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British Culture

British Culture. By Brianna Jones. Food . There are wide and varied cuisine in Britain today. No more do they suffer meals of grey boiled meat! Some of the great chefs now come from Britain. (I kid you not!) In the past British cooking was amongst the best in the world. . Food.

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British Culture

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  1. BritishCulture By Brianna Jones

  2. Food • There are wide and varied cuisine in Britain today. • No more do they suffer meals of grey boiled meat! • Some of the great chefs now come from Britain. (I kid you not!) • In the past British cooking was amongst the best in the world.

  3. Food Roast beef Fish n Chips Sausages Yorkshire pudding

  4. Clothing • They wear very much the same as any other modern western society - ranging from Jeans and Tee shirts to full business suits for office work. • They wear heavy overcoats or anoraks for cold wintry weather to raincoats and umbrellas, for weather rain.

  5. Music • Andrew Lloyd-Webber • The Beatles • The Rolling Stones • Elton John • David Bowie • Rod Stewart • Freddie Mercury • Sting

  6. The Royal Family Fact • There has not been a Queen of England since 1603. Elizabeth I was the last ever King or Queen of England. • From 1603, the monarch has been known as either the Monarch Great Britain or of the United Kingdom.

  7. Special Holidays • 1 March, St. David's Day, is the national day of Wales. • 17 March, St. Patrick's Day, is the national day of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. • 23 April, St. George's Day, is the national day of England. • 30 November, St. Andrew's Day, is the national day of Scotland.

  8. Sports of Britain • Cricket • Football • Rugby • Netball • Polo • Rowing • Boxing Day hunt

  9. Dancing • Morris Dancing is a traditional English form of folk dancing. It has been danced for hundreds of years. The dances are usually performed at festivals such as May Day, Whitsun and Christmas.

  10. Flag • It is called the Union Flag because it symbolises the administrative union of the countries of the United Kingdom. It is made up of three other Flags. • From England, Scotland and of Northern Ireland.

  11. Map of Britain

  12. Famous People of Britain • William Shakespeare • Agatha Christie • J. R. Tolkien • Charles Dickens • Winston Churchill • Isaac Newton • Queen Elizabeth 1 • David Beckham

  13. Royal Coat of Arms

  14. Old British Currency • Farthings • Halfpence • Pence • Thruppence • Shilling • Florin • Crown

  15. My Favourite Moment in British Hisorty • The Spanish sailed towards England to attack. • They were met by a collection of English vessels. • English set fireships adrift. • The two fleets met in battle off Gravelines. The English emerged victorious. • It was then a succession of storms scattered the Spanish ships, resulting in heavy losses. By the time the tattered Armada returned to Spain, it had lost half its ships and three-quarters of its men.

  16. The End

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