Bun throwing in Abingdon is staged to celebrate major Royal occasions, and now it will return to mark the King's Coronation.
There will be a bun throwing in the market place tomorrow at 4pm as part of the weekend of Royal celebrations.
Here we look back at bun throwing on previous occasions over the years.
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The last bun throwing took place in June to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
About 5,000 buns were thrown from the museum roof into the market place below.
It's one of Oxfordshire's quirkiest traditions dating back about 400 years.
There was also a session in 2018 to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, while in 2016 the tradition was held to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.
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It's traditional for the town council to organise bun throwing.
Here is the town council's bun throwing timeline:
1761 Coronation of King George III
1810 Golden Jubilee of King George III
1821 Coronation of King Georg IV
1831 Coronation of King William IV
1837 Coronation of Queen Victoria
1856 Declaration of Peace at the end of the Crimean War
1863 Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra
1887 Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
1897 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
1902 Coronation of King Edward VII
1911 Coronation of King George V
1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V
1937 Coronation of King George VI
1946 VE Day
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1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1956 Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Abingdon
1966 Abingdon International Week
1974 End of the Borough of Abingdon
1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
1980 Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday
1981 Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer
1986 Marriage of the Duke of York to Sarah Ferguson
1987 40th Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II
1990 Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday
1995 50th Anniversary of VE Day
1997 50th Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II
2000 Millennium
2000 Queen Mother’s 100th Birthday
2002 Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
2006 450th Anniversary of Abingdon Charter/Queen Elizabeth II’s Official Birthday
2006 450th Anniversary of Abingdon Charter/Visit by Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal
2011 Marriage of Prince William to Catherine Middleton
2012 HM Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
2016 HM Queen’s 90th Birthday
2018 Commemoration of the end of the First World War
2022 The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Abingdon County Hall Museum provided the list of Recorded Bun Throwings.
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