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To everyone, As it’s a nice day il think il go for a long walk along the river and a pint of pride or bombardier for afters to toast is Englishmen
Btw Boris any chance of making this a bank holiday next year ?
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Happy St George’s Day on 16:21 - Apr 23 with 1693 views
Happy St George’s Day on 15:15 - Apr 23 by BrianMcCarthy
And St. Patrick was Welsh!
And St George was Turkish. Real Patron Saint is St Thomas a Becket or maybe St Alban. So 29th December or June 22nd. Greatest Englishman - William Shakespeare - Happy Birthday (and Death day) Bill!
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Happy St George’s Day on 17:10 - Apr 23 with 1624 views
And for me I’ve clicked another year! And 10 years ago today many of us complete with a hole range Of inflatables travelled to the principality of Wales to watch St Adel of West London put the Welsh Dragon to the sword. They choked and we celebrated in the car park afterwards waiting to be released. And like today it was a gloriously warm sunny day.
Happy St George’s Day one and all!
what a fantastic away day that was.....since 1968, probably in my top ten of qpr away games.
Happy St George’s Day on 16:21 - Apr 23 by DiggertheMole
And St George was Turkish. Real Patron Saint is St Thomas a Becket or maybe St Alban. So 29th December or June 22nd. Greatest Englishman - William Shakespeare - Happy Birthday (and Death day) Bill!
Before George it was St Edmund.
I am still Steve but no longer in Dagenham.
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Happy St George’s Day on 17:21 - Apr 23 with 1589 views
St Edmund died in A D 869 martyred by a bunch of Danes adopted by Alfred as a patron saint - nice idea to establish the saintliness of the monarchy! Edward III replaced him with a "warrior" saint in St George - Edward being somewhat partial to looting and pillaging in France. Throughout the medieval period St Thomas a Becket (martyred in 1170) enjoyed the greatest following and Canterbury was the foremost centre of pilgrimage in England. Chaucer - Edward III's contemporary celebrates a pilgrimage to Canterbury -the scene of Becket's murder in "The Canterbury Tales".Henry VIII could not tolerate the idea of a common (even if religious) figure enjoying Becket's cult status and destroyed his tomb in 1538 insisting that all mention of his name be obliterated. Obviously Henry didn't fancy the idea of a religious rebel being worshipped - especially as he was wiping out any dissident religious voices in his pursuit of any likely palace whore with whom he might sire an heir and with whom he could share his syphilis. Both Canterbury and St Albans cathedrals were desecrated (St Albans became a cathedral later) and the myth of St George was encouraged alongside Henry's self-image as "defender of the Faith" - it's far easier dealing with a myth than the idea of a saint who defied a king. In terms of seniority, St Alban is the earliest English christian martyr (A D 305) but being killed for sheltering a priest doesn't quite have the media pull of an imaginary knight bumping off a descendant of T-Rex. Patron saints were and have been the subject of fairly nonsensical political exploitation. No one should be ashamed of their Englishness - just aware of what aspect of Englishness is getting the front page. Me - I celebrate Shakespeare's birthday.
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Happy St George’s Day on 19:47 - Apr 23 with 1449 views
We first had the Cross of St George on our ships in the 12th Century we still do. Thats 800+ years of history, so St George will do for me.
I've also cheerfully celebrated being English for many years and no one has (yet) to be offended by this, so maybe those who are offended are a tiny minority. Point being... Ignore them.
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Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent
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Happy St George’s Day on 21:58 - Apr 23 with 1354 views
Happy St George’s Day on 21:48 - Apr 23 by Metallica_Hoop
I couldn't give a shit where he was from.
We first had the Cross of St George on our ships in the 12th Century we still do. Thats 800+ years of history, so St George will do for me.
I've also cheerfully celebrated being English for many years and no one has (yet) to be offended by this, so maybe those who are offended are a tiny minority. Point being... Ignore them.
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I never knew that. What was the connection back in those days? Is that why the Royal Navy ensign still has it?
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Happy St George’s Day on 22:03 - Apr 23 with 1348 views
Happy St George’s Day on 21:58 - Apr 23 by BazzaInTheLoft
I never knew that. What was the connection back in those days? Is that why the Royal Navy ensign still has it?
From Wiki as I forgot (but did know) and had to look it up again.
'The St. George's flag, a red cross on a white field, was adopted by England and the City of London in 1190 for their ships entering the Mediterranean to benefit from the protection of the Genoese fleet. The English Monarch paid an annual tribute to the Doge of Genoa for this privilege.'
I'm not sure about the White Ensign. WW2 is my thing and British military history. This made for interesting reading as you mentioned it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Ensign
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Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent
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Happy St George’s Day on 22:11 - Apr 23 with 1334 views
Happy St George’s Day on 22:03 - Apr 23 by Metallica_Hoop
From Wiki as I forgot (but did know) and had to look it up again.
'The St. George's flag, a red cross on a white field, was adopted by England and the City of London in 1190 for their ships entering the Mediterranean to benefit from the protection of the Genoese fleet. The English Monarch paid an annual tribute to the Doge of Genoa for this privilege.'
I'm not sure about the White Ensign. WW2 is my thing and British military history. This made for interesting reading as you mentioned it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Ensign
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Come for the Frankie Knuckles, stay for the Maritime history ðŸ‘
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Happy St George’s Day on 22:13 - Apr 23 with 1330 views
There are so many reasons to be admire our country , but why do the people who want a St Georges day seem to think it has to be a show of military strength rather than a celebration of our amazing culture,art music etc , dont think the irish welsh scots do this.marching up and down in crusader costume etc is just embarrasing
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Happy St George’s Day on 00:31 - Apr 24 with 1221 views
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