tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post9083820703813625050..comments2023-05-26T08:42:08.911+01:00Comments on notmyopinion: 11th NightPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551433393657324982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-10200465313315931182007-07-26T17:37:00.000+01:002007-07-26T17:37:00.000+01:00I was thousands of miles away and missed it all - ...I was thousands of miles away and missed it all - some were huge for about a month before! Never mind on the actual night. I hear the 12th went off without incident though - which is great! <BR/><BR/>I've had 38 degree heat in my two and a half week mission trip... And as I landed in Belfast it rained! Typical...Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482687493950331137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-75808357283747740022007-07-21T00:01:00.000+01:002007-07-21T00:01:00.000+01:00It's all part of the 12th July celebrations, when ...It's all part of the <I>12th</I> July celebrations, when protestants celebrate a protestant King (who the Pope wanted to win) beating a catholic King (who the Pope wanted to lose), back on <I>1st</I> July 1690.<BR/><BR/>It was about the replacement of the Stuart "divine right of Kings to rule" monarchy with a constitutional monarchy. It was about preventing the French from dominating too much of Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551433393657324982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10254780.post-12519718276907680632007-07-16T22:04:00.000+01:002007-07-16T22:04:00.000+01:00Is there a particular reason for these bonfires? O...Is there a particular reason for these bonfires? Or just general pyromaniac behaviour? Did you set anything ablaze?<BR/><BR/>We have similar fires about this time in British Columbia... we call them wild fires and most people don't actually enjoy them. You know how it is - someone always has to complain when they are evacuated from their home. Bunch of cry babies I say!Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159182923606464542noreply@blogger.com