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Friday 1 October

Born on this day: Joe Heaney (1919), John Lorne Campbell (1906) and Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857)

• Fri 1 Oct 11:00 23:00

  Custom, day 3 of 4

  Bridgwater St Matthew’s Fair

  Sets off from St Matthew’s Field, Bridgwater, Somerset

  • Fair or wakes
  • Harvest and Hiring
  
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Saturday 2 October

Happy birthday to Gillian Welch (60 today)

• Sat 2 Oct All day

  Custom, day 2 of 10

  Nottingham Goose Fair

  Sets off from Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Animal Customs
  
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• Sat 2 Oct Bridgwater St Matthew’s Fair day 4 of 4 · 11:00–23:00
• Sat 2 Oct from 19:15

  Custom

  Eastbourne Bonfire

  Crown and Anchor, Eastbourne, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
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Sunday 3 October

• Sun 3 Oct All day

  Custom, day 1 of 8

  Ballinasloe October Fair

  Sets off from Fair Green, Ballinasloe, County Galway

  • Fair or wakes
  • Animal Customs
  
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• Sun 3 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair day 3 of 10 · All day

Monday 4 October

Happy birthday to Bridget St John (81 today)

• Mon 4 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair day 2 of 8 · All day
• Mon 4 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair day 4 of 10 · All day
• Mon 4 Oct 12:00 22:00

  Custom

  Cirencester Mop

  Sets off from Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
  
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• Mon 4 Oct 12:00 23:00

  Custom, day 1 of 2

  Abingdon Michaelmas Fair

  Sets off from Market Place, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
  
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Tuesday 5 October

• Tue 5 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair day 3 of 8 · All day
• Tue 5 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair day 5 of 10 · All day
• Tue 5 Oct Abingdon Michaelmas Fair day 2 of 2 · 12:00–23:00

Wednesday 6 October

Born on this day: Flora MacNeil (1928)

• Wed 6 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair day 4 of 8 · All day
• Wed 6 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair day 6 of 10 · All day

Thursday 7 October

Born on this day: Joe Hill (1879) and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (1951)

• Thu 7 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair day 5 of 8 · All day
• Thu 7 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair day 7 of 10 · All day

Friday 8 October

Born on this day: Pádraig O’Keeffe (1887)

• Fri 8 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair day 6 of 8 · All day
• Fri 8 Oct Nottingham Goose Fair day 8 of 10 · All day