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Hope you lot have your flags readied for Saturday, stand fast JR, the rest of you fall in at 0600, to erect masts and prepare to celebrate your history. Micks Jocks and other denominations excused boots this time.


Aye Owdun.

I wear the Cross of St George every day!

I'll hoist it higher on Saturday.

Excused boots, made oi larf

a certain part of my body will probably be stood to and standing to attention at 0600!!! the rest of me will still be cracking ZZZZZZZZZZZZs

By St George Frank, you know how to start off a thread.

Back into the mists of time when the barrack square would be filled with the various companies awaiting inspection and on the day of a memorable date in the history of the Royal Corps,the citation would be read out a bevy of buglers (sorry sticks but they were all skin in those days) would sound a fanfare on silver bugles,but I suppose in this day and age it would be considered to political to remember past deeds.

Political correctness (here we go again) during the 70's Royals night at Earls Court when the Globe and Laurel was suspended from the ceiling minus the battle honour 'Gibraltar' the powers to be at that time did'nt want to upset the visiting Spanish Marine display team? Ah.

getting back to St Georges day,regardless of your origin,be it Welsh,Irish,Scots the action at Zeebrugge binds us together as a family.
Ok I'll get off me soap box now and retire to me favourite place in the rear rank?.Aye jr

Corps memorial dates are still remembered in the same way JR.
The Gibralter from the Corps Crest happened agasin in the 90s... same reason, same people and I saw it. Absolute bollacks in my opinion.

St Patrick's day gets the coverage and support it still gets because America commercialised it... shall we sell them the rights to St George's day?

St George, Zeebrugge, but most importantly it`s Jack`s birthday
He` six, going on fifty-six

There is a pub landlord somewhere, in this green and pleasant land, that was refused an extension to celebrate St Georges Day because he couldn't prove that it was a special day. He turned up at the appeal wearing knights armour, with a lot of his mates in the same rig with a gert big petition and still didn't get the extension!!
The ludicrous thing was, that the previous February he had been allowed an extension to celebrate

wait for it....

Chinese New Year!!!

Good here innit!!

Sneaky

Since it's deemed offensive to have a st georges flag on dispay i have got my red and white polo shirt with ENGLAND in massive letter on the back ready to be worn tomorrow.

Keep it Flying, lads. My grot at 0700hrs today.


Owdun

Thanks for that, Loz, will I never live down that old photy.?
I wish we could have a Cross of St. George flag, with the Corps badge inset at the top left hand sector, that I would really enjoy flying, just to listen to the comments from the great unwashed.


Aye Frank.

Like this one?

Give RMR London a bell, if you don't ask, you don't get!

Frank,

Yes, I am going to bite !

You posted this on Tony L's forum as well and once
more I would point out that there were, and no doubt still are,
one helluva lot of men from the Celtic nations
serving in the Corps.

It this little Englander attitude that gets right up our noses
and why we love to see your teams getting cuffed in
whatever sport they are competing in.

Having said that enjoy your Saint's day,
perhaps you may even celebrate with a wee dram of Scotch.

Eddie

Ice, thin and treading, mate
We respect the Celts(did I spell that correctly )
Nowt wrong with supporting the National Saint
Look at the Micks, they`ve managed to turn it into an industry

And as for you, Ray,

My grot at 0700hrs today

posted at 09 20 hrs.
You silver surfer, you. Onyer, Frank

Further to that, Frank. You`ve dropped a couple of tiles off that wall mate. Check for nail rot, before they all drop off, next time you sneeze
Are youm awright ya big yam yam, grite, bostin

Oi luvs callin they Brummies Yammies

OIC
I presume you are a Celt and by the sound of it, have a hatred of anything English. That is fine. You are as much entitled to your opinion as I am.
What my gripe is - we are allowed to celebrate, Burn's Night.
St. Davids Day, St Andrews Day, St Patricks Day, Chinese New Year and even , according to Tesco's today - Happy Feast of the Passover.!!
But NOT St. Georges Day!
Today is St. Georges Day!! Why are we not doing something about it.? There is a small group that call themselves the St George Society. We all ought to join.
Sneaky
Mad?! - me! You had better believe it.!!