Cavey Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 As I won't be online over the weekend, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy St George's Day for Sunday. Regards, - Sean Winston Churchill wrote "There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is ENGLAND." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 St George's Day is a special day so I always plant my potatoes on it! Enjoy it, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 It's also Shakespeare's birthday and he was a great Englishman, so we can celebrate England and all her magnificent patriots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Yes! - I get to celebrate both I was in the Nine Mens' Morris for the celebrations when I was at school As long as you don't want to do anything else in Stratford this weekend it's OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Is there a parade or something on Lesley? --Martin-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Martin - there's everything in Stratford for the Birthday Celebrations - parade and procession to Holy Trinity Church. Flags of every nation - visiting dignitaries from every nation - lectures........... Worth having a look tomorrow morning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Look where? I'm a bit dumb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 In Stratford Martin We're seriously off topic now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Oh sorry. I might be around so we might be going shopping there anyway! ---Martin--- (It's a bit off topic but related to the birthplace of a great writer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Make sure you go early to park Martin Head for Bridge Street - the one with Marks and Spencers. They will be flying the Cross of St. George as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Ok, I think we're meant to be going in the afternoon. I think my Mum has forgotten whos birthday it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 3 good things 1. St. Georges Day 2. Shakespear's birthday 3. The first wedding anniversary of my very good friends Sue and Frank (who got married in Glasgow (and some of the Scottish relatives didnt get the irony of it being on St Georges day ) Hurrah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 All the best to those who celebrate ( I for sad reasons remember my Dad on this day) ... BUT ... may I take this opportunity to wish my brother Mark, all the best ..... hope you get your personal best running time under 3 and 1/2 hours in the london marathon tomorrow . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Oh, yes! I know 3 people running tomorrow as well. It should be really pleasant weather for them all this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Never got to go to Stratford as my Mum and Brother had gone to Solihull before I had even got up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 It's also Shakespeare's birthday and he was a great Englishman, so we can celebrate England and all her magnificent patriots. Hear hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 This is very embarrassing, but how are we supposed to celebrating and what excatly should I be telling my 3 year old? (that's code for, I haven't got a clue so put it in terms a 3 year old can understand and I might stand a chance of understanding it!) I have always found it strange that we actively encourage (if not join in) the Scotts, Irish and Welsh to celebrate their days but don't make a big deal about our own day. (In fact we have had reports on our local news that people have been told to take down their flags.) Now I know why, I don't know what to say or do. How sad is that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I think it is a farce! Because many people go down to the pub, drink guiness and come home bladdered on St.Patricks Day, but not many people do anything for St.Patricks Day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 I think it is a farce! Because many people go down to the pub, drink guiness and come home bladdered on St.Patricks Day, but not many people do anything for St.Patricks Day! If that's not 'doing something' I don't know what is I suppose having a patron saints day is just an outlet for feeling pride in the country you live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 (In fact we have had reports on our local news that people have been told to take down their flags.) This story appears at the same time every year (usually in the Daily Mail, and usually with the phrase "political correctness gone mad") A friend of mine got so cheesed off with this urban myth - that all around the countrry people are told to take down flags on St George's Day - that he researched it properly - and didn't find ONE case where it had actually happened.... so, if it did happen - I'd be interested, and I'll pass it on for his archive! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 it is. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 This is very embarrassing, but how are we supposed to celebrating and what excatly should I be telling my 3 year old? (that's code for, I haven't got a clue so put it in terms a 3 year old can understand and I might stand a chance of understanding it!) I have always found it strange that we actively encourage (if not join in) the Scotts, Irish and Welsh to celebrate their days but don't make a big deal about our own day. As has already been pointed out - St Patrick's day is a triumph for Licensed trade.. as for St George's Day - two problems.. one is that we cannot really identify with St George - there are plenty of better candidates to be the Patron Saint of England - he was Greek for a start... so we find it difficult to celebrate him... the other is that is is difficult to pin down what anyone means by Englishness - if that is what we are celebrating. Many people think that quintessential Englishness involves understatement and self-deprecation. (that's what makes it hard for Americans to understand us!) to wave a flag about, make a lot of noise and get bladdered in an attempt to celebrate "understatement" and "self-deprecation" seems to be a bit of a contradiction! the best way to celebrate St George's day is to draw the curtains, mutter "bah, humbug" to yourself, eat a bag of chips and watch Coronation Street before nodding off on the sofa - what could be more English than that? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Well we had a traditional English Dinner..... Roast Beef and all the trimmings. On St Andrews day, we have Haggis ... Patrick's can't quite remember for some reason , and on Wales day ... something with leeks. . Just want to add .... well done Mark ... beat the pants off Gordon Ramsay, and did the Marathon in 3 hours 14 mins and 57 secs . A personal best and now secured 2 more years entry if he wishes ( reckons he wants to do it in 3hrs 10 mins now ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
