Gibraltar National Day!
Today is National Day in TheEye’s home of Gibraltar.
Every year on the 10th of September Gibraltar celebrates the 1967 referendum when, with a massive majority, the people voted to reject annexation by Spain. The result itself was 12,138 votes to 44 in a truly North Korean 99% rout for the enemy within. Franco wasn’t pleased about the whole thing and in a hissy fit he closed the border for 16 years….which had the advantage of keeping thousands of dirty Spaniards out of the place for a while.
The day is a public holiday (with the Bank Holiday being next Monday), and most Gibraltarians get involved by wearing the national colours of red and white; and celebrate at street parties, barbeques and concerts. There is a political rally in one of the two main squares in the morning followed by a civic rally in the other one. This will end with the release of 30,000 red and white balloons representing the number of people of Gibraltar.
Political statements about the day have already been issued by the three Party leaders: the statesman, the fat whining one and the other one you always forget. So the speeches on the day can be safely ignored and it will only be the new Mayor Julio Alcantara who is likely to have anything original to say. And even then, not so much. It’s not that sort of occasion.
Most importantly calentita will be eaten, beer and wine will be drunk, and TheEye will forget his trials and problems of the last month or so to celebrate properly.
And above all we will celebrate the fact that the flag of Spain will never fly over Gibraltar.
Happy National Day 2011
A VERY HAPPY NATIONAL GIBRALTAR DAY TO YOU EYE!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 😎 🙂 😎 🙂 😎
Have a blast!
I am raising a toast to you and all Gibraltars (if the plural is correct?) on this grand occasion! 😛 😛 😛
Many, many congratulations Eye .. I hope you & all other Gibraltarians have a fabulous National Day ..Â
Gibraltar .. British since 1704 .. and long may it remain so ..
Per Mare Per Terram ..
“keeping thousands of dirty Spaniards out of the place for a while” LOLs
Hope you had a good one ASE.
Enjoy it Eye and shut the border again for a while, you know it makes sense!
Cheers, my glass is raised to all of you there!
Belated glass raised to you, ASE, and all those other fine Gibs! Â
The dagos are still bitter! There was Spanish Navy officer on exchange with the RN who has been pulled from the most recent ship to sail for Libya. Not because Libya is a bad place, but because the ship will be pulling into dear old Gib to celebrate Trafalgar Night.  I for one would not miss it for the world!!
Love the place, had to leave rather quickly once due to an unfortunate/fortunate episode regarding finding twenty kilo’s of hashish on Eastern Beach. Border was closed at the time so it made it quite hairy. Long story and one ive always said I would write down. Maybe one day. lol
Ive said to the wife for years that i’d show her the cave I slept in ,but we never seem to have the money . Happy Gib Day All.SE