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HELLO FORKERS 🌷 April ‘22 🐣🐣🐣

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    The union flag has been around since 1775, symbolic of the 3 countries. I shall be happily putting up my bunting for the queen's jubilee. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Thank you @coccinella and everyone.  There's a lot of hidden racism around.  I have heard my dear son in law (Wonky's husband) called the 'N' word to his face, and a man and his family sitting at one end of a long table in a restaurant/pub got up and hurridly left mid-meal (muttering under their breath)  when he joined me and other family members sitting at the other end.  There are some vile people around. So sadly, while I'm all for promoting this country and its people and products, there are situations where the displaying of the Union Jack or St George's Flag makes me feel deeply uncomfortable.   :'(  I don't know what this country can do about it other than to call out and oppose all forms of racism wherever it is, and celebrate the contributions that people of all origins and ethnicities have made to this country.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Afternoon all,  I think it's a shame about the flag of St George.  It's a pity all British Muslims don't claim the flag and fly it the same as we do.  It would soon lose all it's nasty connotations.  I don't think the Union Jack has the same feel about it.
    Have been out this morning to a local craft warehouse with Bestie.  Her granddaughter is making Jubilee bunting to raise money for a trip she is making to Kenya with the school.  They are going out to help build a school.  She does have a couple of years to raise the funds.  She has done well, so far she has raised £700 pounds from a variety of initiatives including making Easter Treats and Christmas decorations.  She is off to do a car boot sale this weekend.  Our trip out did involve stopping off at a lovely cafe in Wolverley where I enjoyed a really good fish finger, halloumi and sweet chilli jam sandwich.  Was too full to have cake which is very rare for me.
    Came back and watered the garden as everywhere is so dry even established plants seem to be suffering.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • takhanatakhana Posts: 82
    Still absolutely nothing from either job I applied for, one of which was advertising the interviews would be tomorrow :( And I've come home to roofers parked all over our drive, two big vans with guys sat in them and only one guy actually... roofing?!
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Very productive day, ticked a lot off my list, so why is it longer than when I started?
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @Hostafan1 and other Sewing Bee 🐝  fans … new series starts BBC1 8pm this evening 🧵 🪡 😎 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I have to watch Sewing Bee when OH doesn't want to be in the sitting room. Not his thing.

    We went to Sainsbugs for want of anything better to do. Did need milk though. We had hot chocolate the other night and I'd made a bread and butter pudding.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    SO looking forward to Sewing Bee. 

    Devon.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    The Union Jack is on flags of the Commonwealth countries.

    Sewing Bee is one of my favourites.  I shall be watching!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The first few episodes are always a bit rushed cos there’s so many folk to fit in … I find it takes on a gentler pace about week four … tonight’s was a bit hectic … still enjoyable tho’. 

    Time for bed now … night night folk 🛌 🥱 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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