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I wonder if St. Georges Day will get the same enthusiasm from the media as for example St. Patricks Day.

Come to think of it, are St. Andrews and St. Davids days also dead and forgotten?

Shouldn't the English get their day? Maybe we could have a day off work. :D

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Cookie, I am happy to report that this year, for the first time, I have noticed some St. Georges Day advertising and bumph in the pubs. It would appear that Bombardier and Spitfire, in line with the current "Bottle of Britain" advertising theme, are trying to push the 23rd of April. And quite right too :D :D About time our national Saint was given his due recognition.

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St. Georges Day it's Tomorrow is it ? ( I did not know) think this is the problem. there's not enough national pride. Who knows the date or cares! I do but did not realise when it was, and yes there should be more emphasis on the ENGLISH patron saints day

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,

Or close the wall up with our English dead.

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man

As modest stillness and humility;

But when the blast of war blows in our ears,

Then imitate the action of the tiger;

Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,

Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;

Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;

Let it pry through the portage of the head

Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it

As fearfully as does a galled rock

O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,

Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.

Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,

Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit

To his full height. On, on, you noblest English,

Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!

Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,

Have in these parts from morn till even fought,

And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument.

Dishonour not your mothers; now attest

That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.

Be copy now to men of grosser blood,

And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen,

Whose limbs were made in England, show us here

The mettle of your pasture; let us swear

That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not;

For there is none of you so mean and base,

That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,

Straining upon the start. The game's afoot!

Follow your spirit, and upon this charge

Cry, "God for Harry! England and Saint George!"

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I have noticed some St. Georges Day advertising and bumph in the pubs. It would appear that Bombardier and Spitfire, in line with the current "Bottle of Britain" advertising theme, are trying to push the 23rd of April. And quite right too

Guinness have been milking St Patrick's day the world over for years.............

Good luck to Spitfire and Bombardier, thars money in them thar saints........

Incidently Sainsburys are doing a rather nice line in Badgers Golden champion Ale...£5x4 (500ml) bottles.. One of their better efforts , going back for more tomorrow

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