The Past



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L. P. Hartley   1895-1972 

Friday 23 April 2010

England's Day


April 23rd is England's national day and we all remember when St. George killed the dragon and I assume saved a damsel in distress.

Manchester Council has kindly agreed to allow the flag of St. George to be flown on the Town Hall - hurrah !!!

There will be a parade on Sunday - not through the city centre but in Miles Plating - where may you ask ??

Our very own great playwright William Shakespeare was born the day 1564 and died on the very same day 1616.

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4 comments:

ADRIAN said...

One wouldn't think they would have to agree to it.

Manchester Lass, Now and Then said...

Oh I thought the parade was going through Manchester, obviously not! Happy St. George's Day:) Check out www.stgeorgesday.com

Anonymous said...

The council didn't give permission to fly the flag - it wanted to itself.

The parade did go through the city centre, as it has done for several years now.

I take it you're not from Manchester lol

Petrus said...

Hi

Well I did do a Google search for the event and could find very little on the official sites - most info referring to past years and nothing applicable to 2010.

In future I'll have to improve my Google skills ...

Penguins - move your cursor and take them for a walk !!

Say it as it is ......


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We have no time to stand and stare?


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