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Celebrations,
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1961
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First
Football League Cup (aka Worthington Cup)
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1961
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First
Reading Festival
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1962
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First
Belfast Festival
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1962
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Association
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1964
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First
Notting Hill Carnival
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1966
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FIFA World
Cup, London
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First
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1969
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British
Association of Conference Towns (BACT since renamed Destinations
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1969
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First
Bath Blues Festival
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1969 |
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Hyde
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