July 4, is not a great day in British history does it bother them too ?
(probably yes.)
I was in London, July 4th, 1976 and the still seemed a bit bothered by it.
My son has lived in the London area of England,for 30 years. When son was here not long after living in London, he bought a stainless steel Weber charcoal closed top smoker here and the company shipped it to England for him. No Texan can live without a barbecue setup and being stainless steel, it will last a very long time.
Every July 4, he invites other American friends of his living there, to come to his house and has a barbecue in his backyard to celebrate US independence from England.
One place where he lived, on his 4th of July celebration barbecue, the English neighbors on one side, complained about the smell of meat barbecuing. In this country, neighbors would like the perfume of barbecuing meat, but not the dull English.
Meat butchers there don't cut beef in a way for barbecuing. Son went to a butcher and explained how he wanted a piece of beef cut. The butcher did it but was confused why anyone would want beef cut that way. After son barbecued that beef, he took some to the butcher and the butcher was amazed at the taste and tenderness of the meat.
The English have a lot to learn.