Tribute to great British icons

For my own personal choice I have decided to go for THE GREAT BRITISH PUB

At the centre of virtualy every community in the UK is the pub, short for "public" from the phrase "public house" which means a place where the public gather, buy a drink and socialise together.

The pub is an important part of British culture, from the highlands of Scotland to the fishing villages of Cornwall, the humble "Inn" ot "Tavern" has played a key role in the life of the nation for hundreds of years, records of public houses or pubs go back to the time of the Crussades.

The pub breaks down barriers, its where people of all classes, all backgrounds and circumstances meet and gather, rich and poor, the farm labourer or the city banker, people drink beer, have a meal, play darts or dominoes, take part in a quiz game, have a sing-song, meet your friends, have a party or its the place where your group, club or society has its meetings.

The Pub - The Inn - The Tavern is the heart and soul of many communities

Over the centuries the pub is where plans have been made, great decisions taken, where wars and battles have been won and lost, where trade has been done and where business deals have been secured, it is where millions of relationships have begun ( and ended ); the local pub is where you find out everything, who is having an affair, who has got a new job, who s bought a new car, a new lawn mower or who is moving home.

I am reminded of a Yorkshire village on the day the Second World War began, the 3rd of September 1939, at 11.30 am the Primeminister addressed the nation, he told the British people that we were now at war with Germany, two hours later a shopkeeper runs out into the street after seeing one of his friends "have you heard the news" he shouts, the man replies "no, what news", he then broke the news to him "Mary Smith, the barmaid at the pub is leaving".

Oh, Dear. Just before lunchtime today as I was walking the dog past our defunct village Pub, a couple of cyclists asked me what alternative hostelry was available, and I had to explain that they had a further journey of at least three miles, and all of the alternatives would be fairly expensive.

The only problem with fish and chips is you need a second mortgage to afford them.When you live on the coast as I do,the fish shops just rip us off.

Yorkshire Terriers!

Is that ANOTHER ginger snap Shirina?

The trouble with Yorkies is that they think they're PEOPLE. They don't believe that they're only dogs.

American > Southern States > Local Cuisine > HUSHPUPPY

Hushpuppies (Cornbread Balls) are a savory, starch-based food made from cornmeal batter that is deep fried or baked in small ball or sphere shapes, or occasionally oblong or ring shapes. Hushpuppies are frequently served as a side dish, usually at seafood restaurants in the United States.

Hushpuppies are delicious!

Great British icons you say? How about the Jag E-type? [preferably painted in BRG]
 
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Sean Connery and Richard Burton, two cool "brothers."

The three things that come to mind as GREAT AMERICAN ICONS

1 Hollywood 2 Statue of Liberty 3 J F Kennedy

The three things that come to mind as GREAT CANADIAN ICONS

1 A Mountie 2 Ice Hockey 3 John McCrae

Strange I know, but I always think of that famous poem by John McCrae, and I suppose been late October and close to rememberance day / armostice, he just came to mind.

Sean Connery is definitely one of my favorite British icons. I liked Richard Burton in everything I saw him in but just don't know that much about him.
 
OK Add to the human icons in Britain - Peter Sellers, one of comedy's absolute best.
 
How can you have Canadian icons without mentioning snow and related products? - snow boots, snow shovels, snow blowers, snow tires, antifreeze... the list seems endless. I complain about it all the time but I suspect that, if it somehow went missing [i.e. I moved to Los Angeles], I would be lonesome without it.  
 
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British icons, Charlie Chaplin, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, people who could always bring a smile to your face.
American icons, George Burns, Bob Hope, and Stan Laurel, (of Laurel and Hardy), sadly, the latter two were British.
Canadian icons, it is with much regret, i can't think of any.

Think of Canada and think of - Celine Dion, William Shatner, Anne Murray

Incidentaly, I have a friend who has dual nationality who used to fly with The Snowbirds, also, as a matter of interest there was a Canadian Facebook campaign to have William Shatner appointed as Governor General.

Other things that come to mind are: Nanook of the north - Maple Syrup - Anne of Green Gables - and I suppose been British, our Canadian perspective is different to that of an American, for example many of us would think of General Wolfe and the Plains of Abraham.

The Maple leaf - Calgary stampede - wheat & flour - Canadian ham or bacon - Canadian Pacific - the Empire Loyalists - and finaly from my own home town on the Yorkshire coast - Captain James Cook, the man who mapped the St Lawrence seaway for Wolfe.

