68 years ago today

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Laurie

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I was arrested by the English and taken into custody for wearing a leek for today is our national Saint's day, Saint David, and the leek, Bing the Welsh national emblem, had been sent to me by my parents in a family tradition of pride.

I was later forced to eat the leek but this was no punishment because they're very tasty, but I wasn't allowed to wash the earth of it first.

Imagine the uproar if that happened today. The strident ones would be having a field day! I wonder if I should petition Parliament for a pardon! ''

small beer compared with today's events in Ukraine but pretty traumatic only six weeks after my 16th birthday I can assure you.
 

I had no idea you were Welsh...Laurie...Let's go with the other prettier alternative emblem of Wales...


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Arrested! I can't believe it — meaning, I do believe it, but it's hard to believe they'd arrest anyone over wearing a leek. Especially a teenager.
 

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Laurie said:
I was arrested by the English and taken into custody for wearing a leek for today is our national Saint's day, Saint David, and the leek, Bing the Welsh national emblem, had been sent to me by my parents in a family tradition of pride.

I was later forced to eat the leek but this was no punishment because they're very tasty, but I wasn't allowed to wash the earth of it first.

Imagine the uproar if that happened today. The strident ones would be having a field day! I wonder if I should petition Parliament for a pardon! ''

small beer compared with today's events in Ukraine but pretty traumatic only six weeks after my 16th birthday I can assure you.
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Ahh! There you are! The rozzers are still looking for you 😲:LOL:
 
Alligatorob said:
Interesting, thanks! I did not know of St David's day or the Welsh/English thing. So you taught me something.

I like leeks and my grandfather's name was Jones, so I probably have some Welsh ancestry, but don't know for sure.
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there's no Welsh/English thing today...you can wear as many leeks if you feel it necessary , even if you're not Welsh... you might look stupid but it's not an offence...:ROFLMAO:
 
68 years ago is pretty much yesterday in historic terms. It's hard to believe how racism was so openly prevalent. I'm no expert. but Europeans violently hate others, who live 100 miles away. The concept of a superior race and an inferior race is the basis of most of man's suffering, needless wars and death. While I mentioned "European" to address Laurie's incident, racism is a worldwide human trait.
 
hollydolly said:
there's no Welsh/English thing today...you can wear as many leeks if you feel it necessary , even if you're not Welsh... you might look stupid but it's not an offence...:ROFLMAO:
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No?

Wait and see how many protest if the English decide to install another foreign Prince of Wales without consulting the Welsh people.

As I said elsewhere, I and many thousands of my compatriots will not set foot over the threshold of Caernarfon castle, hated symbol of our nation's humiliation by England.
 
My Dad was always told he was Swedish with a touch of Irish! I didn't find out until after he died that he was hald Welsh/Irish!
and
I LOVE THAT!
 
Laurie said:
No?

Wait and see how many protest if the English decide to install another foreign Prince of Wales without consulting the Welsh people.

As I said elsewhere, I and many thousands of my compatriots will not set foot over the threshold of Caernarfon castle, hated symbol of our nation's humiliation by England.
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OFGS...people will protest about anything..it gets then a day out from watching soaps on TV...
 
hollydolly said:
of course they wouldn't be arrested today...see my post above
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I know times back then were different. I was arrested... well more like taken away and detained for a few hours for protesting the Vietnam War. I wasn't put in jail. This was even a peaceful sit in protest where I just went limp and refused to move not like some of the violent protests you see today.
 
A tongue in cheek song from the wonderful duo of Flanders and Swann.

A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice

The English, the English, the English are best:
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest!
The rottenest bits of these islands of ours,
We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers,
Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot,
you'll find he's a stinker or not.

The Scotsman is mean, as we 're all well aware,
And bony and blotchy and covered with hair,
He eats salted porridge, he works all the day,
And he hasn't got bishops to show him the way.

The English; the English, the English are best:
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest!

The Irishman, now, our contempt is beneath,
He sleeps in his boots and he lies in his teeth,
He blows up policemen (or so I have heard),
And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third.

The English are noble, the English are nice,
And worth any other at double the price!

The Welshman's dishonest, he cheats when he can,
And little and dark, more like monkey than man,
He works underground with a lamp in his hat,
And he sings far too loud, far too often, and
FLA-A-A-T.

And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much,
For the French or the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch;
The Germans are German, the Russians are Red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed.

The English are moral, the English are good,
And clever and modest and misunderstood!

And all the world over, each nation's the same,
They've simply no notion of Playing the Game:
They argue with umpires; they cheer when they've won;
And they practise beforehand, which ruins the fun!

The English, the English, the English are best:
So up with the English, and down with the rest!

It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad ...
It's knowing they're FOREIGN that makes them so mad!
For the English are all that a nation should be,
And the flower of the English are Donald
(Michael!) and me!!
 

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