Happy St George's Day
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24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
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Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down0 -
Bout 2019 years mate...cafcdave123 said:
Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down4 -
ForeverAddickted said:
Bout 2019 years mate...cafcdave123 said:
Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down
Was just about to put the same.1 -
I would have been quicker responding but took me four minutes from Dave posting to work out the number of yearsHorsfield9 said:ForeverAddickted said:
Bout 2019 years mate...cafcdave123 said:
Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down
Was just about to put the same.2 -
Alright, keep your Guinness hat onAFKABartram said:there's a lot of incorrect perception around all this stuff.
Basically I think we are governed by days of the week in which these things fall.
St Paddy's Day in England isn't anywhere near as big as some people make it. Its Guinness driven and if it falls on a Thursday - Sunday it will attract interest. On a Monday or Tuesday it will be a damp squib. Its not English people celebrating Ireland, its people with Irish heritage celebrating their heritage and other people jumping on as an excuse to have a beer.
St Georges Day hasn't got a brewery publicising driver and not a huge outcry from the majority of people for a need to overly celebrate it. Not because they are not proud to be English but just because there isn't the drive there to largely engage with what is a pub event. You'll always have the diehards, and if it falls Thursday - Sunday then you'll then get a step up in people wanting to get out and use it as an excuse. But its not really enough to encourage people to use up precious annual leave for.
The chip on shoulder attitude that too frequently gets included (some people find this racist, if it were St Paddy's Day blah blah) winds me up no end though. If you want to do something to celebrate being English, great. Just do it. Stop worrying about other people or comparing.
The fact we live in such a great country is probably emphasised by the fact we (collectively) don't see the need to have to make a big song and dance about it.
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I did exactly the same mate. Jumped in a cab after it all kicked off.cafcdave123 said:
Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down0 -
I was heading the bottles back1
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Morris dancing? Is that what you're saying?AFKABartram said:there's a lot of incorrect perception around all this stuff.
Basically I think we are governed by days of the week in which these things fall.
St Paddy's Day in England isn't anywhere near as big as some people make it. Its Guinness driven and if it falls on a Thursday - Sunday it will attract interest. On a Monday or Tuesday it will be a damp squib. Its not English people celebrating Ireland, its people with Irish heritage celebrating their heritage and other people jumping on as an excuse to have a beer.
St Georges Day hasn't got a brewery publicising driver and not a huge outcry from the majority of people for a need to overly celebrate it. Not because they are not proud to be English but just because there isn't the drive there to largely engage with what is a pub event. You'll always have the diehards, and if it falls Thursday - Sunday then you'll then get a step up in people wanting to get out and use it as an excuse. But its not really enough to encourage people to use up precious annual leave for.
The chip on shoulder attitude that too frequently gets included (some people find this racist, if it were St Paddy's Day blah blah) winds me up no end though. If you want to do something to celebrate being English, great. Just do it. Stop worrying about other people or comparing.
The fact we live in such a great country is probably emphasised by the fact we (collectively) don't see the need to have to make a big song and dance about it.
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Do you still see her?cafcdave123 said:
Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down12 - Sponsored links:
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Actually remember you leaving. I ended up back at the Albany listening to the pub scheme radio behind the bar reporting incidents at pretty much every area in the borough. Think that was the last year of Trax being open for SGD.DaveMehmet said:
I did exactly the same mate. Jumped in a cab after it all kicked off.cafcdave123 said:
Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down
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Did you pull her in the millerscafcdave123 said:
Jesus, doesnt seem that long ago.Curb_It said:24th April 2009. 10 years ago.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4316667.bexley-village-pubs-forced-to-close-after-st-georges-day-gets-out-of-hand/
ended up in the Duchess of Edinburgh that night after Bexley shut down2 -
Yes. St Paul is the patron saint of London and his day is 25th January. Not that that matters to Charlton fans, we celebrate him every day as it's his sword that is on our club crest.charltonkeston said:Does London have a Saints day? Just a thought.
Anyway all those who celebrate, have a good one.
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Pork sword1
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...calling Danny Boy3
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Have a good one everybody!7
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It was on St. Georges day 2009 I had my cardiac arrest and life took a different route, after huge effort and rehabilitation I'm still here, the coma left me learning to read write walk and talk again, something I hadn't really mastered anyway 😉, so happy St. Georges day everybody and thank you NHS.27
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Happy St George’s day. There’s seven of us of different nationalities celebrating this afternoon at an Italian restaurant in Marylebone:
English
Irish
Welsh
Croatian
Australian
Columbian.Singapore5 -
Have you put a dot on the invite list to denote which one is bringing the gear?Solidgone said:Happy St George’s day. There’s seven of us of different nationalities celebrating this afternoon at an Italian restaurant in Marylebone:
English
Irish
Welsh
Croatian
Australian
Columbian.Singapore22 - Sponsored links:
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OoopsChizz said:
Have you put a dot on the invite list to denote which one is bringing the gear?Solidgone said:Happy St George’s day. There’s seven of us of different nationalities celebrating this afternoon at an Italian restaurant in Marylebone:
English
Irish
Welsh
Croatian
Australian
Columbian.Singapore1 -
Police have allegedly been to a property locally, the residents were asked to remove the St George flag from the balcony.0
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BelmarshElfsborgAddick said:Police have allegedly been to a property locally, the residents were asked to remove the St George flag from the balcony.6 -
457 years ago today arguably the greatest writer ever was born not far from Birmingham.0
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Where? And why?ElfsborgAddick said:Police have allegedly been to a property locally, the residents were asked to remove the St George flag from the balcony.0 -
Happy Saint Georges day my equally football malnourished brethren2
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rumour has it that George downed several pints of English Ale before taking on the dragon0
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Happy St George’s Day! 🏴1
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No, he’s the one who lost the draw and are on a table for 1Chizz said:
Have you put a dot on the invite list to denote which one is bringing the gear?Solidgone said:Happy St George’s day. There’s seven of us of different nationalities celebrating this afternoon at an Italian restaurant in Marylebone:
English
Irish
Welsh
Croatian
Australian
Columbian.Singapore0 -
Chizz said:
Where? And why?ElfsborgAddick said:Police have allegedly been to a property locally, the residents were asked to remove the St George flag from the balcony.
A very good question, Beckenham area.
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