to expect the Orange Parade to start at a reasonable hour................

[stoppinattwo]

and not at 7.30 am like it has!!!!

Im here enjoying a nice quite hour in work, before the shoite hits the fan at 9 ish, and all i can hear outside my window is drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr drrrrrrrrrrr drrrrrrrr

It sounds like there is disney parade going on outside not too bad actually!!!

much better for all the nut jobs to get it out of the way early so that they can get to the pub

what's an orange parade?

i think you are being unreasonable to think that an orange 'parade' is OK at any time of the day.

YABU

if you think that they are ok at ANY hour of the day

skirmish....Orange Parade, is Protestant march, done on the 12th of July every year

Tis quite entertaining actually, there are now loads of different bands outside and they have fantastic costumes on. must have gone to a lot of trouble

DS........... didnt notice any burning car tyres

would you still put a smiley face on if it was the KKK?

(hey I know! lets have a parade to celebrate killing catholics! YEAH!)

the smile was because I was explaining what the march was about, so as not to sound patronising. If you think Im smiling about what happened then thats your problem

ND

It is hardly SAT's fault.

It is ancient history that some people have problems letting go of. If they want to dress up like prats and show themselves up, then let them.

Personally I feel that Catholic areas in NI should put up huge banners with the words.

"Catholics of Northern Ireland. Welcome the Orange Order."

That would soon put a stop to some of the secterian nonsense that is present on both sides of the ridiculous divide.

They paraded in Liverpool at the weekend too. I had to walk past them to get to the museum and the atmosphere was not pleasant .

"Catholics of Northern Ireland. Welcome the Orange Order."

Fantastic idea!

thanks stoppin - feel like a right thicko over here! and, fwiw - didn't come across as patronising at all!

Our family are all actually Roman Catholic.............I dont have a problem with the parade, as LGJ says it is history. My problem was the time at which it started.

ie 7.30am

I'd be peed off with the parade stating so bloody early too! Whereabouts are you stoppin? I'm in L'pool too, no sign of marchers here.

am in Bootle BVVB by the Strand

just saw your post LGJ , thanks you understood me.

I like the ideas of the banners.

knows my opinions on Orange parades are definitely not reasonable, so refrains from responding in a ranting Republican manner :-)

they are all off to southport aren't they?

where do you work by the strand?[nosy]

i used to work just past there-next to the funny little pub.

do the taxi drivers still do their parde with the ballonns, taking the kids to southport?

I used to work in the 7 storey oppposit HB college, but we have just moved around the corner. Yeah they are on their way up to Lulu in s'port.

you where bouts r u now in Lpool TMJ??

manchester