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Monday, August 30, 2010

Icons of Englishness



I read about a survey of icons of Englishness which suggested the top twelve icons of England were:-


Stonehenge
Blake's 'Jerusalem'
Holbein's Portrait of Henry VIII
The King James Bible
Punch and Judy
A cup of tea
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Spitfire
SS Windrush
The Angel of the North
The F A Cup
The Routemaster Bus



The Yellow Pages also did a survey and came up with these Seven Wonders of Great Britain:-
Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
Windsor Castle
Stonehenge
York Minster
The Eden Project
Hadrian's Wall
The London Eye

Helen, Ian and I had a think about these and added a few more worth considering. (Please note we were concentrating on England only, though Ian was quick to suggest broadening it to include Scotch Whisky!).


A red pillar box
Peter Rabbit
A Pint
A Cottage Garden
Penny Farthing
Penny Black
Bowler Hat and Umbrella
Fish and Chips
The White Cliffs of Dover
Tower Bridge
The Millennium Dome
Wimbledon Tennis
Glastonbury
A Cricket Ball
The Flying Scotsman
St Paul's Cathedral
The Rocket
The Last Night of the Proms
Strawberries and Cream
Rain
Cider
The British Museum
The Bodleian Library
Driving on the left
A Rolls Royce
English Apples
Darwin's Origin of Species
Blackpool tower
Wellington Boots
Mistletoe
Lulworth Cove
Wordsworth's Grave
Ashness Bridge
Trafalgar Square
A Red Telephone Box
A Robin
An Oak tree






What would be your icon representing England? Would it be one of the above or something different?





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