Resources :

• Customs and Traditions in the UK (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)

Festivals and Holidays :

• UK TRADITIONS CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS  2007 (traditions-uk)

• Trooping the Colour : ORIGINS - CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS - 2nd Saturday in June (traditions-uk)

• Poppy Day - Remembrance Day Nov 11 (traditions-uk)

• Bank Holidays (traditions-uk)

• Whitsuntide - "Pentecost or Whitsun is observed on the seventh Sunday after Easter." (traditions-uk)
  
  

• ROYAL ASCOT :
  
  
  
  
  • ROYAL ASCOT 2011 - 19 photos (20minutes.fr)
    
    
  
  
  
  • Take a virtual tour (ascot.co.uk)
    
    
  • Travelling to Ascot
    "Ascot Racecourse is ideally situated in beautiful wooded countryside adjoining Windsor Great Park and about 50 minutes drive or train journey from London..."
    (ascot.co.uk)
    
    
    
  • Racecourse map (ascot.co.uk)
    
    
    
    
    
  • Box brochure 2011 - with photos (ascot.co.uk)
    
    
    
  • Ticket prices (ascot.co.uk)
    
    
    
  • Ticket Type & Dress Code: Royal Ascot (ascot.co.uk)
    
    
    
    
    Royal Ascot 2010 : HATS (dailymail.co.uk)
    
    
    
    
    
    
  • Royal Ascot - June 14 th (learnenglish.de)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
• Local Traditions (traditions-uk)
  WELL DRESSING / THE "FURRY DANCE" / THE HAXEY HOOD / MAYOR-MAKING / MARKET DAY /
  TRAVELLING FAIRS

Symbols :

• Icons, symbols and institutions (traditions-uk)
  
  
  

  The BULLDOG	John BULL	BRITISH LION	BRITANNIA
  The BOWLER HAT	CRICKET	The British BOBBY	TEA
  A FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST	ENGLISH PUBS	The ROBIN

Cars :

• ROLLS-ROYCE (traditions-uk)

Queuing :

• Queues likely (bonnvoyage.wordpress.com)
  "British people love to queue (or so it seems at least). They form an orderly queue in almost every situation..."
  
  

Cockney :

• COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG (traditions-uk)

Pioneers and Inventors :

• British PIONEERS AND INVENTORS (traditions-uk)

Pottery :

• CHINA AND POTTERY  The Wedgwood pottery (traditions-uk)

School games :

• Playground Games (traditions-uk)
  CHASING GAMES - "TIG" OR "TAG": HUNTING GAMES - HIDE AND SEEK ETC.
  RING GAMES
  BALL GAMES
  SKIPPING GAMES
  MARBLES / JACKS / CONKERS / HOPSCOTCH
  MISCELLANEOUS GAMES
  
  

Wedding :

• Wedding Traditions and Symbols (hitched.co.uk)

• see WEDDING

Greetings :

• British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions : Greetings and Introductions
  (learnenglish.de)

  

Songs :

• The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
  "God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them 
  We are the Sherlock Holmes English Speaking Vernacular 
  Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula 
  We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity 
  God save little shops, china cups and virginity" 
  (bestlyric.com)
  "A collection of thematic vignettes of English town and hamlet life... a "concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions." - Lien modifié
  (Wikipedia)
  + the VIDEO
  (YouTube)