Happy Yorkshire Day!

[davywavy]

Might I wish you all a Happy Yorkshire Day, and offer commiserations to all those of you who had the misfortune to be born in any of the less good parts of the world.*

August 1st holds a special place in Yorkshire's history for, on this day in 1759, soldiers from Yorkshire regiments who had fought in the battle of Minden, in Germany, picked white roses from bushes near to the battlefields as a tribute to their fallen comrades.

There's been a lot of talk about how England should have it's own National Day (like the Scots, Irish and Welsh do), and I don't think we could do better than make Yorkshire Day a national holiday. After all, it does celebrate the very best thing about this country.

^{*i.e. all of them.}

Comments

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

not my denial, your denial

I am the one from a place of greatness

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Wow, what on earth must it be like in your head?

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

it is marvellous, well more marvellous than Yorkshire anyway

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

It's the flashing lights and music, right?

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

only on special occassions.
We don't need flashing lights and music to be marvellous.

[theoldcatlady.livejournal.com]

Is it like this?

www.zombo.com

be sure speakers are on for full Zombo effect.

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

that is seriously weird, my eyes started to go funny looking at it :p

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Still the same, baby you're still the same....

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

no, no, no

that idea conflicts too much with my reality

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

No difference at all.

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

but but but

they are on the wrong side of the hills

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

People are people so why should it be?

No. Difference.

Even the accents are similar.

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

the accents have many differences, oh yes

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Different like a pear from another pear.

[tooth-fairy.livejournal.com]

Maybe like pears but we are the juicy wonderous pears, people from Yorkshire are the pears that have gone over ripe and squidgey.