Celebrations & Holidays Category
V.E. Day
V.E. Day (Victory in Europe) commemorates the ending of WW2 on the European continent on Tuesday 8th…
The hen party
While a husband-to-be can traditionally hold his ‘stag do‘ as late as the night before the wedding,…
Cornish Midsummer’s Eve Bonfires
Cornwall is the long protruding county in south-west England with coastline stretching all around up to its…
Notting Hill Carnival
Notting Hill is a district in west London and in the 1950s it became home to immigrants…
Armistice Day
By September 1918, Germany realised it could not win the ‘Great War’ against the Allies and the…
Widecombe Fair
Widecombe Fair has taken place annually in the Dartmoor village in Devon on the second Saturday of…
Leap Day
“Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, And…
St. Swithin’s Day
Swithin, or Swithun, (c.800-863) became Bishop of Winchester in 852. He organised the building and restoration of…
The F.A. Cup Final
The Football Association of England and Wales (F.A.) was founded in 1863. With the advent of the…
Graduation ceremonies
After studying hard for a degree, a university student will have mixed feelings on graduation day. It…
Weddings
Weddings in the UK are now high on the list of life’s major expenses at an average…
Friday the 13th
The number 13 has long been considered unlucky but its combination with Friday in a double-whammy of…