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28 February 2010: Antique and Collectors Fair @ Middleham Key Centre

York Antiques: Antique and Collectors Fair on 28 February 2010

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Racing at York: York Horse Racing 2010

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Celebrate Mother’s Day on 14 March 2010

The Modern Mothering Sunday

Mother's Day Cake (by dospaz)The tradition of Mothering Sunday (see below) was brought to a halt with the advent of the industrial revolution when fewer people were employed in service, but started to be celebrated again after the Second World War.

By now the celebration of Mother’s Day had been adopted in America, and the English Mothering Sunday became known by the same name and took on a more commercialised character.

In 1870, the pacifist and feminist Julia Ward Howe had written a Mother’s Day Proclamation in reaction to the Continue reading Celebrate Mother’s Day on 14 March 2010



21 February 2010: Art Deco and Art Nouveau Fair @ The White Hart Hotel

York Antiques: Art Deco and Art Nouveau Fair on 21 February 2010

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Give it Up for No Smoking Day

 

National No Smoking Day

 

This year’s theme – Break Free, We Can Help – was chosen in consultation with smokers themselves and refers to their feelings of enslavement and powerlessness as a result of their addiction: No Smoking Day’s website gives suggestions of ways in which organisation or individuals can organise their own No Smoking Day Event, Continue reading Give it Up for No Smoking Day


31 January 2010: Antique and Collectors Fair @ Middleham Key Centre

York Antiques: Antique and Collectors Fair on 31 January 2010

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29 January – 31 January 2010: The Luxury Art and Antiques Show @ Pavilions of Harrogate

York Antiques: The Luxury Art and Antiques Show on 29 January – 31 January 2010

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