Upon Saint Crispin's Day

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Re: Upon Saint Crispin's Day

#21 Post by glad rag » Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:41 pm

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Re: Upon Saint Crispin's Day

#22 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sat Dec 12, 2015 2:39 am

Fred Housego, the Cabbie who won Mastermind, was Angela Rippon's 'Phone a Friend' when she played celebrity 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'

The question she had to consult him on was 'When is St Crispin's Day?'

He said April. She went with that,and lost.







Fred Housego was born on October 25th.

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Re: Upon Saint Crispin's Day

#23 Post by admin » Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:01 am

Just heard a snippet of Non Nobis Domine on a radio and had to go and listen to the whole thing. The legend is that Henry V had this sung in recognition of God having fought on the side of the English at Agincourt.

[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1GDRx-F1C0[/bbvideo]

With the King carrying a dead boy through the battlefield must be one of the most emotive war scenes ever.

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