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Default I thiought the opening ceremony was meant to make you feel proudto be British

On Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:23:06 AM UTC+1, Terry Fields wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: Instead of cringingly ashamed.. It appeared to be the history of a country that was agrarian, then industrial. Germany undertook much property redevelopment at one point. Then an event called the Empire Windrush happened and now the population's changed from all white to majority black, or so it would seem. Popular music is now the economic powerhouse. The NHS and Great Ormond Street Hospital appeared to have something to do with the transition though it's unclear what their role was. Some winged bicycles appeared, and an old bloke sang an old song. The great and the good spoke, then it all sort of fizzled out. Terry Field