I suppose I mean later today. Can't do Sunday as all grandchildren have rugby and football matches , so it's a three line whip we all go out for Mother's Day on Saturday. SIL has come up with Prinknash Abbey followed by a Chinese takeaway. Any thoughts on going there. We've not been before so not sure what to expect.
According to the website, you'll be able to stock up on rosary beads and incense: http://www.prinknashabbey.org/ Couldn't your SIL have found a religious institution where the monks actually produce booze? Shame on her! ;-)
Would that be in the R&s section Jackdaw...you're not allowed an opinion unless it agrees with theirs...I find their attitude quite sad, but their loss!
OMG. Mea culpa. Forgot Chico was around else I wouldn't have mentioned pussycats. As to a holiday for the Queen's birthday, that was a con trick. i remember it from 50 years ago during my time in the civil service. It was a contractual entitlement that you got an extra day's holiday, over and above the norm. It was called the Queen's birthday, but you could take it when you liked.
When I was at grammar school every year we were visited by the Lord Mayor in full regalia (Labour, by the way). After his or her speech they would turn to the headmaster and ask him to grant a half-day holiday in honour of the occasion. Cheers rang round the hall. What a load of proverbial. We knew when the holidays were.
Ruddy 'ell, Jackdaw! I thought that my grammar school tried to be 'posh' (by acting like a public school) but even we didn't go through all that nonsense!
The sovereign's official birthday parade does not have a very long history. For years it was celebrated on the 24th May, Queen Victoria's birthday. Her successor, Edward VII, had his birthday in November, so he shifted it to June so that the weather might be nicer.
Should have said that this was a direct grant grammar school, not a council one, whose board of governors included the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, the Lord Mayor of Newcastle and the Provost of the Cathedral, inter alia.
You were taught wrongly, then, Chico. See my previous post for explanation. It's all down to Edward VII who didn't want to ride his horse on a wet November day.