JackanorySFC Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9739146.Controversial_street_party_vows_to_go_ahead/ Went to the Royal Wedding party and it was genuinely one of the most mental outdoor events I've ever been too - absolute quality (Youtube Newcombe Road Royal Wedding Party)! This years will be nowhere near as good, I wasn't going to go but now the echo and OB are against it I might be persuaded to attend... Also how British is your area in terms of flags, bunting, events etc? Botley looks brilliant, council got right behind it and decked the place out in Union flags & bunting. Worth a drive through just to check it out. Loads of events on throughout the weekend (hence my reluctance to schlep into town) including whole main street shut all day Sunday until 5.00pm when it reopens after a scheduled rendition of GSTQ, there's a real community feel to the place with lots of residents and all local businesses getting involved, as it should be. God save the Queen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Wake me up when it's all over. Why are councils wasting tax payers money on this rubbish? If the Royals want a celebration , they should pay for it out of the millions they've robbed off working people over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Girl at work is like "what is the jubilee bout anyway is it her birthday?" and I'm like no you idiot it's her wedding anniversary. Turns out we is both wrong! Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Oh yeah and also she is saying if you live in Jubilee Street and you is having a jubilee street party is it called the "Jubilee Street Jubilee street party"? She is pretty dumb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Girl at work is like "what is the jubilee bout anyway is it her birthday?" and I'm like no you idiot it's her wedding anniversary. Turns out we is both wrong! Who knew? As unfunny as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I'm leaving the country for a week away from all the Royalist crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 As unfunny as ever. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 bank hols in plymouth are a big deal anyway....now the bars etc and many streets are decked out in red white and blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I really couldn't be any less interested. So some old bint is celebrating 60 years of living in obscene luxury at taxpayers' expense, all because her great great great great great (?) grandfather happened to be a bloodthirsty, war-mongering megalomaniac. Whoop-de-doo. And don't anybody give me "Oh but she's such a wonderful lady", I'm not disputing that. I'm sure she is a warm, loving and humorous person and all that, but so are many people I know and none of them will ever or would want want to be afforded the luxurious lifestyle of the monarchy. It's high time we rose up out of the dark ages and scrapped the idea of hereditary rule IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I really couldn't be any less interested. So some old bint is celebrating 60 years of living in obscene luxury at taxpayers' expense, all because her great great great great great (?) grandfather happened to be a bloodthirsty, war-mongering megalomaniac. Whoop-de-doo. And don't anybody give me "Oh but she's such a wonderful lady", I'm not disputing that. I'm sure she is a warm, loving and humorous person and all that, but so are many people I know and none of them will ever or would want want to be afforded the luxurious lifestyle of the monarchy. It's high time we rose up out of the dark ages and scrapped the idea of hereditary rule IMO. ignore the reason..why don't you do it to go out and mingle with people you would not normally...dont people complain there is no community spirit..? yet, here is an excuse to do so...and people moan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I'll have a look in the local paper and see what's on. Probably go to a car boot or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stev2001 Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I'll have a look in the local paper and see what's on. Probably go to a car boot or something. After some new clothes for next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I'll be working over the weekend, bank holidays included, but in honour of our monarch I will be playing the sex pistols at full blast in the van. With the windows open. So if anyones jubilee party is interrupted as a black sprinter drives past, my apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 (edited) I'll be mainly chuckling at withering anti-royalist rants. Keep 'em coming. You wouldn't want me to be unhappy. Edited 1 June, 2012 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 After some new clothes for next season? There's no shame in seeking out bargains, but in answer to your question no, i'll be looking for some antiques primarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Up in Braishfield there's all sorts of guys/scarecrows dressed up as the queen on people's driveways. Is this a countrywide thing or just a weird village thing? Looks kinda Children of the Corn. Do they get burned? If so, surely that's anti-royalist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latter day saint Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Up in Braishfield there's all sorts of guys/scarecrows dressed up as the queen on people's driveways. Is this a countrywide thing or just a weird village thing? Looks kinda Children of the Corn. Do they get burned? If so, surely that's anti-royalist? they had some mannequin's in tesco Bursledon with royal family masks on & a customer complained as they had freaked her out & should be removed ! either a rabid anti-royal or some weirdo who'd never seen the royals before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Went to Newcombe Road last year and it was quality. Got there when there was a couple of hundred people, and there must have been a couple of thousand by the time I left. Will probably go again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Went to Newcombe Road last year and it was quality. Got there when there was a couple of hundred people, and there must have been a couple of thousand by the time I left. Will probably go again this year.Didn't realise it was on Sunday, what a stupid day to have it, the Carl Cox boat party is on. Balls to that then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Things like this make a mockery of the whole system... Why support any of them? They just happen to be the descendants of warlords born into their position through a fluke of birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Just finished putting up bunting all round our house, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Wake me up when it's all over. Why are councils wasting tax payers money on this rubbish? If the Royals want a celebration , they should pay for it out of the millions they've robbed off working people over the years. You stay at home then the rest of us are out enjoying ourselves with our neighbours and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Things like this make a mockery of the whole system... Why support any of them? They just happen to be the descendants of warlords born into their position through a fluke of birth. Sorry you couldn't join us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I welcome everyone being patriotic because despite everything im proud to be English,but that doesnt mean i support the Royal family. Power to the people,but sod the royals!