Family Day Tomorrow,

[Caran]

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.

[cupid04]

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!

[Buenchico]

>>>The retail offshoots are Fathers' Day, Grandmas' Day, Doggies' Day, Pussycats' Day and all the rest

Pussycats have to share their day with owls!
https://teachingnonsenseinschools.wordpress.com/
;-)

[1ozzy]

And there are plenty of them Jack...

That is true Buenchico. We have a day off for the Queens holiday over here.
Probably no where near her real birth date.

But,,,,any excuse will do ;-)

[1ozzy]

That's because the owl and the pussycat went to sea together Buenchico.

Core blimey,,,even I knew that ;-)

[1ozzy]

"Sorry,,,Queens Birthday Holiday"

[Buenchico]

HMQ has two birthdays, 1ozzy:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/TheQueensbirthdays.aspx

We observe the 'official' one with a bit of pageantry (which republicans like me tend to ignore) but no holiday:
http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk/

This year it will be on 13 June, so your lot only get it wrong by 5 days (unless you're in WA, where it's wrong by 3½ months!):
http://publicholidays.com.au/queens-birthday/

[1ozzy]

An actual birthday and an official birthday, what a load of codswallop.
No wonder us colonials never get things right.

Can't say I'm a royalist so I just be thankful for a day off work,,,, but I do have a beer for Lizzie ;-)

[Jackdaw33]

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.

[Buenchico]

As it's now approaching 3.30am here, 1ozzy, I'll wish you good night/morning/afternoon. (Delete as appropriate!)

'Bye!

[Buenchico]

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!

G'night!

[Jackdaw33]

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.

[Jackdaw33]

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.

[Buenchico]

I'm trying to get to bed here!!!

However I'll mention that I was always taught that HMQ's official birthday simply commemorated her Coronation date. (2nd June, 1953).

[1ozzy]

Sleep well Chris.

[THECORBYLOON]

What about Doris Day and Robin Day?

[Jackdaw33]

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.

[1ozzy]

King Edward Vee One One.....what a woosy.
Didn't he have a "driza-bone"

Yes Corby, we should all have public holidays to commemorate them as well!