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I remember Empire Day at primary school and marching round with our flags and singing special hymns (can't remember what they were now) but I don't remember getting a holiday. I went to grammar school in 1952 and we didn't celebrate it there.

Empire Day - 24th May - I went to grammar school in the early fifties - never remember having a day off though!

ah nice to see some remember Empire day. :-)

It was a big day at our schools in the N.East England. We dressed up in national costumes, someone was always Brittania, I was chosen one time to be a Welsh girl AnninC ...and for weeks we rehearsed 'stirring heroic songs' and dances.
Then the Mayor would announce that we all had the afternoon off :-D ....happy innocent days

Ours were church of England schools too Ann....strange some celebrated and some didn't :-S..but as you say it was probably different boroughs throughout.

Mau xx

we only celebrated St David's Day - lots of Welsh songs of course and Welsh Hats and cloth caps

There.ll always be an England and England will be free, if England means as much to you as England means to me.

The empire too, what does it mean to you......

Happy days

Mau so happy you found others who remember
Empire Day :-D :-D
Knew you wouldn't let it rest :-D

Emma :-)

I'm in the north east too Mau. Maybe we were the only ones to get the afternoon off!!

Kath. x

I was at school in South Wales and we celebrated it at both Junior and Senior school.

It was the day when we all (children in Wales) sent special messages to children in the Empire, and then we had a half-day. By the time it became Commonwealth Day I had moved to Somerset, where it wasn't celebrated.

Think you would have approved of the hat I made Ann, tall black stovepipe with white lace (doyley lol) around the brim :-)

Emma :-P :-D <3

Hi Kathleen maybe :-D and maybe because we were good ;-)

Harry yes :-D and my favourite 'Rose of England' happy days indeed

edit: and Andy's mum.... another... I is a happy girl :-D