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Tomorrow🌑 New moon

Born on this day: John Prine (1946), Kirsty MacColl (1959) and Tom Hughes (1907)

• Sat 10 Oct 14:00 23:00

  Custom, day 2 of 8

  Hull Fair

  Walton Street Fairground, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Fair or wakes
  
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• Sat 10 Oct 16:00 23:00

  Custom, day 2 of 2

  Tewkesbury Mop Fair

  Sets off from The Cross, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
  
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• Sat 10 Oct from 19:15

  Custom

  Heathfield Bonfire

  Sets off from Heathfield Community Centre playing fields, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
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Sunday 11 October

• Sun 11 Oct All day

  Custom, day 1 of 2

  Stratford Mop Fair

  Sets off from Shakespeare Memorial Fountain, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
  
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• Sun 11 Oct All day

  Custom, day 8 of 8

  Ballinasloe October Fair

  Sets off from Fair Green, Ballinasloe, County Galway

  • Fair or wakes
  • Animal Customs
  
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