[Dac]

At least in this age of TV on demand there is still stuff to watch on the telly. I remember when Princess Diana died there seemed to be nothing but royal tributes on the telly for about a week, even the radio stations were only playing somber music for an age.

On the days on Princess Di’s funeral I went climbing - I have never seen the Roaches so busy!

[Offwidth]

And now all football has been cancelled for the weekend, including for my 10 year old daughter. The last 3 stages of the Tour of Britain. It strikes me that everyone will cancel everything, but not because they feel they should. It's fear of being accused of being disrespectful. I liked the Queen, but I don't intend to spend the weekend doing fuck all.

Don't you realise enjoying yourself or having fun is disrespectful? Subjects are only permitted to watch the news and go to work during national mourning it seems...

Theresa May (yes her) showed how it can be done... BBC news lunchtime Parliamentary coverage from around 12.45pm today. It was so unexpected it broke the newsreel (which went into a brief repreated looping at around 12.50).

[Oldmanmatt]

At least in this age of TV on demand there is still stuff to watch on the telly. I remember when Princess Diana died there seemed to be nothing but royal tributes on the telly for about a week, even the radio stations were only playing somber music for an age.

On the days on Princess Di’s funeral I went climbing - I have never seen the Roaches so busy!

I was skippering a yacht in Turkey. No internet or international TV. I was wondering around the Marina in Marmaris and several people who knew I was British kept offering me condolences, I had no idea why. Remained quite confused until I did the weekly phone call to my parents (in a phone booth, with coins) a couple of days later.
I kinda miss being able to get away from that sort of stuff…

[Will Hunt]

And now all football has been cancelled for the weekend, including for my 10 year old daughter. The last 3 stages of the Tour of Britain. It strikes me that everyone will cancel everything, but not because they feel they should. It's fear of being accused of being disrespectful. I liked the Queen, but I don't intend to spend the weekend doing fuck all.

Don't you realise enjoying yourself or having fun is disrespectful? Subjects are only permitted to watch the news and go to work during national mourning it seems...

Theresa May (yes her) showed how it can be done... BBC news lunchtime Parliamentary coverage from around 12.45pm today. It was so unexpected it broke the newsreel (which went into a brief repreated looping at around 12.50).

Thanks for this. 12:48.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001bv1m

[andy popp]

Five minutes of politely interested conversation with colleagues at lunch today (and Danes generally really quite like royalty). But poor Queen Margrethe II was meant to be celebrating her Covid delayed Golden Jubilee this weekend - not sure if that will now go ahead. Understandable really ...

... but why on earth is a children's football match being cancelled?

[A Jooser]

No reason, as made clear in the official National Mourning Guidance on 'The Demise of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II'...

There is no expectation on the public or organisations to observe specific behaviours during the mourning period...
There is no obligation on organisations to suspend business...
There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures, or close entertainment venues
during the National Mourning period...

We'll all just have to go to the rugby instead - https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rugby-union-to-go-ahead

[Bonjoy]

At least in this age of TV on demand there is still stuff to watch on the telly. I remember when Princess Diana died there seemed to be nothing but royal tributes on the telly for about a week, even the radio stations were only playing somber music for an age.

On the days on Princess Di’s funeral I went climbing - I have never seen the Roaches so busy!

I was skippering a yacht in Turkey. No internet or international TV. I was wondering around the Marina in Marmaris and several people who knew I was British kept offering me condolences, I had no idea why. Remained quite confused until I did the weekly phone call to my parents (in a phone booth, with coins) a couple of days later.
I kinda miss being able to get away from that sort of stuff…

Whilst I was serving at a baked potato van at Chatsworth Country Show. Remember it well. A minutes silence was announced on the PA system and everyone duly stopped talking... everyone except for the horsey lady in front of me trying to get a tuna mayo jacket, who got ever more irate as I continued to meet her requests with a blank stare
The heavens then opened and flooded the show ground and it took an age for everyone to file out through a foot of brown water and worms, despite most vehicles being 4x4s of one sort or another.

[cwaddy]

 quote... I was skippering a yacht in Turkey. No internet or international TV. I was wondering around the Marina in Marmaris and several people who knew I was British kept offering me condolences, I had no idea why. Remained quite confused until I did the weekly phone call to my parents (in a phone booth, with coins) a couple of days later.
I kinda miss being able to get away from that sort of stuff…

Was this just condolences for being British? Or did they somehow know before anyone else?

[SA Chris]

I did notice the IFSC haven't cancelled Edinburgh. So that's something to keep us entertained!

Great North Run not cancelled either.

[Bradders]

Glad it's not just me that finds the cancellation of everything bizarre. I simply can't understand how continuing with anything is disrespectful. Unless it was some sort of "I hate the Queen" party!

Then again I've never understood these kind of national events, I.e. things that we're told affect everyone but really have absolutely zero impact on your life unless you purposely make it so. I don't like being told when I'm allowed to have fun / feel sad / whatever.

