Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow.
(Off topic) A message to all our Canadian members
Oct 12, 2003
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Thanks for remembering us.
Happy Bonfire Night for the fifth of November.
Thabks John. And a cracking good Guy Fawkes Night on the Fifth of November. Mike in BC
Ditto.
Ditto again.
-- Cheers Roger T.
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Happy Easter to everyone on Easter island :o)))
All the best Steve
"Michael Gray" wrote
You've all forgotten Halloween! ;-)
John.
"John Turner"
I thought Hallowe'en was a fairly recent import from North America and not a 'real' UK 'holiday'. There definitely wasn't a Hallowe'en when I lived in the UK in the 1960s. AFAIK, Hallowe'en is a North American invention to make up for the loss of Guy Fawkes night.
-- Cheers Roger T.
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!?!. There was in the 1950's... candles in turnips and all that...
Nah!, thats that awful trick and treat nastiness you're thinking of.
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Round here(1) they've forgotten Guy Fawkes Night. The big bonfire and fireworks do (Sat 2nd Oct) is being advertised as a "Ghosts and Ghouls spectacular". Not a gunpowder rebel in sight.
(1)Bury St. Edmunds.
Roger,
You couldn't have lived in Scotland :-) As kids we went out 'guisin' (disguised, dressed up) with out tumshee (suede turnip) lanterns. Lord knows how old the tradition is, but it's been around for a very long time in Scotland.
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Jim.
Sat. 2nd Oct? Do you mean Sat. 1st Nov??
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If only we could!
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They're advertising that a bit early, aren't they? Saturday 2 October is
11.5 months away!
You're right. Blame it on the time warp.
Hmm, here in NZ we still celebrate the attempt to blow up the British Parliament ;-)
Regards, Greg.P.
Just imagine the party if the plotters /had/ blown up every politican in the country :-)
Nahh, the US would probably have been a part of the Commonwealth - playing with history is dangerous territory!
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