[Albion] St. George's Day at Wembley

[BN9 BHA]

I always celebrate St George's Day. It's my birthday.

My eldest son’s birthday too.

 

[kentgully]

These days, if you say you’re English…..

Only if you let it...

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Here we go, Empire Day , May 24 1906. Time for another bank holiday in May to be brought back:

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Three Mondays in May are already Bank Holidays.
Let's have Trafalgar Day in October instead. A nice gap between August and Christmas

 

[PeterT]

Three Mondays in May are already Bank Holidays.
Let's have Trafalgar Day in October instead. A nice gap between August and Christmas

I‘d go with ‘as well’ rather than ‘instead’, please !

 

[Fungus]

It has since been confirmed that sadly this was the case.

I miss him already

 

[PeterT]

I miss him already

I know, it will take some time but that hurt will pass eventually.

 

[Brovion]

It's my son in law's birthday too. Card already sorted.

And my wife's! Must remember to nip round the petrol station before Sunday to get her some flowers and chocs ...

 

[jcdenton08]

Just a bit of fun, innit. Personally I don’t care but I won’t judge anyone who hangs a flag or wears face paint etc. each to their own on this one

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

What a beer loving, poncey food snob ?

….with a handbag.

 

[Chicken Run]

I used to hate those cub parades! Weeks spent practicing marching around Patcham old village in the evenings, and then marching through town on the big day.
Complete waste of time imo - no-one ever gave a shit about it, but had to do it.
All we cared about at cubs was going on camp to Park Wood, and the football season (and beating arch rivals the 30th)

FP - 44th alum....Triple Champs '85/'86. Best football Cub Pack in town

I was in the 44th

 

[dsr-burnley]

I’m fully expecting PotG to start an RIP thread for Shaky, who apparently died on his birthday.

Not necessarily. He died on April 23rd, but his birthdate wasn't recorded - only his christening date, 26th April, which is extrapolated backwards by a traditional 3 days to get an estimated d.o.b.

 

[Questions]

….with a handbag.

Sorry HT… Forgot that.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

I'm going to do a line of Charlie, have a fight outside Yates wine lodge and stick a red flare up my arse. That's the proper way to celebrate.

 

[kojak]

Dragons and religion, it's all a load of bollocks.
I'll save my energy for May the 4th instead.

The Coronation is on the 6th

 

[Eeyore]

And William Shakespeare.

I'd love it if Shakespeare Day was a thing. Some kind of literary national gathering. We all read books and have a cup of tea. Perfect Englishness. Let's do it.

 

[Eeyore]

Celebrating your national saint's day? How provincial. Leave that to the Irish, Welsh and Scots.*

I'll be more focused on beating Man Utd on Sunday rather than anything else.

I'm as proud to be English as a Frenchman might be to be French, but I'm no nationalist. I think when you start going all nationalist and making out that you live in the greatest country on earth, then you're talking bollocks. It's the same as when Yorkshire folk bang on about Yorkshire being God's county and all that hyperbole. I've lived in Barnsley and if that's where God lives then he/she needs to take a long hard look at themselves.

*PS the bit about celebrating was a joke. I love a few warm pints of ale and some Morris dancers on the 23rd. Cracking party.



And what the hell is 'woke' anyway? If woke is about being a bit self aware and not acting like a jerk then I'm f*cking woke mate!

So reminds me..

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

What an absolutely wanky thread.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Sussex day this year falls on a Friday and Sussex are at home to Hampshire in the T20.

I'll have some of that.

 

[jackalbion]

 

[clapham_gull]

Bonjour à tous

As the French say Rodney.