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How about fox hunts, saving hedgehogs, hedgerows, and Robbie Coltrane. :D Pete :cheers:

Edit: The Grand National, and the yearly Oxford/Cambridge scull race and polo as well.
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Pete

It's the Oxford / Cambridge BOAT race :wink:

Not scull race :roll:

Most Brits think that a scull iz wotz inside yer ed!!!! :laugh:
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prcscct wrote:... the yearly Oxford/Cambridge scull race and polo as well
Scull race? SCULL race? ohdearohdearohdear - wash your mouth out. :laugh:

It is of course simply the Boat Race, just as the Open is simply the Open.
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Actually, this is all very interesting, and exactly what I was hoping for.
As for Polo, isn't that a mint with a hole?


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Juke box jury, Ready Steady Go, Top of the pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test

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Bread pudding and cold custard

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Ohmygodyeah - school milk


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Christmas Pantomyme
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Frank Bruno :roll: :shock:

and of course...

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People how can we have reached this far into this thread without anyone mentioning The Royal Family.........are we all a bunch of republicans??...well I know I'm not anyway :bow: :bow: :bow:
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Bad teeth? :duck: :duck: :duck:
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The NHS ( :cry: )


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Lord's and lady's a pot of tea, and doctor who, and Sir Cliff Richard, Ska music.

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Harrods, Marks & Spencer and Sherlock Holmes should receive mention as well. Pete :cheers:
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Blue and white porcelain is another one.

(Thanks to my daughter's reading book for the weekend, from Newton Ferrers Church of England School, that had pieces on the fireplace mantel and dining table on just about every page.)
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The Mini, Rolls Royce, and Jaguar.

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Afternoon tea (consumed with the little finger raised) with cucumber sandwiches.


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