St. George's Day

Good old Croydon!  I got to the (800-year-old) market yesterday and found St. George's Day was being celebrated.  Granted, it's tomorrow, but you can't celebrate properly on a Monday.  St David and St Patrick get celebrated with gusto every year, but recently St George has been left out of it.  There were Pearly Kings and Queens and lots of England flags around and a really festive atmosphere and the Morris Dancers were getting ready to perform and outside the church there was going to be entertainment all afternoon.  It really lifted my spirits - we don't celebrate England enough - grumbling's more our line, but I, for one, love England.  (Despite foreign-sounding name, born in Ipswich 85 years ago).  I hope the pubs will be celebrating St George as well as the other two from now on.