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• Scarborough
  ...erly destroyed it.<ref name="Haralds Saga"/> The local legend is that the folk of Scarborough had fallen out with Tostig, the deposed Earl of Northumbria ..., while the Scarborough lifeboat did not. Thus as a constant reminder the folk of Scarborough are referred to as 'Algerinos' and Scarborough 'Algerinoland
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• County Durham
  === Music === ...//www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk/event/cleveland-branch/</ref> Contemporary folk musicians include Jez Lowe and Ged Foley.
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• Somerset
  The town of [[Glastonbury]] attracts a puzzling mixture of folk. Many may come to see the town and the ruins of the great Glastonbury Abbe ...nd the world, and world-famous entertainers.<ref>{{cite web | work=Contact Music | url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/extra-glastonbury-tickets-
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• County Clare
  ...rary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folk_tales/chapter5.htm|title =County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths: Early Christian Period|accessdate = 25 December 2008|publi ===Music===
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• Croxley Green
  ...s including the Camera, Needlecrafters, Wine, Vineyard, Bicycle, Jazz, and Folk to mention but a few who appear at the Revels and take part in the life of **[http://croxfest.co.uk/ Croxfest] music festival on the Green
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• Aberdeen
  ...in the city's main street, Union Street, are the Town and County Bank, the Music Hall, the Trinity Hall of the incorporated trades (originating between 1398 ...ung performers), Aberdeen Jazz Festival, ''Rootin' Aboot'' (folk and roots music event based at the Lemon Tree), ''Triptych'', and the University of Aberdee
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• Whittlesey
  ...e]] and [[Cambridgeshire]].<ref>Hole, Christina,'' A Dictionary of British Folk Customs'', p286. Paladin (1978) ISBN 0 586 08293 X</ref> (Similar ritual an Traditional music sessions take place in many of the pubs during the day and evening, and a b
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• Zennor
  ...he village has one pub, the Tinner's Arms, and a small museum, the Wayside Folk Museum. ...lo. A mermaid living in neighbouring [[Pendour Cove]] was enchanted by the music. She dressed in a long dress to hide her long tail and walked up to the chu
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• Reading
  ...ities, a large student population, and is home to one of Britain's biggest music festivals. ===Music===
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• Luton
  ...e, back down New Bedford Road and finishes back at Wardown Park. There are music stages and stalls around the town centre and at Wardown Park. ...att Bagshawe, who was a notable local historian and a leading authority on folk life. Bagshawe was born in [[Dunstable]] in 1901 and became a director of t
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• Tavistock
  ...er town for those working in Plymouth and a sizeable population of retired folk drawn by its rural tranquillity and scenery and convenience. ...bank holiday weekend. In May there is an annual music Festival "Tavistock Music & Arts Festival", and full details are available from their website [http:/
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• Buxton
  The town hosts several music and theatre festivals each year in the Buxton Opera House. Other attractio ...ekend has developed to become something of a town carnival, including live music and funfair.
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• Kirkcaldy
  ...splay&objectid=95D9B9D1-D6E8-18BF-25DE7D8F8E287717 |title=Fife Festival of Music |publisher=Fife Council |accessdate=2008-10-24}}</ref> ...4–58).<ref>Fife Council, "Kirkcaldy's History, Its Places and Its Famous Folk", Sept. 2000, p.16.</ref>
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• Stirling
  ...It appears in the charters of King Davis as "Striuelyn" or "Striuelin". Folk etymology suggests that it originates in either a Scots or Gaelic term mean *[http://www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth Tolbooth, Stirling's venue for live music]
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• St Ives, Cornwall
  ...to allow visitors to see exactly how their art is produced. There is free music in many pubs in the town almost every night, as well as well-attended conce
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• Richmond, Surrey
  ...Christmas and New Year pantomime tradition and many of Britain's greatest music hall and pantomime performers have appeared here. ...| accessdate = 2007-05-08 }}</ref> It is a common misconception that the folk song "Lass of Richmond Hill" relates to this hill, but the song is actually
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• Lichfield
  ...ed lightly, although there were air raids in 1940 and 1941 and 3 Lichfield folk were killed. Just outside the city Wellington Bombers flew out of Fradley A ...music, dance, drama, film, jazz literature, poetry, visual arts and world music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lichfieldfestival.org/2008/content/view/25/
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• Rottingdean
  ...ack, Burne-Jones's granddaughter the author Angela Thirkell, and the 1920s music-hall star G.H. Elliott, known professionally as "The Chocolate-Coloured Coo ...ance, notably the Copper Family who maintained a long tradition of English folk song, performing for the collector Kate Lee as early as 1892. Its best-know
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• Brampton, Cumberland
  ...s, since its first appearance in 1995, become the largest folk/roots/world music festival in the North of England, with major artists appearing.
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• Warwick
  ...vals ranging from the Spoken Word to Classical and Contemporary Music to a Folk Festival and a Victorian Evening, held in late November or early December. ...ngtonmusic.org/20092010/EM_2009.html] The Bridge House Theatre hosts the "Music-in-Round" concerts.[http://www.leamingtonmusic.org/20092010/MITR_2010.html]
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