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British Special Days July 2010
Holidays in the UK

July 2010
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Facts and Sayings about July | Interactive Calendars 2010

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Well Dressing - Derbyshire Wells are dressed with large framed panels decorated with elaborate mosaic-like pictures made of flower petals, seeds, grasses, leaves, tree bark, berries and moss.	May -Sept	May -Sept	May -Sept
Henley Royal Regatta The River Thames and the town of Henley on Thames are transformed into one large sporting and social arena where the world's best rowers compete.	1 - 5 July	30th Jun - 4th Jul
Tynwald Day Tynwald Day is the national holiday of the Isle of Man (Isle of Man: One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea).	5 July	5 July	5 July
FIFA World Cup Final Soccer City is the venue for FIFA World Cup Final - South Africa		11 July
Orange Men's Day (Northern Ireland) Protestant Irish march with drums and pipes. In 1690, William III of England defeated the exiled Catholic king James II at the Battle of the Boyne. James, who had been in France, had invaded Ireland with French troops. Men wear orange sashes and black suits and bowler hats. Orange Day marches also take place in Birmingham and Liverpool, and in some parts of Canada, for example."	14 July	14 July	14 July
Swan Upping The census of swans takes place annually during July on the River Thames in a ceremony known as Swan Upping. Swans are counted and marked on a 70 mile, five day journey up the River Thames. The Swan Upping event commences on the third Monday at Sunbury and ending at Abingdon on the Friday.	20-24 July	19 - 23 July TBC
St. Swithun's Day (Also known as St Swithin's Day) Saint Swithin was England’s Bishop of Winchester. 40 days of bad weather will follow if it rains on this day	15 July	15 July	15 July

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