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It is 18 days off st georges day, for you englishmen out there that is saturday the 23rd of april,how will you celebrate yours?get them flags out decorate the streets turn accy and surrounding areas red and white have a party,lets get st georges day recognised lets be proud to be english! I shall certainly be doing my bit,so if you see me in the paper being classed as racist get the petitions going.:D

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To be fair staggers you should be putting this in ALL the languages we English speak otherwise some-one might take offence!

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The only thing I'll be doing on 23 April is watching the qualifying for the San Marino F1 GP!

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.......As long as you cheer on Button :D (until his car stops)




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Busman - I am hoping for a win for Button, but the way things are going so far, he may have problems finishing a race!

DC is doing better than expected, though.


Back to the topic though, I have an England flag, I have beer.

If we have nice weather, what better way to celebrate than with a barbecue!

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I'll be there with you staggers celebrating our patron, but he wasn't an Englishman, he was a Turk.

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Staggeringman, maybe this will be of interest to you?

http://www.stgeorgesday.com/voting.asp

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Surely the most patriotic thing to do is get on the FREE coach to Hereford and watch the Stanley whup some{nearly Welsh** ass! See the Stanley forum for details,and yes it's FREE!!!:D

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Are you going to bring your own pole too? :)


Seriously, after having spent the last two years in Scotland, we really are a bit of a washout when it comes to celebrating St. Georges day. North of the border, flags are flown, kilts are worn and a good time is had by all. It's like this not just on St. Andrew's day, but also Burn's night, and the two day celebration that is Hogmanay.
Perhaps it's because we feel a bit superior to every other nation, and hence don't have a chip on our collective shoulder, that the majority don't feel the need to celebrate our unique national identity? It's a shame.

Cue Jerusalem.......

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Your not a racisit being proud to be English Staggeringman, well be flying the flag over here in Cleveleys,we should also have a "Lancashire and proud of it" day as well!:)

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I'll be in Cape Town on 23rd, along with several ex-pats... I can guarantee that we will all be celebrating St. George whilst having a braaie (BBQ).
The 'locals' will know where we come from!!!

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I always celebrate St Georges day n have my flag flyin all year long permanently lol:)

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I'm with you all the way. I'm English, no Scots, Welsh or Irish blood in me but, even if I had, I'm still English born. I, you, we should celebrate England for at least one day in the year.

All together now, 1 2 3 - There'll always be an England...... :engsmil:

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[QUOTE=garinda]Are you going to bring your own pole too? :)QUOTE]

:eek: You leave my pole alone..........:p



I think it's time we reclaimed of pride and celebrated what good about being English. Why the hell should we have to worry about being seen as been racist in our own country? We have a lot to celebrate and every right to do so. We have made mistakes in the passed and some things we have to live with may be unpleasant, but everyone else seems to do alright, so why should we………



:engsmil: Land of Hope and Glory or Land of Subservient Tit Hangers, :eek: YOU DECIDE………..

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Well I'm a bit of a mixture but I was born in England and yet if I can celebrate St. Patrick's day I'm darned sure I should be able to celebrate St. George's day.

I don't think it has anything to do with feeling superior so not feeling the need to do it. It seems more like apathy mixed with fear of being criticised for upsetting people of other ethnic origins which is a bit daft.

Why can't we all just enjoy being who we are and enjoy sharing who we are? I love the Chinese New Year celebrations but I'm not Chinese so maybe Chinese people would enjoy a good old St. George's knees up if there ever was such a thing. (That's just an isolated example by the way)

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Is the 23rd also the last Saturday in the Month? I think I'll have to wash my flag & celebrate!!!

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I just don't know how to take that...........lol

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My feelings precisely. :)

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well im also getting on the free coach to hereford and stanley will slay the weslh (nearly) dragon

England Flags galore!!!!

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Watching motor racing?...barbecues?...sod that for a game of soldiers. Get yerselves down to Hereford on the FREE coaches, have a few beers and wave those St Geroges flags on the terraces in support of your local club. COME ON! LET'S BE HAVIN' YER!

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My local club?

Hmmm, that would be a choice of Gillingham or Brighton, and I support neither.

How about supporting my favourite team - BMW WilliamsF1?

Go Webber!!!

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Ok, Vorlon, you're excused! :) How about a few more of you lot from Accy coming along? :engsmil:

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l'm coming to my first Stanley match on Saturday thanks to Lindasay Ormerod. Lets see how Saturday goes down before you let me on the bus, lol.

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Well, a couple of years ago our beloved (!!) leader Red Ken Livingstone earmarked a fairly large sum of council (i.e. OUR) money to celebrate St Patrick's Day. When he was asked for similar funding for St George's Day, he refused. This is what we are contending with.

That said, on St George's Day a huge flag hangs outside our local ironmongers - and he has smaller St George's flags up all year. He is Asian. If he can be proud, we d**n well should!

I shall be sinking a few in celebration!

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Lets keep England English,these jobsworths are tight fisted for our country,lets send millions of pounds abroad and starve us of a good knees up!
It's wrong!

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A village not a million miles from here celebrates 4th July with US flags flying because George Washington's family originated from these parts. I do my bit on that day by flying a Cross of St George.

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well its almost upon us! not many flags fluttering,hope you lot on the coach to watch stanley do us proud.i will certainley be sinking a few tomorrow night along with a few others! my flags are up and fluttering in the wind and mands has done a good job on the inside...............here is to george:drink:

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Sounds good to me! Here in the USA, St. Patrick's Day is a big celebration and, in the major cities, Chinese New Year and sometimes the Cinco de Mayo (May 5th, not five jars of Hellman's) where there is a populaton of Mexicans. Independence Day on July 4th brings parades, fairs, barbeques and, or course, fireworks and we Americans are not at all reluctant to celebrate. So, as long as I can take a leek on March 1 to celebrate with the Welsh, I'm only too glad to add April 23 to the list of celebrations! Not that I need any excuse to have fun, but all these dates help to make it part of the plan.

Have to see if I can find a pub, or at least a bar serving some decent English brew when I go to NYC tommorrw. Have a great St. George's Day, everyone!
:engsmil:

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Will anyone be attending the British Legion parade through Accrington tomorrow? I would but I shall be in Blackpool, working.

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Went down to watch it, but what i couldn't understand was that the pipe band was playing scottish tunes.