Signs In Shops In England

Samizdata.net ^ | 09/11/02 | Perry de Havilland

[Gumlegs]

Pubs, ladies fashion stores, restaurants, banks, cafes, mobile phone stores, boutiques, gift shops...

If you are looking for the real England, you will not find it in the pages of the Guardian, but rather on the high streets and in the shop windows.

I have just got back from lunch and what I saw on the King's Road in Chelsea, here in London, amazed me. There is no law requiring it, no government departments 'encouraging' it loudly, yet shop after shop are displaying signs saying words to the effects of "At 1:46 pm to day, we will be observing two minutes silence in remembrance of the atrocities on September 11^th of last year in the United States." Others are expressing memorial sentiments, still others just displaying small American flags. No doubt these signs will all be gone by this evening, but they are there now.

Some signs are hand written by shop managers, others were clearly printed by a head office... but the signs are there and they come not from above, passed down from the salons of the chattering classes, but from below, from the true heart of England.

There is indeed an Anglosphere and it is very, very real.

[thucydides]

Thanks for the great quote from the Bard.

[MotleyGirl70]

Great post. Thanks!

[Gumlegs]

You're quite welcome. I suspect he didn't have as much trouble with his formatting, though.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Thanks and may God bless and protect both our great nations in the days ahead.

[Jonah Hex]

"God bless 'em, everyone..."

[BenLurkin]

May the English, by God's grace, have the liberty as free persons.

[cardinal4]

No problem!

[TEXASPROUD]

Thanks for the great post. A big cheer also for the Royal Marines and 22nd SAS.

[sparkydragon]

It really is good to know that people in the world respect the loss of life that occured one year ago. Thank you UK.

sparky

[Conservative4Ever]

Thank you for sharing the pictures. Thank you Britian for standing with us.

Red

[Petronski]

How very kind. I see the 'special relationship' is thriving. And thank you for providing this glimpse into their sympathetic hearts.

[Charles Martel]

Thanks for this post, it is nice to see such an outpouring of support, again.

Last year, I was so red-faced with fury over the attacks that I could barely feel sadness over the great loss. Then, I sat and watched the very moving tribute from the British people, filmed in front of Buckingham Palace.

When I saw that stiff British upper lip begin to quiver, man, that just tore me up. Many, many thanks to our friends across the Atlantic.

[Right Wing Professor]

Thank you for posting this. Rule, Britannia!

[aculeus]

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[Alamo-Girl]

Buuuuump!

[ppaul]

FYInspiration

[baseballfanjm]

Very good post.

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you.

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for ping.......and, BUMP!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Signs In Shops In England

Excellent. The British are our good Allies.....our BEST Allies!

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