this was facinating David...thank you so much!!

http://www.go-britain.com/html/allendale.htm

Have you ever been there for it? More...please! *grin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pks0...eature=related

Alffe no i have never been to the Allendale Tar Barrel event [but would love to go one day]


Below is a festival tradition that is on my door step.....every year first Fiday in June.

10 villages stage whats called 'the greatest free show on earth'

It goes on all day, some bigger villages get up to 100 bands pass through. Where i go about 50 [this year about 45 as it was raining all day]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhVGOlDNEYM

David

Alffe

below is one you would like ....in the village of UPPERMILL

every year is a weekend called Yanks Weekend.........in mememory of the film Yanks with Richard Geer which was film in parts of this village........

a weekend of wartime memorabilla and crazy dance nights.. [war re-enactment and Spitfire/lancaster bomber flypast on the sunday]

next year we are hiring costumes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P_C...eature=related

David

Alffe


the link below i have been too in 1984.....it is the craziest night ever 5th of november BONFIRE NIGHT [GUY FAWKES NIGHT]

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THIS TOWN merge in on huge prossession that then divides into 5 routes out of the town for seperate bonfire parties..

sadly you cant see all the TUDOR like buildings of this old town on this link...but on the night when muskateers march through dragging cages of burning matter...and noise of explosions every where....its like being in a time warp of 1700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeJOh...eature=related

David

You can't know how very much I am enjoying those links David. I think I've told you before that I feel a mistake was made...I was meant to live in England...my heart is there and watching those links reminded me of our wonderful trip to London....the names of the places we visited..Cotswolds, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, Bourton on the Water....I loved it!!

Did I admit that we arrived in Bath so hungry...the first place we came upon to eat was called The Open House Centre on Manvers St and the food was so good and so reasonably priced....when we realized that we were in a soup kitchen, run by volunteers from the Baptist Church!! They were so gracious to us...needless to say we left a sizable donation. :o

The rain certainly didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the musicians! :D
What fun...traditions are wonderful!

Thank you for sharing and I'm going to spend a lot of time looking at the other links on those pages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOyQBSMeIhM :D

Are you sure I haven't died and gone to Heaven David? :D

http://www.youtube.com/user/SoGlos#p/u/8/ojhT4962Lbw

We were right there on a peaceful Sunday afternoon....*grin

David, I love listening to this link of yours, RACHEL UNTHANK and the WINTERSET. New Year Song. Thank you for sharing!

Alffe, ROFLOL, re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOyQBSMeIhM

Alffe you will love this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe2_4n5C_Yo

1. I RECOMEND YOU PLAY THIS FULL BLAST AND DANCE A JIG...............LOL

:D

David

[if you dance to this its your new song from me lol]

It was hard to sit still David but I think I'm more the Andrea Bocelli type. :D
did you make it to work today?