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Title: St. George's Day
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 23 April 2012, 07:49:30
Not that yould know given the dearth of information provided by the national broadcaster. :(

However - These fine images and this sublime music will always show to me the real substance of this land – a land and heritage to be celebrated, a land worth fighting for and above all, a land and way of life worth preserving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHVovCSNJhc&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1l0FQnTQCc&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03s7teFeH7Q&feature=relmfu
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: Plomien on 23 April 2012, 08:15:55
:y Its amazing how the Irish, Welsh and Scottish all celebrate their saints day but the English due to various reasons get stopped from doing so
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: MrMoffat on 23 April 2012, 09:25:19
And a fat lot of good did the online petition do a couple of years ago  >:(
Anyway, a happy St. George's day folks  :y  I shall be having a beer or three tonight  :D
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: Martian on 23 April 2012, 11:23:13
:y Its amazing how the Irish, Welsh and Scottish all celebrate their saints day but the English due to various reasons get stopped from doing so
We'll be having a pint or three later on while proudly displaying the English flag, and if the neighbours are offended by that then that's just tough luck.
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: Varche on 23 April 2012, 13:33:12
Got up this morning and wished Mrs Varche a Happy St Georges day. Unsurprisingly I couldn't see any bunting or evidence of any street parties. However all is not lost as tomorrow is St Marcos day here and all the locals have the day off and head out into the countryside and have huge parties for their extended families (us included). Lots to eat and drink before the men retire to play cards/dominoes under the olive trees whilst consuming cuba libras ( whiskey and coke) while the women eat cakes and talk about babies.

Then on May1st we have the Romeria. Everyone heads to the east of town and entire extended families pick a tree and have a BBQ etc and socialise with everyone else. Local horsemen turn up to show off their prowess after imbibing large amounts of amber nectar.

The Spanish certainly know how to have a good(family orientated) time. :y
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: zirk on 23 April 2012, 13:40:23
Head Office have told one of my Local Pubs 'No Flags today please'

 >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: tigers_gonads on 23 April 2012, 14:05:25
Going back to the world cup during 1998

A builder I know had a white flat bed transit.
He had a red cross in plasic stuck on the bonnet so it looked like a flag of st george and also had a flag about 3ft / 2ft flying from the framework behind the cab.

He was pulled by the coppers who made him take the flag down because it was a distraction to other drivers.
He asked the copper if his missus was walking down the street in a shorts and a low cut top with her puppys proudly on show, would that be distraction to drivers ?
Neadless to say the flag was removed before he was nicked  >:( >:(

2 days later, he was pulled again and told to remove the red cross because it may insite racial volence  >:( >:(

The taxi driver and just about any other tinker had a clip on flag flying from there cars.
The council tried to have them baned  >:( >:(

Only in England  >:( >:(
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: SteveAvfc. on 23 April 2012, 18:33:36
On this special day St Georges day guess what i have new neighbours two doors down and further more guess where they are from?? that's right rather Poland. Welcome to welcoming England  :( :(
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: The Red Baron on 23 April 2012, 18:42:42
when i ran a pub, we got all the promo stuff, eg, flags,hats,glasses you name it. not seen or heard a word about here in burton. a shame it seems to be being lost.
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: zirk on 23 April 2012, 22:40:40
Well just been dragged out to the local Whetherfooks Pub by a couple of mates (doesn't take much), not been there for about a year but there doing a nice pint of Adnams Broadside for 1.99 this week to celebrate St Georges week, happy days, or happy week.
 :D :D :D

Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: Turk on 23 April 2012, 22:42:13
:y Its amazing how the Irish, Welsh and Scottish all celebrate their saints day but the English due to various reasons get stopped from doing so
Johnny Foreigner may get all upset !! (Well **** off home then !!!)
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: Nickbat on 23 April 2012, 23:39:53
Not that yould know given the dearth of information provided by the national broadcaster. :(

However - These fine images and this sublime music will always show to me the real substance of this land – a land and heritage to be celebrated, a land worth fighting for and above all, a land and way of life worth preserving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHVovCSNJhc&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1l0FQnTQCc&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03s7teFeH7Q&feature=relmfu

Thank you, Den. Goes down well late at night!  :y
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: tigers_gonads on 24 April 2012, 06:57:37
Well just been dragged out to the local Whetherfooks Pub by a couple of mates (doesn't take much), not been there for about a year but there doing a nice pint of Adnams Broadside for 1.99 this week to celebrate St Georges week, happy days, or happy week.
 :D :D :D


Popped into our wetherspoon pub in town yesterday teatime for a couple of hours with swmbo.

Not one flag or any reference to St Georges day anywhere.

Why has the English nation let the pc brigade let this happen ?
Personaly, i'm sick and rather tired of feeling like i've got to sit in a corner, keep my mouth shut and keep my head down because i'm English  >:( >:(
The Welsh celebrate there day.
The Scots and the Irish do the same but when it comes down to the English, it seems to me that we are scared to be just that .............. ENGLISH  >:( >:(

Pretty much every nation on this planet celebrates its nations day. 
It is one of the things that gives that nation a sence of identity.
Us the English are that shit scared of upsetting the rest of the word that we have become a
total no-mark nation on the world stage.

This countrys forfathers must be turning in there graves at what we have let happen  >:( >:(

End of rant
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: albitz on 24 April 2012, 07:10:57
I didnt see or hear any mention at all of St.Georges day in the media yesterday.Its absolutely bizarre.
I also find it bizarre that the English now seem to celebrate St, Patricks day more than the Irish do. :-\
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: tigers_gonads on 24 April 2012, 07:21:26
Nothing bizarre about it Albs, for some pathetic reason the nations pride has been slowly kicked out of us by those in power and the political correct brigade over the last 30 years or so  :(

Short of the Falklands (which was a British thing), all we have done in that time is roll over and let the world walk all over us.

Very few people even describe themselfs as English anymore  :'( :'( 
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: albitz on 24 April 2012, 07:48:10
The powers that be need a bloody nose.Vote UKIP. ;)
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: tigers_gonads on 24 April 2012, 07:56:14
The powers that be need a bloody nose.Vote UKIP. ;)


Already do  :y

Until UKIP get the funding so they can get the message out to the nation, this nation is just going to sink into the abiss  :'( :'(

It's not our future we are fighting for here, its our childrens  >:( >:(
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: aaronjb on 24 April 2012, 08:42:19
St Whonow?

And the only reason people celebrate St Patrick's day is that it's an excuse to get paralytic and cause trouble for the police & ambulance services. ::)
Title: Re: St. George's Day
Post by: tigers_gonads on 24 April 2012, 08:46:54
St Whonow?

And the only reason people celebrate St Patrick's day is that it's an excuse to get paralytic and cause trouble for the police & ambulance services. ::)


Now why didn't I think of that one  ;D ;D