The ARTS are well represented:
Neil Young, Karsch of Ottawa, Keanu Reeves, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette,
Bryan Adams, Jim Carrey, Leonard Cohen..............

and finaly from my own home town on the Yorkshire coast - Captain James Cook,



From my stamping ground (Perth) it is John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir) Governor-General of Canada in 1935.

Many of the great Hollywood legends were from this side of the pond, poor old Charlie Chaplin came back to Europe after been accused of been a Communist during the McCarthy era.

As for Stan Laurel, I have been to his home town (Ulverston) in Cumbria, there is a pub named after him "The Stan Laurel Inn", Eltham in London was the home of Bob Hope, apparently he had Gypsy blood or ancestry.
Other greats include Alfred Hitchcock, Stewart Granger, Dirk Bogarde, Cary Grant, Richard Burton, Peter Cushon, Christopher Lee.

Dont forget the ladies - Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Angela Lansbury, Judy Dench, Kate Winslet, you cannot realy count Elizabeth Taylor as she was born in Britain but to American parents.

It goes to show how international the world is, today there are famous Britons living in America, and there are famous Americans living in Britain.

 

 

Ah yes Hyacinth. I was wondering how long it would take for her to surface. I was watching an episode a while back while introducing her to some friends. After about twenty minutes, one of them offered the opinion [concerning Richard] "You know there ain't a jury in the world that would convict him."  He was probably right too.
 
Oops. Almost forgot. Yes ROB he was Dr. Strangelove amongst others. His main claim to fame is as Inspector Cluseau [sp?], the fumble fingered supposedly French detective who somehow managed to stumble across a solution to crimes that baffled normal people.
 
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Sellers was at one time in so many movies that a Director was heard to wisecrack about a new release, "It's an experimental film - it doesn't have Peter Sellers in it."

witchfinder wrote:
Think of Canada and think of - Celine Dion, William Shatner, Anne Murray

And don't forget this beautiful lady:-

Source: forbes.com

Come on most people have been trying hard to forget that women.........

Now the nightmare that is tweedy starts all over again.......... :affraid:

astradt1 wrote:Come on most people have been trying hard to forget that women.........

Now the nightmare that is tweedy starts all over again.......... :affraid:

If you think that is a photo of Cheryl Cole, (nee Tweedy) then you require a visit to specsavers urgently. Cheryl is truly a great British icon, far prettier than that photo, and to cap it all, she talks proper, just like us too.

Now I see it's Shania Twain....Truely a REAL singer and Beauty too.........

Unlike Miming copy cat tweedy.........

In his bedroom, my elder son has a calendar of Ms Cole in various poses. I can assure you that I have not taken any notice of it at all. Not January, February, March, April, May...... and December isn't worth a peek either....

Stop watching this topic. You'll go blind.

Phil Hornby wrote:In his bedroom, my elder son has a calendar of Ms Cole in various poses. I can assure you that I have not taken any notice of it at all. Not January, February, March, April, May...... and December isn't worth a peek either....

Now Phil, i think it is time to uncross your finger, got to admire your eldest son for having good taste though. She is a cracker. Now, go on, take a peek, you know you are worth it, as Cheryl would say.

jack - Nothing would possess me to examine the said calendar .

Just off to look for my magnifying glass...

Cheryl Cole? Who's she?
 

 

 
Uh, huh! Thank y'all for the four one one.

Icon?
British?

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(now part of the Indian Tata Company, but that's show-biz!)

RockOn Brother wrote:-
Cheryl Cole? Who's she?

Cheryl Cole is a vicious thug who had to do 120 hours of community service and pay compensation to her victim after she beat up a toilet attendant in a nightclub in Guildford in 2003. Although convicted of ABH, the jury found her not guilty of racially aggravated assault, even though she allegedly called the attendant “a Caribbean jigaboo” and “a black bitch”. ‘The Sun’ renamed her group ‘Girls Alout’ after the incident.

If Cheryl Cole is a British icon, then we really are in trouble. This is what she was responsible for:-


Source: news.bbc.co.uk

But she has a better Publicity Agent than anyone else you know.

OK I'll volunteer to go from sublime to , er, to -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAGY9mxvZ14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGdI7CXZUXc&feature=related


Now the dog HAS disowned me!