Traditions and everyday life in United KingdomFestivals, family customs, favourite places and everyday traditions, written by members of Global Penfriends who live in United Kingdom. Each cultural keepsake is a short note about life where they are.
1,242 keepsakes from United Kingdom (429 traditions and culture, 813 personal) · page 4 of 42
In many regions of the UK, people decorate street furniture with knitted emblems and motifs. Here, before Remembrance Sunday (when we remember the fallen soldiers and animals from the Great Wars), the people of Yarm, North…
Shared by Maribeleire
Who doesn’t love a Roast Dinner?? Traditionally it used to be a written rule to have a Roast Dinner with family and friends on a Sunday!! This day and age we’d gladly eat a Roast any and every day of the week!! Main components =…
Shared by jaslib
My keepsake is the capital of my country which is London. London is full with modern architecture and old architecture. There is many things to do like going to Buckingham Palace, the National gallery, the London eye, the Houses…
Shared by Thebooklover
Home to some of the best food in Manchester! Manchester's Chinatown is the second largest in the UK so you're guaranteed a wide choice of quality restaurants, bakeries and shops. The annual Chinese New Year festival, in February…
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Every year it is a tradition for my family to camping in Dorset which is home to a section of the Jurassic coastline so fossil hunting is a popular activity. There are also plenty of tea rooms and traditional Dorset cake. The…
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The country is actually divided on the order to have toppings on top of the scones, which we usually have with tea in the afternoon. In the north the preference is cream then jam, but in the south (specifically Cornwall) it’s jam…
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Every so often me and my friends will take trips down town to go buy a few Disney products whether that’s stickers or post cards or teddies, last time I bought a new jack skeleton cup and a chip cup too!! It’s juts a little fun…
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Raglan castle is just around the corner from my home, my friends and family love to visit it whenever there is an event going on there such as Battle reenactments or blacksmith workshops or even a theatre production using the…
Shared by Petera23
Hever Castle is the childhood home of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. Henry VIII gifted Hever to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves when he divorced her. Hever has some beautiful Tudor architecture and large gardens…
Shared by Taai
I live in a peninsula between the famous city of Liverpool, the historical city of Chester and the rural beaches and land of North Wales. It gives us residents the choice to travel a short distance to get quiet sandy beaches…
Shared by Jedi Mum
These are photos i’ve taken of the Coventry Cathedrals. One is the older Cathedral known as the ruins , the newer cathedral is right next to it as a way to remember Coventry’s history. Events are often held in the new cathedral…
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The cream tea is had in lots of places in the UK, but is especially popular in Devon and Cornwall. The town I’m from, Tavistock, invented it! Local monks are thought to have made it. Traditionally a scone with clotted cream and…
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I live in Hertfordshire which is a county rich in history. In 50 AD, St Albans was invaded by the Romans and was transformed into the grand settlement called Verulamium. It was subsequently torched to the ground by Boudica a…
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Bold Street is like cool person central! The shops on this street are all so unique and interesting, and are especially popular with teenagers and alternative people. Notable shops include Forbidden Planet (sells anime and geeky…
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A type of Welsh sweet bread, my favourite have sultanas and raisins in them! Always make me think of my childhood whenever I eat them, memories of me and my brothers eating them at my nan and grandads house always make me smile…
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Meet the Kelpies, a piece of magnificent sculpted art at Falkirk in Scotland. These are representations of Scotland's industrial past and the Clydesdale horses that pulled the barges along the canals. Catching them as you drive…
Shared by Bibliophile63
On the Leigh Woods tower, near the Visitor Centre, the bridge carries a Latin inscription: SUSPENSA VIX VIA FIT, which translates as “A suspended way made with difficulty” - an accurate description of a project which began in…
Shared by Boogaloo1962
Stratford-upon-Avon is not actually in Birmingham, but it is in the same region (The Midlands) and is the birthplace of Shakespeare. It is a beautiful town rich with lots of history and things to do. The people are friendly, the…
Shared by celestialchellexo
A Sunday Dinner is when families make lots of foods like yorkshire puddings, meats, vegetables with mash and roasted potatoes covered in gravy. They sit down together and eat it, this happens every Sunday so it makes it one of…
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while everyone in my country celebrates May Day, the pagans here celebrate ‘Beltane’. It’s basically the same holiday, the celebration of spring’s peak and the coming of summer, but May Day is the Christian version !! If ur…
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In England, on the 5th of November, we celebrate Bonfire Night. Really, it’s to mark the failed 17th-century attempt to blow up Parliament and assassinate King James I, but my family and friends use it more as an excuse to come…
Shared by Erin mae
London is a hub for fashion. It hosts a fashion week each year and is home to many designer labels. However, there are many vintage stores and charity shops around. If you want to find some vintage gems head to brick lane to find…
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Watching the starlings murmurate. A murmuration is a group of starlings. They are unique in their coordinated flight pattern in large cloud like flocks. They were once believed to be psychic because of the level of precision that…
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Every year I host a Christmas jumper party for my friends and family. We all wear Christmas jumpers and there is a competition for the best 3 jumpers. One year we even had a Christmas jumper catwalk! We also do a quiz and a…
Shared by Amy776
It is a scottish celebration on the 25th of January to celebrate the famous poet Robert Burns (one of his most famous songs is auld lang syne). Traditionally we eat haggis, neeps (mashed turnip), and tatties (potatoes), and when…
Shared by jennna
Wimbledon is the most popular tennis event in the UK. Around June and July time, thousands of people come to watch the tennis matches. Lots of people watch it on their TVs if they can’t go. Strawberries and cream is a classic…
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Dartmoor is a National Park located in Devon, England. There are many myths and legends conncected to this area of outstanding beauty. Specially the Wistman’s Woods, where oaks are as old as 500years and are connected to Druids…
Shared by JustAmmy
This is a type of agricultural event where there’s all sorts of stalls to do with farming, whether it’s selling and promoting produce or showing off and selling machinery. There are some sheep shearing contests and best animal…
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