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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 September, 2017
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![It’s a regular practice all around the country to mark Bonfire Night with a conflagration, but the event at Skinningrove was in a class of its own and deserves a […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_4250-115x115.jpg "Skinningrove Bonfire")
Skinningrove Bonfire
Posted on September 29, 2017 | No CommentsIt’s a regular practice all around the country to mark Bonfire Night with a conflagration, but the event at Skinningrove was in a class of its own and deserves a […] -
![Before the church was built in Brinsley in the 1860s, the locals had to carry their coffins all the way across the fields to Greasley for burial, some three miles […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_5561-115x115.jpeg "Brinsley Coffin Walk")
Brinsley Coffin Walk
Posted on September 4, 2017 | 1 CommentBefore the church was built in Brinsley in the 1860s, the locals had to carry their coffins all the way across the fields to Greasley for burial, some three miles […] -
![In September and October each year, a competition is held in Blackpool to determine the World Fireworks Champion. Three nations take part, each performing a display on Fridays, and votes […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_3813-115x115.jpg "Blackpool World Fireworks Championships")
Blackpool World Fireworks Championships
Posted on September 4, 2017 | No CommentsIn September and October each year, a competition is held in Blackpool to determine the World Fireworks Champion. Three nations take part, each performing a display on Fridays, and votes […] -
![Every advent the Lincoln Waites, a group of musicians in the medieval tradition, led a civic parade through the dark streets of the city stopping at intervals to deliver the […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_4640-115x115.jpg "Lincoln (or nearby)Crying Christmas")
Lincoln (or nearby)Crying Christmas
Posted on September 4, 2017 | No CommentsEvery advent the Lincoln Waites, a group of musicians in the medieval tradition, led a civic parade through the dark streets of the city stopping at intervals to deliver the […]