The Queens Speech. The Monarchy at Christmas.
Very true tanker. When I went to secondary school it was the first time Catholics had been allowed entry and only one enrolled. He was greeted with "******* Pape", although some of the other teachers were more tolerant.
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Absolutely! I grew up in Glasgow in the 1950s and went to Catholic schools, which were brilliant from an academic point of view, but I was thoroughly indoctrinated with religion. Moving to England at age twelve and going to a non-sectarian school was a revelation!
At the Towers in the late 1960s, we had a number of ex-Super Tech apprentoids on our entry.
Having had the benefit of being in the mob for a while, they did some thinking, then announced that would all like to become Catholics. The RC padre was amazed and was just about to ring the Vatican with his news when his colleagues had a word with him.
The reason was the timing of mandatory church on Sundays. CofE fell in at about 10:30, had a parade and an inspection, then marched off to the god shop and back again afterwards, not escaping until about 12:30.
Church of jocks and odds met at 10:00 at the JMPG and marched off to their place, but were free by 11:00-ish.
Whereas the RC cadets merely turned up at their church at 09:30, mumbled some Latin and escaped PDQ. This wasn't lost on the apprentoids!
So the RC padre, having been tipped off about these cunning beggars, told them that there would be no problem, but that they'd need to attend religious instruction sessions first. On Saturday afternoons. Perhaps unsurprisingly, their enthusiasm for Catholicism soon vanished!
Having had the benefit of being in the mob for a while, they did some thinking, then announced that would all like to become Catholics. The RC padre was amazed and was just about to ring the Vatican with his news when his colleagues had a word with him.
The reason was the timing of mandatory church on Sundays. CofE fell in at about 10:30, had a parade and an inspection, then marched off to the god shop and back again afterwards, not escaping until about 12:30.
Church of jocks and odds met at 10:00 at the JMPG and marched off to their place, but were free by 11:00-ish.
Whereas the RC cadets merely turned up at their church at 09:30, mumbled some Latin and escaped PDQ. This wasn't lost on the apprentoids!
So the RC padre, having been tipped off about these cunning beggars, told them that there would be no problem, but that they'd need to attend religious instruction sessions first. On Saturday afternoons. Perhaps unsurprisingly, their enthusiasm for Catholicism soon vanished!
Church of jocks and odds met at 10:00 at the JMPG and marched off to their place, but were free by 11:00-ish
I suddenly remembered that I was a Baptist, our tame Welsh item a congregationalist and the only other Englishmen Plymouth brethren or some such. So off we all marched on Sunday mornings down the road to salvation.
Absolutely! I grew up in Glasgow in the 1950s and went to Catholic schools, which were brilliant from an academic point of view, but I was thoroughly indoctrinated with religion. Moving to England at age twelve and going to a non-sectarian school was a revelation!
It was her first introduction to the English non-sectarian education system.
I think our divisive Scottish system is stark raving bonkers.
A friend of mine is a former Nimrod tac nav, and tells me the story of his intake in which one recruit got out of going to church on Sunday by announcing he was Jewish and therefore unable to worship in a Christian manner etc. All very well, except of course he wasn't Jewish at all. By all accounts his face was a picture when a car turned up with a couple of very pleasant gents to take him to the local synagogue to join them for their service...
By all accounts his face was a picture when a car turned up with a couple of very pleasant gents to take him to the local synagogue to join them for their service...
I get the impression that the instructing staff had heard it so often that they had a regular arrangement with the synagogue, who were more than happy to play ball.
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At least all the rumours of her abdicating were wrong, As much as I think she should scale back on her duties a bit at her age, the thought of the future King and his other half bring shivers down my spine.
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I see that all the palace guardsmen have now had their sentry boxes moved back behind the railings and are protected by armed police. I am in two minds about this. Whilst not wishing our chaps to be put in any unnecessary danger surely in a way the Islamic Extremists have a moral victory. Any ideas for a better solution? I can think of one but the mods would delete my post 
It might be worth starting a petition on Change.org when the time is right. I suspect that, if the crown passes down through the existing succession, the monarchy will be unrecoverable by the time William gets his chance. That would be a pity because, from what I have seen so far, William and Kate would help to establish a modern and popular monarchy.
from what I have seen so far, William and Kate would help to establish a modern and popular monarchy.
That's the 'beauty' of monarchy - you get what you're given, when you're given it. No ifs, no buts, no say....
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That's the 'beauty' of monarchy - you get what you're given, when you're given it. No ifs, no buts, no say...
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"Wasn't that the "elected monarchy" system that certain foreign Johnnies had and gave us an advantage over for so many years?"
welll--- talking of advantages the USA & Germany have Presidents......... as do China & Russia
Japan does have a monarchy of course but otherwise....................
welll--- talking of advantages the USA & Germany have Presidents......... as do China & Russia
Japan does have a monarchy of course but otherwise....................
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I remember Brize late 80's wanting to do a VC10 run during the God-slot when it was verboten by the Staish, our Sootie desk boss said if we can't beat them, then let's join them, so off we all traipsed In our oily dirty working kit.. He was not amused.