Whit Friday, meaning "white Friday", is the name given to the first Friday after Pentecost or Whitsun (White Sunday). The day has a cultural significance...
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and an annual Yanks festival, coupled with a brass band contest on Whit Friday, each contribute to the village's cultural calendar. Dobcross is located...
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Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian...
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Saddleworth (section Whit Friday)
customs and traditions, many of which are held during Whitsuntide. On Whit Friday morning, congregations from the churches of all of the Saddleworth villages...
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Stalybridge (section Whit Friday)
date on which the annual Whit Walks were traditionally held. It is also the day on which the traditional annual Whit Friday brass band contests are held...
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Employment Act 1989 and the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Whit Friday Notes Harland & Wilkinson 1873, pp. 123–125 Barton 2005, p. 74 Barton...
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Whit Tuesday (syn. Whittuesday, Whitsun Tuesday) is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost Monday, the third day of the week beginning...
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Durham Miners' Gala. There are also hotly-contested annual events held on Whit Friday in the Saddleworth area of Greater Manchester in which hundreds of bands...
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