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Subject: Happy Statute of Westminster day ;-)


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Roberdin
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Date Posted: 12:44:24 12/11/04 Sat


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[> Subject: Statute of Westminster Day


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Jim (Canada)
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Date Posted: 14:54:11 12/11/04 Sat

Today is the anniversary of the day in 1931, when the original British Commonwealth was set up and the self-governing dominions were recognised as fully automonous nations.

This is one of the days when the Union Jack is officially flown in Canada. It is flying proudly over Toronto City Hall.

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[> [> Subject: The others...


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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 15:32:30 12/11/04 Sat

...are Commonwealth Day and Victoria Day, right?

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[> [> [> Subject: And...


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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 15:46:51 12/11/04 Sat

... I found this article by chance:

http://www.vigile.net/ds-federation/docs/02-2-22-np.html.

I wonder how far it reflects the experience of other older Canadians, and, more interestingly, younger ones.

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[> [> [> [> Subject: This article is very accurate - many other Canadians would agree


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Jim (Canada)
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Date Posted: 06:12:14 12/12/04 Sun


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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Canadian schools in the 1950's


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Jim (Canada)
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Date Posted: 06:14:41 12/12/04 Sun

I was looking at a 1959 Toronto newspaper on microfilm at the library and in it a British visitor to Canada said that we were more British than the British. Every school in Canada then had a Union Jack and a portrait of the Queen in every classroom and the children began every day by singing God Save The Queen. This is all gone now.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Perhaps they realised the God was already saving the Queen and didn't need to be asked?


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Ian (Australia)
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Date Posted: 12:40:42 12/12/04 Sun


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: British schools in the 1950s


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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 12:56:21 12/12/04 Sun

Frankly, these things have disappeared from Britain, too, so don't worry about it! Even at my rather old fashioned public school we sang the Anthem only on important public occasions, and the flag was conspicious by its absense, with the school instead flying the school's coat of arms, granted, would you believe, in 1656, and whose motto is "serve and obey". I was always rather disturbed by the fact that this was also Mussolini's national motto.

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[> Subject: Ed, the link doesnt work


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Owain (UK)
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Date Posted: 16:50:19 12/11/04 Sat


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[> [> Subject: It wouldn't surprise me. I've probably done something wrong.


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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 17:35:56 12/11/04 Sat


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[> [> [> Subject: Works here. Be sure, that when you copy and paste it to the address field, that you do not include the fullstop at the end


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Roberdin
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Date Posted: 18:40:13 12/11/04 Sat


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