21 most voted for English icons
 

If you had a vote in this poll what would you add or delete ?


21 most voted for English icons
(Filed: 28/04/2006)


• St George's Flag
• Hadrian's Wall
• The Lindisfarne Gospels
• Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species
• The Notting Hill Carnival
• Brick Lane
• Morris Dancing
• The Domesday Book
• HMS Victory
• The miniskirt
• John Constable's The Hay Wain
• Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
• The Eden Project
• The pub
• Blackpool Tower
• The Globe
• Cricket
• The Sutton Hoo helmet
• York Minster
• The Machin (Queen's head) postage stamp
• Big Ben

my selections , replace Pride and Prejudice with Hobsons Choice
replace Notting Hill Carnival with Hindle Wakes
replace Brick Lane (unless its a reference to the Nori)
with the Grand National
easy one replace John Constable with L.S.Lowry

Re: 21 most voted for English icons
 

Stonehenge for Hadrian's wall.
St.Pauls for York Minster.
Football for cricket.
Kings Rd. for Brick Lane.
Sex Pistols for Morris dancers.
Sheep in formaldyhide for The Haywain.
The Magna Carta for the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Bonfire night for the Nottinghill Carnival.
:)

Re: 21 most voted for English icons
 

Oh, and Turner for Constable, no contest.

Re: 21 most voted for English icons
 

:( Couldn't sleep, so here's my twenty iconic English things.

-St.Georges flag.
-Peter Blake's cover for Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
-H.P. sauce.
-Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
-The Magna Carta.
-Fish and chips.
-The Mini, car not dress.
-Damian Hirst's Sheep in formaldehyde.
-Chatworth House.
-Shakespeare.
-The Beatles.
-Beatrix Potter.
-Routemaster double decker buses.
-Charing Cross/Fog on the Thames by J. M. W. Turner.
-Telephone boxes.
-The last night of the Proms.
-Duke of Wellington.
-Stonehenge.
-Blackpool rock.
-Beefeaters.

Re: 21 most voted for English icons
 

not forgettin these icons who have already been confirmed...

Stonehenge
Punch and Judy
SS Empire Windrush
Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII
Cup of tea
FA Cup
Alice in Wonderland
Routemaster bus
King James Bible
Angel of the North
Spitfire
Jerusalem *the hymn*