It's that time of year again when the residents of Hungerford in West Berkshire celebrate the ancient tradition of Hocktide. During the day tutti men - or women - like this year, visit local homes and ...

Hocktide is one of England's most well-known ancient customs and is an old phrase which is used to refer to the Monday and Tuesday in the second week after Easter. The only place it is still ...

People in top hats and tails have been delivering oranges in a market town as part of an old tradition. The Hocktide festival in Hungerford dates back to when John of Gaunt granted commoners grazing ...

It's that time of year again when the residents of Hungerford in West Berkshire celebrate the ancient tradition of Hocktide. During the day tutti men - or women - like this year, visit local homes and ...

For many, it will be just a regular Tuesday. But for one Berkshire town it is a day to celebrate Tutti Day - a part of the English medieval Hocktide festival, marked on the second Tuesday after Easter ...

The Hocktide Tuttimen, replete with nosegays, exchange oranges for kisses at Hungerford Credit: Photo: Newbury News SIR – The Hocktide customs at Hungerford (Leading article, August 26) are to do with ...