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[Mrs Warbouys]

A Happy St George's Day To All My Fellow Countrymen

[dopamine]

George Heslop... a saint?!?    

[baldrick]

I asked if the Wetherspoons were doing anything for St.George's day. They said no. When i complained and asked why they celebrated a foreign saint and not our own they said there is not enough interest.

[NauticaPete]

Foreign saint? St George came from (what is now) Turkey!!!
And he's not just the patron saint of England but of many other countries/regions - just think of the flags on show at a Barcelona game

[baldrick]

Foreign saint? St George came from (what is now) Turkey!!!
And he's not just the patron saint of England but of many other countries/regions - just think of the flags on show at a Barcelona game

It is very unlikely that George ever existed. The point is this is supposed to be a celebration of our country, English day. Plenty of pubs are happy to celebrate Irish day but they don't want to know about England.

[Alex]

thought he was maltese? ah well who cares

HAPPY ST GEORGES DAY...ENGLISH AND PROUD

[altrincham]

Loads more taking part this year, think next year it will really take off as it falls on the weekend.

[fuertes]

I'm Northern Irish so not particularly bothered, but I think the English should make more of St.George's Day. I have noticed a slight rise in the number of flags/events over the past couple of years...

[jhcorbett]

St George's Day is definitely getting bigger each year (and a good thing too, as it is a good excuse to get the ales in, at least).

Bombardier bitter (a good ale as it 'appens)  do a lot of marketing based around St Georges Day-like the way Guinness have pushed St Patrick's day, but on a much smaller scale.

A few years ago hardly anyone bothered at all, now a few pubs and breweries are pushing it more. In a few years we might get an English bank holiday (like the Scots and Irish do, I think). Now that would be nice...

[Longman]

St Georges day should be a bank holiday and a national celebration of our cultures and traditions in our green and pleasant land.

I have just murdered a full English with two cups of Rosy Lee.

Happy St Georges day to all Alty fans!

[Uncle Globnasty]

And before you know it the country will be over-run with morris dancers.....

[OldhamAlty]

Foreign saint? St George came from (what is now) Turkey!!!
And he's not just the patron saint of England but of many other countries/regions - just think of the flags on show at a Barcelona game

St Patrick was Scottish.

[Jenga]

St Michael is from Altrincham, boarn on George Street apparently.

[Ballers]

Foreign saint? St George came from (what is now) Turkey!!!
And he's not just the patron saint of England but of many other countries/regions - just think of the flags on show at a Barcelona game

St Patrick was Scottish.

And therefore English. 

[RedhillAlty]

There are countless Irishmen that have been made English heros, some of whom Ireland and society in general find an embarasment.