Thank you England redux - Page 2

**moogfooger** · July 30th, 2017, 03:52 PM

The Rolling Stones.
Some absolutely beautiful countryside.
Some absolutely cracking 90s porn that I'll never forget.
Some of the best friends I've ever had and likely ever will.
Amazing parents.
Chip shop chips and curry sauce.
Roast dinners.
Drum and bass.
The National Health Service and everything it's done for me.
The OP already mentioned Monty Python, and I couldn't agree more

**otokonomidori** · July 30th, 2017, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by rewbear

Summer - cloudless blue skies;

Where the f*ck do you live ?

**Wendigo** · July 30th, 2017, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by otokonomidori

Where the f*ck do you live ?

Next door to Sean Connery maybe

**Mal Hombre** · July 30th, 2017, 04:48 PM

Come on,In the last fifty or so years We've had several good summers..

**howerd** · July 30th, 2017, 06:25 PM

I've got to credit 'Britain' as an island even if most of this is 'England'

Musicians
The Beatles
The Stones
David Bowie
Brian Eno
Roxy Music
Genesis
Yes
King Crimson
Aphex Twin
The Kinks
The Stranglers
XTC
Talk Talk
Kate Rusby
Beth Orton
Sandy Denny
Kate Bush
Japan (LOL!)
David Sylvian
Jah Wobble
Pink Floyd
Syd Barrett
Thomas Dolby
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
The Bonzo Dog Band

Comedians
Charlie Chaplin
Stan Laurel
The Goons
Frankie Howerd
Ivor Cutler
Monty Python
The Mighty Boosh
Ricky Gervais
Dom Jolly
Steve Coogan
Count Arthur Strong

Great Minds
Bertrand Russell
Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins
Hitch
Stephen Fry
A.C. Grayling
H.G. Wells
Thomas Payne
George Orwell
J.G. Ballard

TV
Dr. Who (old not new)
Fawlty Towers
Q8 (etc.)
The Prisoner
The Avengers
The Strange World Of Gurney Slade
The Goodies
Peep Show
Green Wing
Dad's Army
Rutland Weekend Television

**Greenman** · July 30th, 2017, 06:36 PM

Who was it who wrote "Oh to be in England, now that Summer's here" obviously the weather has changed a lot over those years. England to me is yes cricket, the Lark which is my all-time favourite tune in classical music(sheer perfection) the fields of wheat and corn and rapeseed carpeting the countryside, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Constable & Turner, village greens and cream teas. As for English rose actresses well what about Emily Blunt, Kiera Knightley, Emma Watson and dapper gents like Benedict Cumberbatch, James Norton and Tom Hiddleston. Fish and chips, seaside rock, amusement arcades and zoos. The BBC television and radio, The Proms incl Last Night, Glastonbury, Cornwall, King Arthur & Merlin, Stonehenge, Avebury Ring, The White Horse. Football, Rugby, Darts and Athletcs meetings at Crystal Palace, Her Majesty the Queen, Trooping the Colour, Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, open-top buses, The House of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Lord Nelson, Byron, Keats, Shelley, museums for free, cup of tea to solve all ills., Jerusalem , our green and pleasant land..that's what England means to me...but hey Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their traditions and cultures too. Rule Britannia!😀🇬🇧

**otokonomidori** · July 30th, 2017, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenman

Who was it who wrote "Oh to be in England, now that Summer's here" 😀🇬🇧

Robert Browning - and it was April he was missing, not summer.

**rotobott** · July 30th, 2017, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

Come on,In the last fifty or so years We've had several good summers..

We had a glorious summer in 1976

I still remember the whinging

**otokonomidori** · July 30th, 2017, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by rotobott

We had a glorious summer in 1976

D

Not in f*cking Jockland we didn't! I remember that summer very well - I was pumping a girl who had an MGB convertible and we didn't once do it with the roof down.

**bloke57** · July 30th, 2017, 08:59 PM

The British Isles - a tiny place geographically, but it invented the modern world.

Agrarian revolution, industrialisation, railways which shrank the world, TV, antibiotics, the jet engine, computing and the internet.

Others may have exploited those things better, but they started here.

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howerd Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,731 Thanks: 2,663 Thanked 19,953 Times in 1,685 Posts	Thank You Britain I've got to credit 'Britain' as an island even if most of this is 'England' Musicians The Beatles The Stones David Bowie Brian Eno Roxy Music Genesis Yes King Crimson Aphex Twin The Kinks The Stranglers XTC Talk Talk Kate Rusby Beth Orton Sandy Denny Kate Bush Japan (LOL!) David Sylvian Jah Wobble Pink Floyd Syd Barrett Thomas Dolby Ian Dury & the Blockheads The Bonzo Dog Band Comedians Charlie Chaplin Stan Laurel The Goons Frankie Howerd Ivor Cutler Monty Python The Mighty Boosh Ricky Gervais Dom Jolly Steve Coogan Count Arthur Strong Great Minds Bertrand Russell Charles Darwin Richard Dawkins Hitch Stephen Fry A.C. Grayling H.G. Wells Thomas Payne George Orwell J.G. Ballard TV Dr. Who (old not new) Fawlty Towers Q8 (etc.) The Prisoner The Avengers The Strange World Of Gurney Slade The Goodies Peep Show Green Wing Dad's Army Rutland Weekend Television Last edited by howerd; August 2nd, 2017 at 11:03 PM..

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July 30th, 2017, 03:52 PM	#11
moogfooger Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 461 Thanks: 3,574 Thanked 29,238 Times in 464 Posts	The Rolling Stones. Some absolutely beautiful countryside. Some absolutely cracking 90s porn that I'll never forget. Some of the best friends I've ever had and likely ever will. Amazing parents. Chip shop chips and curry sauce. Roast dinners. Drum and bass. The National Health Service and everything it's done for me. The OP already mentioned Monty Python, and I couldn't agree more

July 30th, 2017, 06:36 PM	#16
Greenman Live Legend of VEF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Underground lair somewhere in the world Posts: 20,353 Thanks: 30,936 Thanked 383,504 Times in 19,356 Posts	Who was it who wrote "Oh to be in England, now that Summer's here" obviously the weather has changed a lot over those years. England to me is yes cricket, the Lark which is my all-time favourite tune in classical music(sheer perfection) the fields of wheat and corn and rapeseed carpeting the countryside, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Constable & Turner, village greens and cream teas. As for English rose actresses well what about Emily Blunt, Kiera Knightley, Emma Watson and dapper gents like Benedict Cumberbatch, James Norton and Tom Hiddleston. Fish and chips, seaside rock, amusement arcades and zoos. The BBC television and radio, The Proms incl Last Night, Glastonbury, Cornwall, King Arthur & Merlin, Stonehenge, Avebury Ring, The White Horse. Football, Rugby, Darts and Athletcs meetings at Crystal Palace, Her Majesty the Queen, Trooping the Colour, Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, open-top buses, The House of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Lord Nelson, Byron, Keats, Shelley, museums for free, cup of tea to solve all ills., Jerusalem , our green and pleasant land..that's what England means to me...but hey Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their traditions and cultures too. Rule Britannia!😀🇬🇧

July 30th, 2017, 08:59 PM	#20
bloke57 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Unaffordable housing Posts: 4,923 Thanks: 31,646 Thanked 68,928 Times in 4,921 Posts	The British Isles - a tiny place geographically, but it invented the modern world. Agrarian revolution, industrialisation, railways which shrank the world, TV, antibiotics, the jet engine, computing and the internet. Others may have exploited those things better, but they started here.