BS: St. George's day

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: GUEST,Jim Knowledge
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 10:02 AM

I `ad that St.George in my cab last year. `e was all scorched and brarn and `is lance all charred. I said, you been slaying them firery
dragons again? `e said , nah, I`ve just come from a garden party that `ad a propane barbecue!!
What am I like??

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 10:02 AM

MERCIA FOREVER!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 12:56 PM

Well for me, being English but living in the USA, I am going to celebrate St. George this Friday. I'll start by hanging the flag outside my house, that usually gets the Yanks confused. Then maybe I'll make a Shepherds Pie, drink some fine English beer (whatever is on sale) wear my England football shirt, sing a few patriotic songs and dance around the garden like an idiot for a while.

I must go to the Gourmet food shop today and stock up on Marmite, Bisto, Birds Custard Powder, McVities Digestive's and Lucozade.

God Save The Queen........etc.

Bob

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: GUEST,Bob Hitchcock
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 12:58 PM

That last post was mine. I think I lost my cookie, must be lack of Marmite.

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: izzy
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 04:25 PM

This Friday we are going to have bangers and mash (minestrone!!), drink beer, and dance around the house to a combination of English fiddle music and banghra, while reciting Shakespeare. We don't hang a flag outside the house, though, we like to keep it a secret (very deep and enigmatic of us).

Hope everyone has a good SG Day.

Speaking of England and Englishness, my online magazine dedicated to the subject is now up and running (McGrath among others was interested in its progress) and we are still looking for contributors. (It's fairly highminded with a bit of silliness thrown in.) Toddle off and have a look at it here


Cheers

Isabel

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 04:54 PM

I can't open the sub-pages, Isabel ...?

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: izzy
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 05:05 PM

Sorry, I have them opening in a separate window --look on the bar and you'll find them. I did that so that you can still see the home page, but people have complained about it, so I'll change it soon. Anyhow, see if that works and let me know.

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: GUEST,An English Patriot
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 05:19 PM

John of Elsie's Band. On our day, I shall be drinking a toast to England and another toast to an eventual English assembly to rule over all of England and the English. I shall not idly sit back and allow my country to be Balkanised by the likes of Tory Blair.

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 07:19 PM

Isabel, I spy room for a couple of articles on the removal of the right of the Englishman to use the highway, and the removal of the right of the Englishman to perform his traditional music. No I'm not volunteering.

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: izzy
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 07:30 PM

Well, there certainly is scope for a well-researched piece on the PEL at some point, if anyone else feels up to it!

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: ranger1
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 07:41 PM

When I was at college, we did a (probably not terribly accurate) version of the St. George play. I was the dragon, and was slain in grand fashion, bashing my head on the edge of the stage in my death throes.

On another note, my significant other and I went to the rather silly St. Patrick's Day parade here in Portland, Maine, where they started off with a pipe and drum corps playing "Scotland the Brave." There was a lot of confusion when we started wishing all and sundry a happy late St. Andrew's Day. It being the States, nobody got the joke.

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 06:37 PM

It's a little before the dawn of the 23rd (GMT) but I have to bail out soon and I'd just like to wish those that care a happy St. George's Day. In my exile I'll be having that Northumbrian treat panhaggerty for supper followed by scones with cream and strawberries and, of course, lots of ale. ;o)

Click for sound clip

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 22 Apr 04 - 07:39 PM

There were St geiorge's Day cards in the shops this year!
Zorg, one should be winging its way to you!

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: Rasener
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 12:36 AM

Not much going on for S't Georges day then!!!!

Well what about coming to Market Rasen then.

We will be celebrating our own local heroes. Yellow Bellies. Incidentally, for those who don't know, a yellow belly is somebody born in Lincolnshire. It doesn't mean that they are chicken. Who can come up with the best version of what a Yellow Belly is?

Yellow Belly stickers for the car will be given out to all true Yellow Bellies, and they might win a tank of petrol if Radio Lincolnshire spots their car with the sticker in. :-)


The Market Rasen Folk Club will be held at the following venue.

Market Rasen Social Club
Serpentine Street
Market Rasen,
Lincolnshire,
LN8 3AR.
Tel: [phone]

The club is disability friendly as well as being family friendly.

April 23rd £1 entrance (Under 16's free) 8:00 to 11:30pm

Artists appearing
CARA (resident group), Stitherum, John Blanks, Dave Evardson, Jean Cowman, Kate Witney, Mike & Katie, Phil Brougham, Gwenda and Terry, Yellow Belly Acapelly.

Les Worrall

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: GUEST,ru the day
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 01:33 AM

Help!

Tonight I am chairing a St George's Day celebration dinner and believe there is a special toast one should do? Can anyone tell me what the correct wording of the toast should be?

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: Sooz
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 03:38 AM

"Cry God for Harry, England and St George" just about covers it!
(Henry V by Bill S)

Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 09:58 AM

GUEST ru theday ... click the sound bite link above and you'll get the words and Olivier's rendition (if you're brave enough to try it!) Happy St. George's Day.