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 St George's Day in London 2008
 
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St George's Day 2008 - Wednesday April 23rd  "The game's afoot. Follow you spirit, and upon this charge. Cry God for Harry, England and Saint George!" For many years, the association of St George with the far right kept celebrations low key. However, in recent years, our patron saint (who was, after all, a Turk) has been rehabilitated, and emerged a new symbol of a united nation. Flags, football, pubs and parties are the stock-in-trade of London's current St George's Day celebrations and there is also now a strong movement to have St George's Day made into a formal national holiday. Quite right too we say! 
Legend has it, a dragon forced a small city in Turkey to sacrifice up an unwitting&...
 St George has seen an upsurge in interest recently as the English try to carve out so...
 This St George's Day, London has the whole caboodle for a thoroughly English experience - ...
 There's no greater English tradition than that of propping up the bar in a cosy, local pub...
 Fish 'n' chips, pie 'n' mash, curry 'n' lager - the English have traditionally had simple&...
 If you are planning to be in London over St George's Day why not stay in a traditiona...
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