st georges day a public holiday

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 05:54 PM

Is Burns day a public hol?

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 05:46 PM

one spelling mistake, bieng , should have been being. what a pathetic riposte.now heres some really bad spelling aka just william.
wunn sppelllinng missteak phish phingar bouy. wen yew kan lurn too spelll, thenn aye will take yew serieouseley.

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: Hillheader
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 04:59 PM

St Andrew's Day is not a holiday in Scotland. Civil Servants here do not get extra holiday. The do not get the August Bank Holiday for example and get 02 January instead. There is also the complication regarding local "Trades" holidays (Glasgow Fair Friday - after the second Monday!!! and September Monday - last in September) which are different from those in Paisley only 5 miles away and from Edinburgh only 40 miles away!!!!!!

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: jacqui.c
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 04:57 PM

Nobody NEEDS a national day to celebrate. Many of us, whatever our nationality, WANT to celebrate.

Why should the English be any different from the Irish, Scots, or Welsh in this respect?

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 04:53 PM

When you can sing and play as well as Dick Miles, Guest of 2:22, people might start to take you a little more seriously as well. And in answer to your other point there are still plenty dragons to be slain out there;-)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 02:29 PM

St Alban has been proposed as a more appropriate patron saint of England (being actually English), unlike St George who never even set foot here). His saint's day is 20 June. Personally, I would favour St Bede, scholar of Jarrow and interred in Durham Cathedral. His day is 27 May. Both jolly good days for Morris dancing (wherever that came from . . . )

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: webfolk
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 02:25 PM

I wrote a song, entitled 'reclaim the flag' about the capture of the English and British flags by the "far right" and sang it once in my former local whare I was accused of racism by the landlord, who in fairness to him, I dont think listened. You can read the words on my web site at www.webfolk.net and follow the songs link to the title (reclaim the flag). I'd be interested in any feedback.
I have sung it since to acclamation.
On the subject though, I dont think we English know what to celebrate.

Geoff

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 02:22 PM

Fish finger boy, when you can learn to spell, then I'll take your messages seriously!

In the interim, nobody in England needs a celebration of the dragon killer.

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: skipy
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 02:17 PM

Fish Finger vendor, I am with you.
Skipy

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 02:13 PM

I believe you are wrong , if the irish can celebrate, st patricks day, why an earth cant the english celebrate st georges day, its perfectly logical. I believe a celebration of William Shakespeare born on that day and one of englands finest playwrights and poets,Would be very apt. plus a celebration of things quintessentially english, morris dancing and sword dancing.The extreme right wing should not be allowed to hijack your english flag[ I live in Ireland]you should not confuse being proud of english culture with xenophobia ,and racism ., being proud of english culture is not the same as bieng anti foreigner. in fact if you would read my post properly, I suggested that other natonalities    that celebrate st georges day should be included.
   I suggest you learn some manners ,get yourself a brain,learn to read, get a grip, and come out from your shroud of anonymity and probably get a life yourself.

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 01:30 PM

The very last thing anybody needs is a celebration of English nationalism. Get a grip and, I suspect, a life!

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: GUEST,Pete
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 01:28 PM

Sorry to sound cynical, but how many football fans knew they were flying St Georges flag on their cars and houses a few weeks ago?

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 12:29 PM

One of the problems encountered when trying to make St George's day a public holiday is the proximity to other holiday dates.

Easter can come at any time from late March to late April bringing 2 Bank Holidays. First and last Mondays in May are also Bank Holidays. This can give a total of 4 Bank Holidays in as many weeks. If you are a civil servant, you might get an extra 'privilege' day for Easter and another for the Queen's birthday. Putting another fixed day in this would just be ridiculous ~ bank holidays are already badly placed at this end of the year.

The obvious option would be to change the Mayday Bank Holiday to the St George's Day Bank Holiday but keep it as the first Monday in May.

(Today's useless information ~ Civil Servants working in Northern Ireland have 2 more Bank Holidays than those working in England or Wales. Scotland has 1 more Bank Holiday. England is the only region that doesn't appear to have given time off to celebrate its patron saint).

LTS

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 09:20 AM

stGeorges day is april 23, shakespeare was born on this day,.it is celebrated in goergia , bulgaria ,portugal and catalonia. All the countries where it is celebrated could be encouraged to bring dance teams and singers       to celebrate it with the english at cecil sharp house. I am sure efdss must have already done this, or perhaps as their remit is only international song and english dance this is what they must have done.However if it was made a public holiday it could be celebrated by all folk singers and dancers throughout england and affiliated dance clubs etc.

Subject: RE: st georges day a public holiday
From: Brakn
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 08:20 AM

On "The Weakest Link" this week someone didn't even know the date. By now surely people must know when it is.

Subject: st georges day a public holiday
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Aug 06 - 07:34 AM

Andrew Rosindell tried to introduce a bill to make st georges day a public holiday, and a celebration of english heritage, including english folk heritage, that this m p regardless of his political party is the friend of all folk music lovers and should be lobbyed by the efdss, and folk music lovers everywhere to promote english dance and song. I am also in favour of promoting international folk dance and song, but one step at a time.DickMiles.