Fignon's Ponytail
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I had totally forgotten it was St G's day today - means nothing to me tbh - but I do remember when I was in the 44th Cubs in the mid '80s having to do a St Georges Day parade through town (on the nearest Sunday to the actual day) with loads of other Brighton packs. Spent weeks practicing marching in time etc and flag carrying around Patcham village in the run up to it...or am I completely mistaken??Yes indeed. Growing up in the 60s and 70s I really don't recall any St George's day celebrations. Well apart from when I was in the Cubs as St George is also the patron saint of the Scout movement. So on the 23rd April we'd , um ..... well actually I can't remember what we did. I think all that happened was that Akela would tell us that St George was the patron saint of the Scout movement (Boy Scout movement as it was then) and also the patron saint of England. Then we probably went and played football.
So there were no celebrations, no parades, no street parties, no bunting, no tuppence off a pint of mild 'n' bitter - and that glorious non-celebration has continued to this day, only now it's seen as a sign of how the English are also oppressed victims unable to celebrate our own culture.
So I shall have a traditional, old-fashioned, proper English St George's day - I shall do bugger all to celebrate it.