St Georges Day

This is the English flag. You may have been expecting the pretty red, white and blue one. That's called the Union flag and represents Great Britain which is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
I thought I would point that out because whilst looking for a photo to put with this post I came across so many Union flags bearing the description of English flag that I decided to make it quite clear exactly which is which. So endeth todays lesson!
It's a popular flag, I think you will agree. A lot of countries have it. Switzerland nearly had it but they had the plans back to front. The flag of St George means a lot of things to a lot of people. Today is St Georges day in England and traditionally on this day English people celebrate our national day by doing absolutley nothing. Which is a damn shame.
I had no idea when St Georges day was when I was a kid. Celebrating your Englishness was frowned upon by...who? I don't know who exactly. The powers that be, I suppose. Even now, in some towns around England, people are not allowed to fly a flag of St George outside their homes. It may upset the 'ethnic minorities' the local council say.
I, personally think that the 'ethnic minorities' don't give a monkeys (nice English expression) and it's that sort of talk that causes friction in any community. Happily, in recent years, English people have started to fly the flag with pride, sticking 2 fingers ( will explain this in another post) up to those who would frown at it.
I'm proud of my heritage, if I had a flag of St George I would fly it. Instead I'm wearing my England football shirt, three lions on my chest and the gold star for our World Cup win in 1966.
Happy St Georges day!