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Hi everyone.
My story is set in a village and I'm wanting to research activities and festivities that a village might hold during the course of a year. Does anybody know where I might find this information? I have tried researching on the internet and that hasn't led me anywhere. I thought there might be some books to read. If anyone has any links or ideas of what goes on in a village, please let me know.
Thanks.
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ps - it's in West Sussex
Some villages continue special days and festivals that relate to specific events in their history, or the founding of the village. You could make something up even.
This was the first result:
http://www.ruralcc.org.uk/upcomingevents.html
We have a village society. The one in our village was formed to sustain a feeling of community and was set up in the 60s when people noticed that there were a lot of commuters into the cities and people weren't communicating and socialising with each other, and to stop it becoming the sort of place where people don't even know their neighbours.
The society runs a fete or similar each year, fireworks display, various entertainments like barn dances, and a duck race which people pay a pound for a little yellow duck with a number on and then they are all tipped in the river. first wins a prize. You can also decorate your duck, and there are prizes for the best duck by each age group and by businesses as well. It raises the money to do the fireworks and other things as well.
Thanks for all your suggestions. May I use some of yours and Baggy Books?
(Removed)
Village Pantomime (entirely people in the village and runs for 8 performances to packed houses)
Annual Summer Fun Day (Egg throwing is a favourite / plate smashing / Children's games etc)
10k race (with more entrants than live here - and taking a quarter of the whole village to marshall!)
Juggling unicycle group (I kid you not)
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Chapel
Scouts
Village Hall with various events that we organise - Beetle Drive, occasional band, occasional dance, History Night, Treasure Hunt, etc
We are having our first Easter Egg Hunt next year and a Pancake Race.
We have had a Christmas Fayre but have dropped that. We do have Christmas Carols on the Green with Santa coming each year.
We have a Facebook Group but no website (except the 10k race).
If you want to know more then shout.