waterloo blue
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Probably knowing the old man,do the walks still go on in Ashton on Sunday.The cookie monster said:
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Whit Friday
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I think so matewaterloo blue said:Probably knowing the old man,do the walks still go on in Ashton on Sunday.The cookie monster said:Just been past broadoak hotel matewaterloo blue said:When I was a kid this meant new clobber from Woods on Stamford St. in Ashton and people pressing money in your hands,which my dad would exchange for pints of bitter in the Assheton Arms and occasionally get us an R.Whites and a bag of crisp.
Manchester's whit walks were always a week later than Ashton's.
Stage is getting erected for the band tonight,actually gets pretty busy round there
Oh and i remember woods,didnt you pay on the tick in there?
Remember years ago it use to start at cedar park up hurst cross or on the market.
york away to this!
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Kenney_The_Blue said:95% of you on here won't know what this is, for the 5%,
have a good day :)
...the 95% must be half whits...
another generation said:Completely confused by this. Always thought that Whit/Pentecost was a set number of weekends after Easter. Should therefore have been last weekend, as it was in other countries, including here. Is it just the UK that has moved Whit, presumably because of other bank holidays earlier in May?
Whit Sunday was last weekend, Whit Friday follows it.
Went last year, still an excellent day.
Challenger1978
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BoyBlue_1985 said:Does this mean that not every child is dragged to this and bored to death year on year then
Whit Monday every year for me as kid involved meeting up with 30+ cousins and my 9 Aunties and uncles on my mams side plus there wife's an husbands. Then we would follow the marches around town while the parents all got pissed in every pub along the way. While the kids would play pool or piss about on the machines (slot/arcade) or tried to get the guy at the front of the marches to throw his stick thing in the air or do some kind trick with if . At the end of the day we would end up normally in the Bank of England or the Mitchell Arms in Ancoats.
My gran also used to live right in the middle of those two pubs and used to do a big fuck of buffy in her living room. So you would run from one pub to my grans for a feed to another pub and then back again.
Other than the above which i loved as a kid I've no fucking idea what whit Monday, whit Friday or any of the other whit days is actually about except its a bit religious.
CTID1988 said:I remember almost going to this when i was a kid, i think the weather might of been shit so we didnt. Thank god. Ive just read about it and, im sorry, but its shit
Your family didn't do it right.
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I love Whit Friday, hope the weather stays good so i can spend all afternoon and evening watching the bands in Stalybridge.
another generation
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Ta. Always awkward when there's a Friday, both before and some days after the weekend!siwright said:Whit Sunday was last weekend, Whit Friday follows it.another generation said:Completely confused by this. Always thought that Whit/Pentecost was a set number of weekends after Easter. Should therefore have been last weekend, as it was in other countries, including here. Is it just the UK that has moved Whit, presumably because of other bank holidays earlier in May?
Kenney_The_Blue
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2 hours then i'll be out on the piss in good old mossley then uppermill!