[Oldmanmatt]

quote... I was skippering a yacht in Turkey. No internet or international TV. I was wondering around the Marina in Marmaris and several people who knew I was British kept offering me condolences, I had no idea why. Remained quite confused until I did the weekly phone call to my parents (in a phone booth, with coins) a couple of days later.
I kinda miss being able to get away from that sort of stuff…

Was this just condolences for being British? Or did they somehow know before anyone else?

Nah, I think it was the day after it actually happened.

[Nails]

Thankfully lots of things still seem to be going ahead. Those who have cancelled are probably thinking they jumped too quick and are now pondering the viability of Uncancelling. I suspect a lot of "climbing types" resent the basic concept of being told what to do, and I guess I fit that mould. The last 2 years have seen a great many things cancelled particularly for children. I think we should be a bit slower to cancel everything. Would the Queen really have found great solace in the knowledge that nobody did anything for 10 days following her death.

[gme]

If you strongly don't like things being cancelled and don't like being told what to do will you not be taking the offer of a free bank holiday for the funeral nor the one next year for the coronation then.

[edshakey]

If you strongly don't like things being cancelled and don't like being told what to do will you not be taking the offer of a free bank holiday for the funeral nor the one next year for the coronation then.

If my work says nobody is working one day next week because it's the funeral, I'm not going to push to work on my own. Being opposed to cancellations shouldn't mean I have to go out of my way to work when told to have the day off. The idea that I should want to work just as much as I want to see football/cycling/running/TV shows etc would be bizarre.

Given the choice, I'd happily have taken no cancellations and no day off for the funeral. However they have cancelled stuff so I'll take the bank holiday. Fortunately I'm in a job where I can benefit from that - I feel bad for people who had their marathons cancelled on Sunday and then will still have to work in hospitality/healthcare/emergency services, etc, over the bank holiday.

[Dac]

"If you strongly don't like things being cancelled and don't like being told what to do will you not be taking the offer of a free bank holiday for the funeral nor the one next year for the coronation then."

A extra day off every 70 years?

-Bows deeply and tugs forelock-
"God bless you your majesty, we common folk don't deserve the likes of you"

[gme]

I was being facetious. I think it’s stupid we are cancelling stuff. Just I had a conversation with someone today who was pissed of the footy was cancelled but in the same sentence was over the moon to be having his work cancelled for the day of the funeral.

 

[Dac]

My apologies GME: 24 hours of rolling media coverage of what a bedrock of the entire nation and dedicated public servant Lizzie was has put me on something of a hair trigger.

My daughter informs me that at school today she was subjected to an 90 minute assembly about how great the queen was: she tells me she would have preferred the maths lesson it replaced.

[Nails]

Obviously Gavin, we rebel against the bits we choose and lap up the bits we're ok with. All part of being a massive overgrown teen-ager. Guilty as charged. Though being self-employed I could live without a bank-holiday. To be honest it's the kids stuff getting cancelled that grates. I'm struggling to see why they're not playing sport tomorrow on account of the Queen dying.

[edshakey]

I was being facetious. I think it’s stupid we are cancelling stuff. Just I had a conversation with someone today who was pissed of the footy was cancelled but in the same sentence was over the moon to be having his work cancelled for the day of the funeral.

Yep like Dac, I was too ready to get on the defensive to spot that!

My daughter informs me that at school today she was subjected to an 90 minute assembly about how great the queen was: she tells me she would have preferred the maths lesson it replaced.

I'd think the same in her position, although I imagine a good number of kids were thrilled to miss the maths in favour of literally anything else. It's a shame the funeral may also mean a whole day off school, far from an effective use of time - as well as the sports clubs etc being missed this weekend

[Oldmanmatt]

My partner has been informed that all school staff shall wear black for 12 days and present “a suitable image of mourning” to the pupils.

 



Perks of a Church school (combined Catholic/CoE) with a religious zealot, ahemm, I meant “very devout”, Head.

[seankenny]

(combined Catholic/CoE)

What? Do 500 years of blood soaked history mean nothing to these people?!

Obviously this sounds awful, and as an aside I hate the association of religious schools with academic rigour and the secular with laxity.

[BrutusTheBear]

From twitter:

My son has locked himself in the bathroom and I'm almost certain he's masturbating. Disgusting. Especially at a time like this.

[TobyD]

(combined Catholic/CoE)

What? Do 500 years of blood soaked history mean nothing to these people?!

Obviously this sounds awful, and as an aside I hate the association of religious schools with academic rigour and the secular with laxity.

Is that the blood soaked history of the British Empire, or the blood soaked history of the Catholic Church?

[SA Chris]

She rolled by yesterday within 100m of my house, still not sure if I was glad to be away for the weekend or not.

[SamT]

Stu Allen.... 

https://www.manchesterworld.uk/news/people/stu-allen-manchester-dance-music-legend-and-key-103-dj-dies-following-cancer-battle-3853660

Used to be an avid listener to his Key 103 shows in Manchester in the mid 90s.  Even have some on cassette still.
He was even playing my fave track of the time for my 3 seconds of Youtube Fame at Vibalite.
https://youtu.be/a-OyrEJpO5U?t=1502

I'll slip "Bass Reaction" by Technophobia on the decks tonight in memory.

Rave on Stu