posted on August 29, 2015 | No CommentsThe Birnam Highland Games are held each year on the last Saturday in August and as well as all the events you could hope for in a traditional festival of […] -
![The Kelly Service is held on the first Sunday in July each year to commemorate Chelsham’s local boy made good, Thomas Kelly. He lived with his family in the village […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/100_8173-115x115.jpg "Chelsham Kelly Service")
Chelsham Kelly Service
Posted on August 4, 2015 | No CommentsThe Kelly Service is held on the first Sunday in July each year to commemorate Chelsham’s local boy made good, Thomas Kelly. He lived with his family in the village […] -
![The Tudor Pull is a rowing event with much pageantry on the River Thames in which an elaborately decorated Royal Barge delivers a stela (a piece of wooden water pipe […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0197-115x115.jpg "London The Tudor Pull")
London The Tudor Pull
Posted on August 4, 2015 | 6 CommentsThe Tudor Pull is a rowing event with much pageantry on the River Thames in which an elaborately decorated Royal Barge delivers a stela (a piece of wooden water pipe […]