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 Things like this make a mockery of the whole system... Why support any of them? They just happen to be the descendants of warlords born into their position through a fluke of birth. If you actually watched that you would realise it's much more than a 'fluke of birth' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 If you actually watched that you would realise it's much more than a 'fluke of birth' I have watched it. The system is meant to work through fluke of birth linking royalty back to Dark Age Warlords. However the program highlights an illegitimate link in the chain, rendering the last 500 years of Royalty as a sham. Even if they were all legitimate, it is still a fluke of birth that they were born into a family related to those Dark Age Warlords who killed and plundered their way to power. What is there to celebrate about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I have watched it. The system is meant to work through fluke of birth linking royalty back to Dark Age Warlords. However the program highlights an illegitimate link in the chain, rendering the last 500 years of Royalty as a sham. Even if they were all legitimate, it is still a fluke of birth that they were born into a family related to those Dark Age Warlords who killed and plundered their way to power. What is there to celebrate about thdpat? -War Lords - you think the Dalek's are involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 It's not the greatest system in theory, but in practical terms it does little democratic damage. Certainly not on my priority list of reforms! Either way, I'll take the 2 days paid off work very thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 (edited) -War Lords - you think the Dalek's are involved? Dark Age Warlords, who had power over regions of the British Isles both militarily and in civil control through using a non centralised military force. Nothing to do with Skaro at all. If there hadn't been the break in the family tree in the 15th Century the video link I posted showed then it would be from these Warlords from which the modern Royal Family got their position. Is that anything to be proud of or celebrate? Flukes of birth into a dynasty achieved through oppression and brutality. Edited 1 June, 2012 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 1 June, 2012 Share Posted 1 June, 2012 I'm celebrating 4 days off work, might watch the Jubilee if there's nothing else on TV. I'd rather eat my own poo than ponce about with my neighbours waving flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Dark Age Warlords, who had power over regions of the British Isles both militarily and in civil control through using a non centralised military force. Nothing to do with Skaro at all. If there hadn't been the break in the family tree in the 15th Century the video link I posted showed then it would be from these Warlords from which the modern Royal Family got their position. Is that anything to be proud of or celebrate? Flukes of birth into a dynasty achieved through oppression and brutality. You take yourself very seriously. Your grasp of English history is very loose. Go and enjoy yourself you are missing out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Just celebrating not having to go into the office for 5 days (I work from home on Fridays). Then 2 days in the office with 4 days out the office as taking the Monday off the following week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 It's not the greatest system in theory, but in practical terms it does little democratic damage. Certainly not on my priority list of reforms! Phew, I was getting worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Phew, I was getting worried. Glad I could relax you a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 You stay at home then the rest of us are out enjoying ourselves with our neighbours and friends. I've already volunteered to work, double time, and on call over 4 night's. I can then use the lieu days I also earn to spend time with my friends and family. Thank god I will miss the "celebrations". Anyone would think we were still living in the 1950's. Dont forget to doff your cap, when Queenie comes on the TV screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 I'm not sure that there's as much going on as the media would have us think. Been out and about today, covered quite a few of the local villages, and into Cleveleys and Fleetwood - probably no more than 1 in a 100 houses have any sign of bunting or flags, together with a few pubs, but nothing at all in terms of street decoration. Out of what I've seen, there are more St George's flags up for the Euros than Union flags for the Jubilee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 I've already volunteered to work, double time, and on call over 4 night's. I can then use the lieu days I also earn to spend time with my friends and family. Thank god I will miss the "celebrations". Anyone would think we were still living in the 1950's. Dont forget to doff your cap, when Queenie comes on the TV screens. Nah just not chippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 I'm not sure that there's as much going on as the media would have us think. Been out and about today, covered quite a few of the local villages, and into Cleveleys and Fleetwood - probably no more than 1 in a 100 houses have any sign of bunting or flags, together with a few pubs, but nothing at all in terms of street decoration. Out of what I've seen, there are more St George's flags up for the Euros than Union flags for the Jubilee. I am not sure where you drove through. Every village I know around us is having a jubille bash of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Well I am spending the "bank holiday weekend" working. All 4 f*cking days. I don't give a flying f*ck about those horse-faced toffs or their party, but I am annoyed that I won't get to have a nice relaxing time after finishing my exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 I am not sure where you drove through. Every village I know around us is having a jubille bash of some sort. It's like this where I live. But then I live in a rural Tory area where people tend to be more civilised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Living as I do in Omnishambler Dave's constituency, I was surprised to note that there is no bunting in the constituency's biggest town. Maybe they'll do a U turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 ........local villages, and into Cleveleys and Fleetwood.... I am not sure where you drove through. Every village I know around us is having a jubille bash of some sort. The clues are there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Ashtree Road street party in Bitterne Park has been pretty good so far. Loads of free food, beer, good DJ, stalls. Very impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 It's like this where I live. But then I live in a rural Tory area where people tend to be more civilised. That would be the sort of 'civilisation' that hunts animals for sport and accepts social rank is based on God given heredity ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 The clues are there ! With respect the North West is quite grotty so it's hardly suprising the people aren't making much effort. If they can't make any effort to keep their gardens tidy and have baths they aren't going to show any civic pride now are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 That would be the sort of 'civilisation' that hunts animals for sport and accepts social rank is based on God given heredity ? Well you know full well i'm a staunch supporter of country pursuits. As a townie that's seen a few episodes of escape to the country one wouldn't expect you to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Flags are all out down our street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Cue some witty comments from the lounge legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 Flags are all out down our street. I didn't realise you lived in the same road as Dune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 2 June, 2012 Share Posted 2 June, 2012 I didn't realise you lived in the same road as Dune! :lol: Classic post from the rickety old bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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