Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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7 October 2010
17:5074085I was reading an article on BBC News yesterday (can't find it now) about the choice of Jerusalem as the anthem for the English team at the Commonwealth Games, which apparently was chosen after an online vote.
I haven't seen any English winning ceremonies yet but apparently it is not proving popular as it's a dreary version and doesn't work without the words. What does anyone else think would be a good choice for English national teams? The Scots have Flower of Scotland so the bar isn't set very high.
Jerusalem
Land of Hope and Glory
I Vow to Thee My Country
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
White Cliffs of Dover
Any other suggestions?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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7 October 2010
17:5274087any one of the first three would be fine by me.
the welsh have the best anthem by a mile in my view, pity they get so few gold medals.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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7 October 2010
18:3574091I would have to look through my collection of Northumbrian warpipe songs.
Jan Higgins
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7 October 2010
19:0274098Much as I love Jerusalem I would have prefered Land Of Hope And Glory.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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7 October 2010
19:1074105alex
what is a northumbrian warpipe when it is at home?
sounds like a poor relation to the birmingham blowpipe.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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7 October 2010
19:1274106It's a bagpipe from northern England, Howard!
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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7 October 2010
19:1874110Alexander, I'm a fan of Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes light), must be in my genes as my grandad was in the Northumberland Fusiliers in WW1
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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7 October 2010
20:4774137I listen to bagpipes all the time. Even went as far as editting an article on 'bagpipes in the British Isles'.
The ones you like as mentioned above must be the bellows-blown Northumbrian small-pipes. The actual Northumbrian war-pipes are mouth-blown, like the Highlander pipes, and in the 1920's the British Army revived the Northumbrian warpipes in the Northumberland Regiments.
They have two drones, like the Irish warpipes. The Highlanders have three drones.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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8 October 2010
13:1274217Altho' I belong the WI and therefore sometimes sing Jerusalem, I think Land of Hope and Glory would be an excellent choice, especially with Elgar's roots in E. Kent.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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8 October 2010
17:0674243bit of a tenuos link kath, as far as i can see his dad originated from dover but the composer was born and brought up in a worcestershire village.
Keith Sansum1
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8 October 2010
18:2674266Being an athletics fan I have to say when on the rostrum collecting gold medals, the athletes seem bemused by the anthem, which is very long.
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