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Friday 15 October🌕 Hunter’s Moon

Born on this day: Alistair Hulett (1951)

• Fri 15 Oct 17:00 22:00

  Custom, day 1 of 2

  Warwick Mop

  Sets off from Market Place, Warwick, Warwickshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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Saturday 16 October

• Sat 16 Oct All day

  Custom, day 3 of 3

  Pembroke St Michaelmas Fair

  Sets off from Main Street (by the Town Hall), Pembroke, Pembrokeshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
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• Sat 16 Oct All day

  Custom, day 4 of 4

  Banbury Michaelmas Fair

  Sets off from Market Place, Banbury, Oxfordshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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• Sat 16 Oct from 12:00

  Custom

  Marlborough Big Mop

  Sets off from High Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  • Harvest and Hiring
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• Sat 16 Oct Warwick Mop day 2 of 2 · 17:00–22:00
• Sat 16 Oct from 19:15

  Custom

  Seaford Bonfire

  Sets off from Martello Fields, Seaford, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
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• Sat 16 Oct 19:15 16:00

  Custom

  Hastings Borough Bonfire

  Sets off from Beach opposite Pelham Crescent, Hastings, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
  
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• Sat 16 Oct from 19:30

  Custom

  Hailsham Bonfire

  Sets off from Western Road Recreation Ground, Hailsham, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
  • Fire Customs
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Wednesday 20 October

Born on this day: Roy Bailey (1935)

• Wed 20 Oct All day

  Custom, day 1 of 5

  Ilkeston Charter Fair

  Sets off from Market Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Harvest and Hiring
  
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• Wed 20 Oct 15:00 23:00

  Custom

  Sloe Fair

  Sets off from Northgate car park, Chichester, West Sussex

  • Fair or wakes
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Thursday 21 October

Happy birthday to Anne Lorne Gillies (83 today)

Born on this day: Derek Bell (1935) and Jeannie Robertson (1908)

• Thu 21 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair day 2 of 5 · All day
• Thu 21 Oct 18:00 22:00

  Custom, day 1 of 3

  Yarm Fair

  Sets off from High Street, Yarm, North Yorkshire

  • Blessing
  • Fair or wakes
  • Animal Customs
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Friday 22 October

Born on this day: Dominic Behan (1928)

• Fri 22 Oct Ilkeston Charter Fair day 3 of 5 · All day