Video transcript
St George’s day – 23rd of April – my favourite day of the year. My friends and I
have a tradition of celebrating the country’s patron saint. Every year we all
have to book the 23rd of April off work, as so far it isn’t a national bank holiday.
The day begins by decorating my house in St George the cross flags and
England balloons and putting on my England CDs. Followed by a full English
breakfast washed down by a large mug of English tea, in an England mug of
course. Before jumping into the bath, once washed I step out onto my
England bath mat, wrap my England towel around me and I go and get ready
in my England gear for the big day ahead. The dress code - England items
only. For me, I pull on my St George the cross underwear, England footy shirt,
Ben Sherman skirt, Reebock classics and last, but not least. my lucky
England cap that’s been to nearly every premiere league football stadium in
England, also rugby league grounds such as my hometown Watford and the
one and only Wembley. Now all set to go I grab my England handbag as I
head out the door to meet my mates.
We meet up in order of who lives where and walk down to the first pub on our
pub circuit for opening time. In the first pub we blow up more England
balloons and put up St George bunting and flags. English pints begin flowing
and the chants begin to sing out. We set about our pub crawl from pub to pub
playing England games, taking part in English trivia, laughing and joking all
the day away. When we eat out its strictly only traditional English pub grub for
us, such as bangers and mash, fish and chips, pie and peas….
Throughout the day we watch re-runs of English sporting victories. Who could
forget when the England football team beat the Germans 5-1! Or the time the
England rugby team beat the Aussies 20-17 to bring the rugby world cup
home. The chants still sing out from our hymn sheets long after the pub
closure on our stagger home. Let me hear it for St George – come on
England!
Dawn tells us about her family life and the pets in it. Posted on 16/04/2010 at 11:25:35