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Home > Festival > Hit the road Jack and head to Carshalton

Hit the road Jack and head to Carshalton

By Caroline King - September 5, 2012Posted in : Festival, Food & Drink

When: 8th September 2012 from 12 noon

Where: Carshalton, Surrey

£: Free

What is it?

The Straw Jack is a harvest custom which sees a procession with a straw figure head through Carshalton accompanied by some traditional dress and music.   The event ends with the burning of the Straw Jack later in the evening.

The procession takes in quite a few of the local pubs, beginning at The Duke’s Head, then at around 7.30pm the Straw Jack is set alight in Hope Garden.

More info: www.strawjack.co.uk

Tagged With: Carshalton Straw Jack, Free events, South East, Surrey events

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