Flying a flag for St George

10:00am Monday 23rd April 2012 in Wantage/Grove

Flying a flag for St George Flying a flag for St George

St George's Day was celebrated around the county over the weekend to mark England’s patron saint’s day today.

Flying the flag was 41-year-old delivery driver George Small from Wallingford, who transformed himself into St George to greet shoppers at a charity market in Wallingford on Saturday, also attended by the town’s mayor Colin Dolton, pictured.

Mr Small said: “It was lots of fun – there were children walking past giving me funny looks. We celebrate St Patrick’s Day and St David’s Day, so we should celebrate our own patron saint too.”

Oxford came to a standstill yesterday, inset, as Scouts paraded through the city streets from Broad Street to Oxford Castle led by 17-year-old standard-bearer Andrew Miller, from Kidlington, who said: “It’s quite a big privilege to get to hold the flag. It’s a big event in the Scouting calendar.”

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brianbbleys says...
11:24am Mon 23 Apr 12

my flag is out

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1onlineheraldreader says...
3:00pm Mon 23 Apr 12

St George would turn in his grave if he could see this "Multiculture" England of today. England has been in a downward slide since the 80's with both Labour and Tory governments to blame.

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L0RD PETER MCVEY 0X2 6EG says...
5:00pm Mon 23 Apr 12

England became terminally ill in the early hours of 4th of May 1979, and died some 10 years later.

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simplicissimus says...
6:54am Tue 24 Apr 12

1997 was particularly inauspicious.

Fly the flag.

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John Lamb says...
9:10pm Wed 25 Apr 12

Hasn't the George Cross been outlawed under Sharia Law yet? Can't be far off.

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