Tuesday 11 December 2012

Britain's treasures will no longer be ours if we get independance

       Last night we watched a wonderful program about Westminster Abbey. 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p694q/Westminster_Abbey_Episode_1/
Afterwards we agreed it made us proud to be British. Then, my husband said
 "This is what we will lose if Scotland becomes independent. We will lose our British heritage". 
      In our early working years we left Britain in disgust and went to Canada. Britain was in turmoil. There were strikes all the time, only so many hours of electricity a day, the 3 day week etc. Canada was wonderful in comparison
     But after 2 years and much agonising  we returned.. Again it was a television program that decided us. The program was from the UK and was called something like 'Britain's Treasures'. It showed quite beautifully - British history and culture and we realised that we missed all of  that and  we still wanted to be part of it. 
      So we came back to Britain, to Scotland, where are fathers have lived for as many generations as we can trace backwards. We are proud of Scotland with it's castles and scenery and it's National Museums and Galleries here in Edinburgh. 
     But we are also proud of Britain and all things British, such as Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament and The Tower of London and Buckingham Palace and the British  Museum and the National Gallery and all the other wonderful galleries in London etc etc etc.
     Now Alex Salmond and his SNP are trying to take that all away from us



     

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