Englands Pride

[Daz Madrigal]

Whats good about living in England:-

Shakespeare

William Blake

& the greatest hymn ever written - Jerusalem!

Modern Music from 1960

BBC Radio

Boddingtons Bitter

The Greenery of the Coutryside (reflected in our forum)

Chelsea Girl!(for doing yet another wonderful job)

Stilton Cheese

Pubs, Beer Gardens and wasps

Daz Madrigal and Merrie Ole England!

Lea and Perrins Worcester Sauce

The Sunday Roast

Shepherds Pie

Fish and Chip Shops

The Iron Lady Maggie!

Sir Winston Churchill

The FA Cup Final

and many many more..

[darinka]

Sex Pistols:)

[motorist]

Full English Breakfast

Yorkshire Pudding

Spam

Corned Beef (called "Meat Jelly" over here - no it's not the stuff in cat food)

Bad things:

Constant Dad's Army repeats

Big Brother

Car Insurance paid for everyone using it (here you just insure the car once and all qualified drivers can legally use it)

[E.D. Wivens]

How about:-

Frankie Howerd, Noel Coward and garden gnomes
Frankie Vaughan, Kenneth Horne, Sherlock Holmes
Monty, Biggles and Old King Cole
In the pink or on the dole
Oliver Twist and Long John Silver
Captain Cook and Nelly Dean
Enid Blyton, Gilbert Harding
Malcolm Sargeant, Graham Greene (Graham Greene)

Nice bit of kipper and Jack the Ripper and Upton Park
Gracie, Cilla, Maxy Miller, Petula Clark
Winkles, Woodbines, Walnut Whips
Vera Lynn and Stafford Cripps
Lady Chatterley, Muffin the Mule
Winston Churchill, Robin Hood
Beatrix Potter, Baden-Powell
Beecham's powders, Yorkshire pud (Yorkshire pud)

With Billy Bunter, Jane Austen
Reg Hampton, George Formby
Billy Fury, Little Titch
Uncle Mac, Mr. Pastry and all

Somerset Maugham, Top Of The Form with the Boys' Brigade
Mortimer Wheeler, Christine Keeler and the Board of Trade
Henry Cooper, wakey wakey, England's labour
Standard Vanguard, spotted dick, England's workers

(From “England’s Glory” by Ian Dury)

[Fon Doo]

;D

here's Max Wall's cover version

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LVjDUeb2_U