9:43am Saturday 24th April 2010
THE Archbishop of York was flying the flag for St George’s Day when he hosted a Kwik Cricket match at his home.
Dr John Sentamu wanted to celebrate the saint’s day by inviting Year Six pupils from the Archbishop of York Junior School to play at his home, Bishopthorpe Palace, where the English flag was displayed.
The youngsters made gingerbread biscuits and were each given a miniature St George’s cross.
The archbishop, who was this week made an Ambassador of the city at the York Tourism Awards, this week urged people to “rejoice in the land that we live in”.
“Though I am Ugandan by birth, I am proud to live in England and wave the flag of St George,” he said. He said he was shocked by a recent report which found that only ten per cent of people would be happy to fly the national flag. “To be patriotic is to appreciate, and be grateful for, all that is valuable in the country you live in,” he said.
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