Thread: St George's Day
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Old 21-04-2010, 09:26   #80
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Re: St George's Day

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss View Post
My car flag and bunting are already up.

As Jaysay has already pointed out, it's not so much that we've ever made a big deal of it, more the fact that any effort to do so is suppressed by the authorities. The Manchester parade is a new one on me and I'd like to think it will be an annual event rather than a vote-winning exercise.

Three years ago I was told by the landlord of the pub where I present one of my quiz nights that I had to make an announcement before my St George's Day special. The brewery stated that the landlord must not be seen to be specific to any one country so the St George's Day Quiz had to be my responsibility in order to exempt him.

It just seems odd that 17th March was another matter entirely as far as the money-grubbing brewery and sales of Guinness were concerned.
The mind really does boggle Ken,
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