Every year, on the 1st of May, May Day, the Obby Oss comes out of his stable and there's a huge procession around Padstow that's been happening for hundreds of years, since the 14th century and maybe before. ...

From sales of work in post-World War II to the modern archetypal feature of rural British village life here's everything you need to know about British fêtes.

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Village fete

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One of the annual summer rituals here in Blighty is the ubiquitous summer "Village Fete" Inevitably orchestrated by a disparate/desperate group of dedicated locals who spend hours of their time planning, meeting, arguing, making, planting, sewing, baking etc. all with the intention of producing a Grand Day Out and fund raising for local projects and charities. I am one such "local" should that read "glutton for punnishment"? Country Living My Fete training began back in the mid Seventies…

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