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The blessing of Folkestone Fisheries. The ceremony of blessing the fisheries in the fish market at Folkestone.The Bishop of Ontario preaches. A procession followed a previous church service
Teesside Gazette member of staff poses in a witches costume for a Halloween feature. 30th October 1975
The rector of St Botolphs church, Chevening (left) seen here with pupils, parents and teachers of Dorton House school for the blind on bonfire night. 5th November 1985
A Trent Motor Traction Company tableau movers through the crowds in Derby Market Place part of the The Hospital Carnival. Circa 1925
The Hornblower at Ripon, North Yorkshire. 1932
Students and young people taking part in a pea pushing contest for the charity " Help The Aged". St Martin-in-the-Fields. 27th April 1969
The Old English Folk Dance Society performing the sword dance at Stratford Upon Avon. Musical accompaniment provided by the accordion. West Midlands. 2nd August 1948
A student sinking a yard of ale at an unknown Cambridge pub. Circa May 1959
Cambridge mayor Leonard D. V. Wordingham throws pennies to the children at the Reach Fair, May 18th 1959 In 1201 King John granted a charter for the holding of a fair in Reach
The mace bearer leads Cambridge mayor Leonard D. V. Wordingham, his wife and the aldermen of the city through the streets of Reach to the Reach Fair
Children parade throughout the streets of Reach, dressed in medieval costumes for the Reach Fair, May 18th 1959 In 1201 King John granted a charter for the holding of a fair in Reach
Cambridge mayor Leonard D. V. Wordingham presents a small bag of pennies to two children in medieval costume at the Reach Fair
Mayor Leonard D. V. Wordingham attending the Reach Fair, May 18th 1959 In 1201 King John granted a charter for the holding of a fair in Reach
Children dressed in medieval costume perform a May dance at the Reach Fair, . Watched on by the Aldermen of the City of Cambridge May 18th 1959 In 1201 King John granted a charter for the holding of
Queen Elizabeth II holds her youngest son Prince Edward in her arms as she stands with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh
Pagan May Day festival at Padstow. The May-day festival at Padstow, Cornwall, begins with dancing in the streets from midnight on Sunday 1st May
Visitors and townsfolk and Cornish exiles who return every year take part in the 36 hour festivities at the Padstow Obbys celebrations to herald in the month of May with ancient rights of spring
So this is the world, said the newly-hatched chicks, their little coats of yellow fur gleaming In the spring sunshine. And before you could say Easter
The Youth Choir seen here giving a concert of Christmas carols at the Central Hall, Uxbridge Circa 1955
Poole Hospital Garden Fete, Nunthorpe, Middlesborough, Summer 1976. Our picture shows... children enjoying a ride on a model railway line
Students of Manchester University of UMIST take part in a beer drinking competition using spoons for one of their rag stunts. 11th February 1972
Students of Manchester Polytechnic collecting money during the Rag Procession. 26th February 1974
Students dressed in pyjamas and nightdresses brave the cold biting rain in Piccadilly offering cooked breakfasts at their open air cafe to businessmen
A dancer from the Gorton Morris Men steps out in style during the Lord Mayors procession in Manchester. 17th September 1971
Women from Manila, who work in a Mill in Rochdale, Lancashire, give a display of national dancing in the cobbled streets of Rochdale. 20th July 1972
Christmas comes to Hull city centre as the illuminated trees on the canopy of a department store makes a fairyland of coloured lights. 12th December 1974
Christmas Tree in the Paragon Station for the Mother Humber Fund. 25th November 1966
Bishop of Durham David Jenkins and TVs Sir Harry Secombe, Holy Island, 1987
Manchester Church of England Whit Monday walks. Alison Lawson, aged 7, of Gay St Mission parks by this meter on the long long walk. 3rd June 1963
Children enjoy Bonfire Night at Pestalozzi Village for Children in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, 5th November 1960. The community is named after eighteenth century Swiss educationalist
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson shows how its done on Shrove Tuesday as tosses a pancake at the Quality Inn Hotel at Old Trafford. 17th February 1999
New Years Day 1967. Young people celebrate in the fountains at Trafalgar Square, London, Sunday 1st January 1967
Abyssinian War September 1935 Emperor Haile Selassie wearing a heavy crown and white veil with chiefs and other dignitaries, under ceremonial umbrellas
Penny for the guy on a South Wales street Two elderly ladies having a laugh at Guy Fawkes expense. 29th October 1996
Children with their guy on a Cardiff Street. 25th October 1974
Manacled and still clutching his bombs, Guy Fawkes was paraded through the streets of Splott in Cardiff on his way to a hot reception at Moorland Park
Guys sit next to a bonfire modelled to look like the Houses of Parliament. 5th November 1993
Penny for the guy on a South Wales street 29th October 1996
Burnside Highlanders Juvenile Jazz Band, Newcastle, 30th July 1971. North of England Working Class Culture
Guy Fawkes Night. Circa 1980
Busy building their massive bonfire in readiness for tonight are some of the children in the Aigburth Vale area of Sefton Park, Liverpool. 5th November 1962
Youngsters enjoying Guy Fawkes Night. 5th November 1975
The bonfire that Windsor children had built on Batchelors Acre for Guy Fawkes night was burned down by Guardsmen. Pictured
Newport Carnival, Isle of Wight. 11th August 1955
Children dancing around the May Pole in a Coventry Suburb circa 1960
Columbus Day Celebrations at Sefton Park Palm House, Liverpool, 12th October 1978. Columbus Day is a national holiday which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus arrival in
A young boy with a robot guy. 8th October 1957