April 23rd. St George's day
Discussion
Apparently:-
He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
Edited by Wacky Racer on Wednesday 23 April 16:11
Wacky Racer said:
Apparently:-
He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
Linky no worky. He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
He's the patron Saint of agricultural workers, Amersfoortians, Aragonese, archers; armourers; Bavarians, Beirutians, Lebanese, Bulgarians, Bulgarian soldiers, butchers, Catalans, cavalrymen, Corinthian players, Crusaders, equestrianists, Ethiopians, farmers, field workers; Freiburgians, Genoese, Gozans, Greeks, herpes sufferers, horsemen, horses, husbandmen, knights, lepers, Lithuanians, Londoners, Maltese, Sicilians, Montenegrans, Muscovites, Palestinians, plague victims, Portuguese, riders; Romani people, saddle makers, Serbians, Scouts, sheep, shepherds, sufferers of skin disease and syphilis, Slovenians and soldiers.
He's a busy Saint, give him a break!
Also, watch out dragons....
He's a busy Saint, give him a break!
Also, watch out dragons....
Wacky Racer said:
Apparently:-
He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
What's the point of this post? Are you looking to upset folks who have a bit of patriotism? Everyone knows these facts. It's not even St George's day today, it's on the 28th due to Easter.He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
Ah, that day of the year you can go onto X (formerly known as Twitter) and see eternally tedious midwits like Otto English state "ackshually he wasn't English and wouldn't be allowed in the country today etc etc".
Yes, and St Andrew wasn't from Scotland, and St Patrick wasn't originally from Ireland.
Does anyone really care?
Yes, and St Andrew wasn't from Scotland, and St Patrick wasn't originally from Ireland.
Does anyone really care?
bigpriest said:
It's a day of reflection - why do we keep putting blue in the England football kit?
Well the 3 Lions are blue right? Which is based on the coat of arms for England. I know this part of the year is pretty Bank Holiday heavy but should it not be one in England at this point?
Jonmx said:
Wacky Racer said:
Apparently:-
He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
What's the point of this post? Are you looking to upset folks who have a bit of patriotism? Everyone knows these facts. It's not even St George's day today, it's on the 28th due to Easter.He wasn't a Knight
He wasn't English
He never set foot in England.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
April 23rd 1981 sticks in my head. Why?
Our first child was born on the 22nd, and thanks to a total f
king st show by hospital 1, resulted in a blue-lighted ambulance trip for my wife and our newborn for emergency surgery to hospital 2 just the other side of the city.
My wife was taken to a ward for treatment, while our newborn was handed by the ambulance person to a surgeon, who very kindly allowed me to carry our newborn up the long stairs to the operating theatre, where he saved her life.
My sports car remained at the car park in hospital 1.
I was unable to retrieve it on this day 44 yrs ago.
Why? because it was trapped in very 'deep snow'! The worst snowfall in the UK in April since 1908.
The good news is we celebrated our daughter's 44th birthday yesterday.
The bad news is hospital 1 is still there, while hospital 2 (where her life was saved) is long gone.
Our first child was born on the 22nd, and thanks to a total f
king st show by hospital 1, resulted in a blue-lighted ambulance trip for my wife and our newborn for emergency surgery to hospital 2 just the other side of the city. My wife was taken to a ward for treatment, while our newborn was handed by the ambulance person to a surgeon, who very kindly allowed me to carry our newborn up the long stairs to the operating theatre, where he saved her life.
My sports car remained at the car park in hospital 1.
I was unable to retrieve it on this day 44 yrs ago.
Why? because it was trapped in very 'deep snow'! The worst snowfall in the UK in April since 1908.
The good news is we celebrated our daughter's 44th birthday yesterday.
The bad news is hospital 1 is still there, while hospital 2 (where her life was saved) is long gone.
Cold said:
I've reported this thread because it seems a bit racist.
ffs! I hope you are not being serious. Look on The English Heritage website.
I honestly thought St George was a knight in shining armour with a sword on a white horse.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
Click on nine things you didn't know.
Wacky Racer said:
Cold said:
I've reported this thread because it seems a bit racist.
ffs! I hope you are not being serious. Look on The English Heritage website.
I honestly thought St George was a knight in shining armour with a sword on a white horse.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on...
Click on nine things you didn't know.
Jonmx said:
What's the point of this post? Are you looking to upset folks who have a bit of patriotism? Everyone knows these facts. It's not even St George's day today, it's on the 28th due to Easter.
It’s perfectly possible to be patriotic and also think that having St George as a patron saint is a bit daft (or any patron saint for that matter)Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff