Is anyone going to any special events to mark the Diamond Jubilee?
I'm seriously tempted to take the kids (eldest and youngest are here for half-term week) to Mallory Park on Monday evening:
"Queens Diamond Jubilee Party In The Park
Monday 4th June 3.30pm - 11pm
The Party In The Park is an official beacon lighting to mark the Queen's Jubilee will be celebrated with the LOROS fireworks and bonfire display. Please bring your own picnic, rugs and sit in the grounds of Mallory Park. The day will include live racing, live entertainment including Kylie and Cheryl Cole Tribute acts, the Charnwood Symphonics Concert Band to give it a real proms night. (Flag waving encouraged). Children are encouraged to bring their own bikes, scooters, roller skates, skateboards to race round the track (None Motorised only) between 7 - 9pm. Various stalls and rides. Free parking.
Venue: Mallory Park
Cost: Tickets: Adults £5, Children £3, Advanced Family £15"
www.loros.com/fundraising/images/generated/146540__.jpg
Last edited by: Dave_TDCi on Wed 30 May 12 at 20:37
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I am off to film LMS Princess Elizabeth on Sunday the 3rd, on its trip to London, where later it will park on Grosvenor Bridge over the Thames, when the flotilla goes underneath.
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There's some sort of street party in a minor road opposite our 'ouse. They wouldn't let our road be closed. We're all invited. Not really my scene but I'll spend an hour or two grumbling before being forced to go........that'll set me up to shout at any kid who spills jelly on me !
Bah !
Ted
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Some sort of event down the road at the village Community Centre. Not my scene but The Lad's guitar teacher and his band are performing so he'll be down there.
He's old enough and ugly enough to go on his own...
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Female sprog's getting wed that day.
It's costing me a little more than any other event.
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Normal working day.
Nothing to see up here in Glasgow... move on now!
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Just readttgat in Glasgow this long weekend, there are 22 scheduled Orange Walks and a total of 8 jubilee street parties!!!
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Orange Walks
Sort of a sponsored walk ? :-)
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Citrus Board organises them, apparently, to promote more eating of fruit amongst the deprived of the inner cities.
Or maybe I dreamt it?
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Have you no zest for life Z? Why always so bitter? ;-)
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Life has plenty of a-peel
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But some people get on your pip.
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>Queens Diamond Jubilee Party In The Park
Won't be the same without Freddie :-(
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I can recommend Party in Park on Monday in Wilmslow. Free entry, and the crowds will be entertained by my wailings with Rockchoir. Just hope the weather is ok.
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>> I can recommend Party in Park on Monday in Wilmslow. Free entry, and the crowds
>> will be entertained by my wailings with Rockchoir. Just hope the weather is ok.
Wilmslow? Damn, my passport has expired. What a pity
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I don't like events much these days. Even when they aren't tedious - as Jubilee parties are likely to be - they are a bit tiring.
One of our neighbours is doing something up the hill in the trees. I like her so I will probably struggle up there if everyone else here does.
Nothing against lifting a glass to the old baked bean though. She's never put a foot wrong that I can remember. You can't blame the Queen's Speeches on her, although I feel she should get them sub-edited by someone literate sometimes. But it probably isn't allowed.
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I recall the last Jubilee celebrations I was part of in 1977 at the rugby club in my home town. I bet this upcoming one is equally as naff. And you won't be allowed to travel home like we did - in the boot of a neighbours Austin Maxi.
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They`re having a "Town-party" in the Square on Sunday, fancy-dress is an option, I`m going dressed as a Parliamentarian! - Festivities Pah! it`ll turn out to be nothing more than a drug-fuelled Lager Rave, that the town will regret for years to come!
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>Pah! it`ll turn out to be nothing more than a drug-fuelled Lager Rave.
Sounds good.
Is it a 'bring your own' or can you buy there?
Last edited by: Kevin on Fri 1 Jun 12 at 21:33
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The life of Brenda as romanticised by the sycophantic MSM.
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The Queen's Coronation was on June 2 1953 - SO how come that's sixty years ago ? Or has Theresa May done the maths again ?
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i think she took over as queen when georgy died in `52 - kingis dead long live queen type pf thing, but wasnt crowned till 53?
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Correctomundo.
Proclaimed Monarch as soon as the old one proclaimed dead. 1952.
Crowned the next year.
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He died in in February though - not being awkward or anything you understand
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>> He died in in February though - not being awkward or anything you understand
The days are short and the weather is carp in February. Bad time for public holiday, pageants and street party.
>not being awkward or anything you understand
Visit to the tower for you my lad. Make the most of it, as soon as dense jug ears gets on the throne the monarchy is down the toilet, and with it the commonwealth.
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>> The Queen's Coronation was on June 2 1953 - SO how come that's sixty years
>> ago ? Or has Theresa May done the maths again ?
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"On the death of her father in 1952, she became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation service in 1953 ..... "
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>> The Queen's Coronation was on June 2 1953 - SO how come that's sixty years
>> ago ?
Here's the explanation. tinyurl.com/28c5p
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>> Here's the explanation. tinyurl.com/28c5p
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That is not an explanation.
That sets out the circumstances of The King's death, which some, many, most, all of us knew anyway.
What is the explanation?
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Succession has no explanation, it just is.
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Asked same question in 1977. Never got a better answer than February's too cold.
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Where are your knees Brompi ?
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>> >> Here's the explanation. tinyurl.com/28c5p
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>> That is not an explanation.
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>> That sets out the circumstances of The King's death, which some, many, most, all of
>> us knew anyway.
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>> What is the explanation?
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"Timeline: The Royal Family says .......... 08 Feb 1952 New Queen proclaimed for UK."
Hence 2012 is The Queen's Diamond Jubilee year
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>> "Timeline: The Royal Family says .......... 08 Feb 1952 New Queen proclaimed for UK."
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>> Hence 2012 is The Queen's Diamond Jubilee year
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But the question why why do we mark the anniversary of the accession on the date of the coronation.
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because its too cold in February.
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>> because its too cold in February.
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Is, I believe, the correct answer!
The fact that it looks as though it is going to tip down tomorrow (Sunday) doesn't matter!
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>> But the question is why do we mark the anniversary of the accession on the
>> date of the coronation.
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We don't. The coronation was 2nd June, and (this year) our celebration is on 4th June.
Last edited by: L'escargot on Sat 2 Jun 12 at 18:01
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>> >> But the question is why do we mark the anniversary of the accession on
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>> We don't. The coronation was 2nd June, and (this year) our celebration is on 4th
>> June.
Is it? the Jubilee Flotilla up the thames is on the third.
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We're going to the local celebrations.
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I have no problem with the monarchy, they are after all just some people whose circumstances and accident of birth or marriage have propelled them into that scenario, just as we all find ourselves formed by our environment to some extent. Indeed I can also see that some of them do a great deal of good, both directly and indirectly.
While I am happy to respect them in the same way as is due to any decent human being of whatever social or economic status I do find it unnecessary and somewhat disconfiting to almost worship them.
All humanity is deserving of equal respect until or unless as individuals or an aligned group they give others cause otherwise.
In my opinion.
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>> I do find it unnecessary and somewhat disconfiting to almost worship them<<
Thought for a momento I'd learnt a new werd ;)
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No, much more mundane than that I'm afraid. It's more that I probably need a new pair of glasses...
:-)
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Ian has offered to work both Monday and Tuesday to get two days off in November to go to Ireland so he has to be at 3663 at Gateshed for 8am Monday morning.
I'd love to go with him and have a drive again in a proper loaded lorry:)
Even a Renault is starting to look appealing these days!
Of course it depends whether the printing and posting of the newsletter has been completed.... Grrrrr
Pat
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My birthcountry has a monarchie and we used to celebrate the queens Birtday once a year.Queen Juliana was liked by the population.Queen Beatrix has two Nationalities Dutch and British.I don't know why problaby they are all related.House of Orange,King William.
Worship is a bit much I agree Humph.Philip would have a chuckle about it.
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House of Orange,King William.
Yep Dutchie, they married into the House of T Mobile
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>> somewhat disconfiting to almost worship them.
>> All humanity is deserving of equal respect
Quite. But one has to remember that individuals, and social classes, have different ways of showing respect to something as high-profile as a monarchy. Some people are struck dumb with awe when they see a sleazy TV celeb in a restaurant.
The other mistake people make with the monarchy is to take too much interest in the individual personalities of the monarch and the monarch's family. Provided they aren't insane or criminal it just doesn't matter what they are like. Their role is symbolic - though important - and their function is to be seen on ceremonial occasions. There is a large, smoothly-running machine to prevent their foibles from becoming any sort of issue.
The modern media, since the much-vaunted 'death of deference' whenever it was, tend to treat them like other celebs, and the population is happy with that. But it's damaging to the institution.
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no bunting, or flags in my city...council saving money for other faiths later in the year, how dissapointing
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I question why any country really needs a head of state.
It seems to me that their function is to glad hand other heads of state, thus reinforcing their own belief of self-importance.
Good government is small government, with as little interference with the lives of ordinary people as as possible.
Fancy titles, bowing and scraping, fawning over our "superiors" does not sit well with the Libertarian view of governance.
Basically the message to all politicians, including self-important Reads of State, is "leave us the hell alone".
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>> I question why any country really needs a head of state.
It isn't the country that needs a head of state, it's the 'nation'. So that the different classes, tribes, assimilated smaller nations and newly-arrived 'communities' don't fall out with each other and bring the whole caboodle crashing down to everyone's disadvantage.
You aren't a reactionary at all Roger. You are a rationalist curmudgeon. Nothing wrong with that, I hasten to add, provided you don't acquire any political power of course.
>> all politicians, including self-important Reads of State,
One of the advantages of a constitutional monarchy is that the head of state isn't a politician. This point is not understood, or is deliberately ignored, by rabid, frivolous British 'republicans'.
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...One of the advantages of a constitutional monarchy is that the head of state isn't a politician. This point is not understood, or is deliberately ignored, by rabid, frivolous British 'republicans'...
Of more concern is the point is also lost on the next in line to the throne.
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In your last post you were arguing that we don't need a head of state. Now you post an article advocating that the Queen should have somehow intervened in the political process.
What should she have done - refuse to let Parliament meet. Perhaps she could have locked the doors at Westminster with large chains and padlocks. Hang on a minute, didn't King Charles I do that and didn't it end in civil war and him being executed?
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>> Of more concern is the point is also lost on the next in line to the throne.
So people constantly claim, Iffy. But it doesn't look quite like that to me. In any case, he isn't head of state yet and can be expected to adapt if and when he is.
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Wonderful pictures from 60 years ago of a country that no longer exists:
*Warning* - link to a very popular tabloid goo.gl/YKGhX
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Nice pictures Dog old England.My country of birth has gone the same way, I'm afraid blame all the foreigners.>:)
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>>blame all the foreigners<<
Affirmative - especially the Dutch!
#*_*#
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You are right Dog,they come here take our women where clogs and smoke pot.Where will it all end.!How is things in your part of the country? We are having a quiet day in some wine and relaxing.
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Dog said A country that no longer exists. Of course not, we can no more stop the march of time than canute could stop the waves.
However, its a time thats worth a visit, so if you are bored with the festivities, then I commend to the readers of this forum a classic B&W british (an Ealing film no less) of the era.
The Long Arm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=leLbsFT5rgA
Great acting, great script, (Surprisingly witty and sarcastic in parts) good (but typically obvious) plot, many car and trains of the era, sights and sounds of metropolitan and country england (and wales), and a slice of social history.
IMHO its worthy of 90 minutes of anyones time.
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>>IMHO its worthy of 90 minutes of anyones time<<
Absolutely, me and the missus luv old Ealing films, and if they're in B/W, all the better.
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>>The Long Arm www.youtube.com/watch?v=leLbsFT5rgA<<
Yes indeedy, one of Ealings best IMO, you spottted Knickerless Parsons no doubt.
I know its 'only a film' but, the cops certainly gave their all to the job in those days, even to the extent of putting the job before their families and their own lives it seems, I dare say that sort of dedication 'to the job' doesn't exist today.
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>> I know its 'only a film' but, the cops certainly gave their all to the
>> job in those days, even to the extent of putting the job before their families
>> and their own lives it seems, I dare say that sort of dedication 'to the
>> job' doesn't exist today.
Here's another good romp, Doggo.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0POkscLt8U&feature=relmfu
Filmed in Manchester in 1960, 3 years before I joined as a snotty nosed cadet.
I knew most of the places in the film...brings back memories.
It's a multi-parter, unfortunately.
Ted
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>>Here's another good romp, Doggo<<
Thanks Teddy, I'll watch e'e tomorrow as it looks a good'n.
Here's my Jubilee weekend offering, I can't actually say I enjoyed watching it, but then again I didn't not enjoy it either, it made me think, and I will remember it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=omzJcl6AI0g
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Have a LQQK at my Dutch bike Dutchie, its now an English Bike :)
www.flickr.com/photos/43576259@N04/7320698122/
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...and what is that gentleman's carriage in the background ?
Last edited by: R.P. on Sat 2 Jun 12 at 18:59
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Fine looking piece of kit, looks like a lancer estate. All the best people drive them.
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What have you done to that bike Dog? I used to drive a space star the 1.6 model nice motor.>;)
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>>What have you done to that bike Dog?<<
Stripped it to the bare bones Dutchie :}
The sticker on the chain guard says Rijweielen - Brommers . C.v.d. BERG & Zn.
Van Heusdestraat 7-9
Rotterdam. Tel.231682
I might spray it Purple now, like the Reg Harris bike I had in 1964 that someone pinched from outside my council flat.
I likes the ole Dutch bikes for their upright riding position.
BTW, when I was stipping all the 'clutter' from it, I noticed how well engineered it was and I take back all I've ever said about the Daf 33.
:)
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www.flickr.com/photos/79914958@N06/7322714204/
My English bike Dog with basket to keep my sarnies and the old banger.>:)
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Would you believe it Brommers means mopeds.From Rotterdam you should have kept it as it was.Never mind!
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Well so-far, so-good. Avoided anything Jubilee related today.Went to kick tyres in a Triumph delaership and had lunch in as good an Italian as you can get this side of Naples, for a fraction of the price of anything south of Birmingham, Watched a perfectly good game of Rugby between Wales and the Barbarians, with some cracking tries scored especially by a very young lad who seemed to have 8 legs.....Harry Robinson. Make a note of that name.
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>> young lad who seemed to have 8 legs.....Harry Robinson. Make a note of that name.
I caught that clip on the BBC news channel I think. That boy can run, chapeau!
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Greased lightning, he is.
Nice to see two Welsh greats on the field for the last time for a well applauded reception from the crowd and both sets of players.
I thought Shane W. was going to finish on a blast, but guess who caught him - Martyn W.
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>>From Rotterdam you should have kept it as it was.Never mind!<<
I've kept all 'the clutter', so I can turn it back into a Dutch man o' war again if need be.
You must have plenty of Money Dutchie (like Lud!) to be able to afford a Dawes bike (the cars not bad either!)
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This is a deffo for a wet bank holiday weekend.... brilliant cast, and cracking set design
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bxyJSS7-sU
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Hi Dutchie - just seen a couple on TV (1548 hrs) with the Dutch Bargedog (keeshound). Looked like a good pet! Glad to hear the news about your brother BTW!
HM is a tough lady - she hasn't sat down yet.
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looks like the BBMF wont be taking off pretty soon
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grounded under VFR rules i imagine
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Yes indeed
A pilot is required to stay
more than 1000 feet above any obstacles
in a “congested area” or above any large
collection of people
To follow VFR, it is internationally agreed
that a pilot must be able to see a certain
distance ahead of him. Generally, there
must be no cloud within 1500 metres
horizontally or 1000 feet vertically from
the aircraft, and the “flight visibility” (the
distance forward the pilot could see from
the cockpit in flight) must be at least 8
km. The VFR therefore require the pilot to
fly his or her aircraft to stay at least that
distance from cloud and in conditions of
at least that visibility.
London didn't look anywhere near that!
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Given that the top of the Shard wasn't visible due to low cloud, I would say it was a wise choice.
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>> Hi Dutchie - just seen a couple on TV (1548 hrs) with the Dutch Bargedog
>> (keeshound). Looked like a good pet! Glad to hear the news about your brother BTW!
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>> HM is a tough lady - she hasn't sat down yet.
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Old jug ears has got a cheek, all done up in his military uniform, never seen a shot fired in anger, covered in gold leaf, a huge line of medals in his chest, none of them earned, none of them worth a dime.
Last edited by: Zero on Sun 3 Jun 12 at 18:05
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sctrictly IFR.. for the foreseable future
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>> got a cheek, all done up in his military uniform, never seen a shot fired in anger, covered in gold leaf, a huge line of medals in his chest, none of them earned, none of them worth a dime.
I thought George VI was much the same, but he did serve as a turret officer at the indecisive battle of Jutland in the first war before going ashore for health reasons. Hardly a justification for an admiral's uniform though. Zero is showing his personal animus by pretending not to know that rows of medals and gold epaulettes just go with the territory. For all he knows the Prince of Wales is embarrassed by all that.
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"For all he knows the Prince of Wales is embarrassed by all that."
From a BBC News Website
"I met Prince Charles in 2004 during the 60th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. I was part of a parade when he was opening a garden of remembrance. At this time I didn't have any medals and when he spoke to me he asked me why, I told him I hadn't been in the army that long and asked jokingly if I could have one of his. He was wearing a blue suit, not military, and he had lots of medals on it. He roared with laughter and said I could have one of his "chocolate" ones. "
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>> Old jug ears has got a cheek, all done up in his military uniform, never
>> seen a shot fired in anger, covered in gold leaf, a huge line of medals
>> in his chest, none of them earned, none of them worth a dime.
Takes the spotlight away from those heroes who've really earned their gongs. Even Uncle Adolf didn't deck himself out like a Christmas tree !
show-off.
Ted
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>> show-off.
You might as well call a bulled-up guardsman a show-off. But like the much-maligned Prince of Wales, he's just on parade.
'Uncle Adolf' Ted?
I used to talk to an agreeable German woman in the street in the Grove. She had been in her teens a helpless, compulsory member of the Hitler Youth. She referred to Hitler as 'der Schweinhund Adolf'. I much regret not interviewing her on tape about her early life. She would have been up for it I think, but she was quite ill and I didn't see her for a while before moving.
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Thanks Meldrew,rain and more rain typical British weather.>:)
I did see some Dutch barges and de Keeshond.Brother better recover he owes me a few drinks.)
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The new Royal yacht seems a mite insubstantial....
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Anyone up-for seeing some wild women (plus a few tasty geezers as well!)
Click here = = = => www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvDNyvztko&feature=related
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>> Anyone up-for seeing some wild women (plus a few tasty geezers as well!)
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>> Click here = = = => www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSvDNyvztko&feature=related
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i married one ( not the geezers)
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Yeah, I thought of you when I posted that beekeeper, Tahiti, same part o' the world as Fidgi.
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Here's a selection of The Queen's hats. tinyurl.com/723ryx6
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The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection, Buckingham Palace says.
Prince Philip, who is 90, has been taken to the King Edward VII Hospital in London from Windsor Castle as a "precautionary measure".
The lengths some people go to to avoid JLS and Garry Barlow..
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Not being a Royal worshipper by any means, even I thought it was criminal exposing two pensioners to that gruesome weather yesterday. I wouldn't leave the dogs out in it.
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>> two pensioners
Must say I wouldn't mind their pensions. But I doubt if they are entitled to the standard OAP.
I find it curiously dispiriting that people seem to think one has to be either a frivolous, thoughtless republican or a 'Royal worshipper'. There are other positions better than either of those.
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Hey AC, I've avoided saying anything negative for a whole 3 days. Cut me some slack man or show your knees !
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>> I've avoided saying anything negative for a whole 3 days.
I am sure you feel all the better for it Rob.
I think I've remembered where the camera is. But don't get your hopes up. I still won't be able to post the link. Fick, see?
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E-mail it to me and I'll post it ! I want to spend that quid ! We may have to blindfold Pat though.
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>>Fick, see?<<
A foregorn conclusion m8!
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>> The lengths some people go to to avoid JLS and Garry Barlow..
:) Don't let Mrs F hear you dissing Gary! Anyway at least he can sing in tune, unlike his duet partner Cheryl (no longer called) Cole.
Jimmy Carr very funny. Not keen on the Chinese(?) pianist though.
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And now we've got Alfie Boe singing opera - this must be the classical interlude.
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They just had some bloke singing 'Just One Cornetto' (it sounded like) but with a booting rock background.
Tee hee!
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Of course this music isn't to the Queen's taste. It's a posh free concert for us.
Could Paul McCartney be related to Ken Dodd? They look and sound very similar.
It would be very sad for everyone if Prince Philip turned out to be really ill. He's quite old. It's no joke.
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Old men get enlarged prostate problems - makes peeing difficult - make pee stay in bladder - gets infected. (Or so I have been told!)
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I had one last year aged 46 and Mrs F said I looked worse than she'd ever seen me. No fun at all, and I'm half his age.
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>> And now we've got Alfie Boe singing opera - this must be the classical interlude.
Ah - did you see what he did there? Went from full blown operatic O Sole Mio to Elvis mode singing 'It's now or never' (same tune). Clever :)
EDIT: at least someone else is watching :)
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HOLLY SH!
That vision of Grace Jones whirling the hoola hoop round her middle will ensure I *NEVER* forget this Jubilee.
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>> That vision of Grace Jones whirling the hoola hoop round her middle will ensure I
>> *NEVER* forget this Jubilee.
Yeah, not quite sure how she got there. Special request from a Royal - Charlie perhaps? Are the 3 Degrees on the bill?
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Jimmy Carr brings me out in a rash so switched to "Springwatch" the second he came on and heard the words " a close cousin of the weasel" How true.
Some lad wiht ginger hair and a guitar on now. Might be back to Springwatch
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I'm confused now - there's a white headed bird with white wings on one side and black bird with a white head on the other
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I thought that bloke Barlow was in some northern soap opera?
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Like Tom Jones doing Delilah with a touch of flamenco/Mariachi/Degüello
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>> Like Tom Jones doing Delilah with a touch of flamenco/Mariachi/Degüello
Cracking version.
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Liked his "Mama told me not to come" also - great voice.
Robbie Williams not bad also doing impersonation of Bobby Darin.
Cheryl Cole can't sing can she?
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"Cheryl Cole can't sing can she?"
Certainly not as well as that nerveless little Kenyan lass.
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If Madness are going to sing on the roof of Buck house, they have to sing "our house - in the middle of our street"
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The other Queen (Elton) is currently on.
ps, if the Duke pegs it, do we get another bank holiday? ;)
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>> The other Queen (Elton) is currently on.
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>> ps, if the Duke pegs it, do we get another bank holiday? ;)
We need a good funeral, not had good one since Churchill carked it.
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Mrs. Sir Elton John, you mean? Was his husband there, too?
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>>Mrs. Sir Elton John, you mean? Was his husband there, too?<<
They are thinking about having another baby together, awe, isn't that cute.
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>> If Madness are going to sing on the roof of Buck house, they have to
>> sing "our house - in the middle of our street"
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Perhaps followed by a slightly inappropriate and mawkish Elton John style re-write of an old classic, but in the case of Madness turning "welcome to the house of fun" into "welcome to the House of Windsor" ;-)
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SWM said that Sir Paul's voice isn't what it used to be!
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He is getting on Duncan.Strange Charles saying mummy and his moher standing next to him.
Hope Philip is ok,the cold got him yesterday.
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Bet he had a thing or two to say about selling Britannia off and ending up in a glorified row-boat.
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Agree,we are in a recession you know.>:) He is tough like old boots a Viking.
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>> Strange Charles saying mummy and his moher standing next to him.
He knew it would get a good reaction from the crowd, and it did. Great speech I thought.
Last edited by: Focus on Mon 4 Jun 12 at 23:11
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Hasn't he used that gag before? Or maybe it was one of the comedians, or impersonators. Whatever, I'm sure it's not new.
I thought the lighting job on Buck House was mighty impressive, especially during the Madness song.
Watched much more of it than I planned to.... enjoyed Macca the most i think, though Stevie Wonder is always good value for money
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>> Hasn't he used that gag before?
Yes he has. Was it at the last jubilee? No doubt these speeches are the work of several hands.
I missed the speech and most of the concert being up the hill by a rather small beacon or rather large fire, eating something or other and watching the fine orange full moon pop over the horizon.
No doubt there will be replays if I can be bothered.
Perhaps the aircraft will be able to fly tomorrow. We are promised a Dakota. Has the Junior Service gone the same way as the Senior one, one wonders?
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>> Yes he has. Was it at the last jubilee?
Perhaps at the Prince's Investiture at Caernarvon Castle. I think there was an affectionate speech on that occasion, but can't claim to remember for sure.
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So, it seems that the English celebrated, the South Walians did to a limited extent, the North Walians didn't and the Scots didn't. The Ulstermen? I don't know.
I wonder what that tells us?
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Nothing we didn't already know, IMO
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I wonder what that tells us?
That the Celtic fringes are still in touch with their blood-stained pasts ?
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Top event HERE
vimeo.com/42532129 (courtesy of Facebook)
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It's been a very dispiriting few days for republicans.
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I must admit there is something about Royalty.My mother told me a story once when she was a housemaid in Rotterdam before the war.They went to church with the family and Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana where in the church.Mother said she couldn't keep her eyes of the Queen.Maybe we need somebody to look up to as nations and it keeps us together.
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>> It's been a very dispiriting few days for republicans.
Not so sure, of course they got wet like the rest of them, but they got a mention. Thats far more than they normally do.
YOu could just lay your grannies inheritance on the fact that Peter Tachell was one, wouldn't mind he is an Aussie!
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What a load of socialist republicans some of you lot are. Long gone are the days when this site (or the previous) was a hotbed of Telegraphery.
I had a wonderful time at the flotilla.
The fireworks were fab and HRH's speech very well received by the crowd. I've never before had the honour of being able to sing the National Anthem before the Queen.
And whilst I got there too late to have any hope of getting close enough to see more than a flurry of carriage wheels, a Dakota, a Lancaster, four Spits and a Hurricane (plus two sundry other 'planes) were well worth seeing.
God Save the Queen.
(Confound their politics.)
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"What a load of socialist republicans some of you lot are"
I thought everyone on here voted UKIP
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I must be a lone Shirley in managing to avoid even as much as one single solitary minute of the Jubilee.
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>> I must be a lone Shirley in managing to avoid as much as one single solitary minute of the Jubilee
But you've just spent a minute writing a 'Jubilee' post so can no longer make that claim ;-0
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More-than a minute - at the rate I type!
I did manage to catch sight of a 90 year old gentleman standing about in the cold and rain though.
I also saw some mad (ness) people on the roof of a big house near the Tyburn.
I'm jubilant its all over at last (it is I take it?)
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I've got tickets for the Colonel's Review, the dress rehearsal this Saturday - looking forward to it :-)
I watched considerably more of the Jubilee celebrations than I'd planned to and thoroughly enjoyed it, there was varied entertainment for all at times and doing your best to ignore it was just the thing of a grumpy old man.
Although the BBC coverage was criticised, I thought they did a pretty good job in covering such a massive event, though I wasn't so keen on some if the presenters. I wonder how many camera teams they had out and about?
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I have been glued to the TV for a lot of the events, and caught others in replay.
Unlike the Princess of Wales's funeral, it showed the British at their best, midway between mawkish and thuggish, generally weather-resistant, good-humoured, welcoming and above all taking both the monarchy and the flag lightly, wearing union jack tee-shirts, underpants, Muslim headscarves, sunglasses, face-paint and all the rest of it, and also wearing masks of assorted royals including the monarch herself.
You can take these symbols lightly if you feel comfortable with them. If you don't - if you fall into the default position of the British liberal intelligentsia, a sort of vacuous, frivolous republicanism - then you just want to sweep the monarchy and everything connected with it under the carpet. That isn't taking these things lightly though. It's threatening them.
I thought several people did well at the concert which I saw in a replay. Even the ghastly Tom Jones. But Stevie Wonder hit the right note, more than anyone else. Brilliant I thought, best of the lot.
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>> want to sweep the monarchy and everything connected with it under the carpet.
To expand this slightly: British intellectual liberals want to sweep the monarchy under the carpet not because they have any reasoned motive for doing so, but because it embarrasses them personally in some area of their self-image.
To mess with the constitution for a reason like that is outrageously childish and frivolous. But that is the essence of the so-called republican lobby in this country. Frivolous, and a bit thick as intellectuals so often are.
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...I watched considerably more of the Jubilee celebrations than I'd planned to and thoroughly enjoyed it...
Same here.
As a staunch monarchist, the Queen can always count on my support.
But she must realise I will only watch her programmes if they are worth watching, which the jubilee stuff I saw was.
Feel a bit Queened-out now.
I can picture her saying to Philip: "The populace enjoyed that, but it's time to give them a rest from us for a while."
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>>Trooping the Colour in celebration of Queen's official birthday on 16th June - Don't miss it Dog!<<
That event is always well attended by overseas visitors and those nearer home, I hope the weather is better!
I'm not a Roundhead BTW, or a Cavalier come to that, I just have no interest in all the pomp surrounding these events, the same goes for €uro 2012 and even the Olympic games, give me a good old b/w Ealing film any day :)
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I shall look forward to the Trooping.
The marching of the pongoes ain't TOO bad, but the massed bands of the Guards Division cannot compare with the massed bands of my old mob: Her Majesty's Royal Marines, drummers to the front, as all military bands should have!
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We nearly had a street party.......they wouldn't close our boulevarde. The minor road opposite was closed and a sort of joint committee was set up. It was good, with a bouncy castle, long tables set out under gazebos with lots of grub and drink. Everyone brought something.
What made it nice for me was that a lot of our Asian neighbours came with all sorts of goodies from the sub-continent. I chatted with quite a few who I'd not met before.....a good ground-breaking introduction. Most of them live in the bigger houses at the other end of the road, they must all have Lud's money !
There were a couple of singers, a fire juggler, face painting and henna tattoos by one of the Indian girls.
I tipped the best part of a bottle of Merlot down me mazzard before I got too cold and strolled home for a hot drink.
All in all, a very pleasant afternoon.
Ted
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