HOUSE OF ENGLAND
www.houseofengland.org
President
Delphine Malone
619-435-3631
Vice-President &
Webmaster
Richard Steadham
619-501-8643
House of Pacific Relations
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
NEWSLETTER
JUNE 2011
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2 Vice-President &
Hosting Coordinator
Aileen Price
619-427-1403
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Secretary &
Newsletter
Frances Weekley
619-262-5512
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Treasurer
Melvin Weekley
619-262-5512
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday June 7, 2011 at 6:30 PM at the Hall of Nations.
LADIES’ AUXILIARY LUNCHEON: Wednesday June 8, 2011 - at 12:30PM in Hall of Nations. –
Hosted by the House of Spain.
MEMBER NEWS
Update on our change in organization status: No word yet from Graham McGruer if the HPR
Bylaws committee has approved our Bylaws that were submitted on Feb 5th. State of California
has accepted our Articles of Incorporation and we are now officially a California non-profit
corporation. Mel is now working on the IRS forms and waiting for feedback from the FTB.
May meeting minutes: These have been mailed or emailed with your newsletter to save time at
the next meeting. Please read so that they can be approved (with any corrections needed).
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HPR Delegates
Delphine Malone
Aileen Price
HPR Alternate delegates
Richard Steadham
Arya Zeighamnia
Trustee
Steve Gonzales
619-260-8176
Trustee
Arya Zeighamnia
619-584-7555
Membership
Hilda Branch
619-469-5807
Twig1@cox.net
Ex0fficio advisor
Bill Horlor
619-449-0265
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HPR 75 Anniversary Celebration: Saturday May 28 Come to Balboa Park for the celebration.
Parade line up starts at 9AM. Come join in the fun! We need members to march in the parade.
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Ethnic Fair: Sunday May 29 . Please bring your baked goodies (preferably individually wrapped)
to the cottage by 11AM and stay to help serve if possible.
HPR Lapel pins: Place your order fast for a commemorative pin. Only 30 ordered. Cost is $2.50
to members.
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Padres Game Multi-Cultural day at Petco Park: Saturday June 4 . Call Delphine for discount
tickets to the 5:30 game.
TV and DVD player in the cottage: Colour is excellent. Use the DVDs at the cottage (We have
an excellent one of the royal wedding) or bring your own to show off England on the screen
during the hosting hours!
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Food Handler Safety Training: Beth Connelly is teaching a class on May 26 in the Hall of
Nations 6:30 to 9:30 PM. (The HPR wants all hosts and hostesses to get the certificate eventually
in order to serve at the cottage).
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Monday evening Free Organ Concerts: First one is June 20 with House of Scotland‟s Pipe
Band featured. Starts 7:30PM.
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HOSTING AND HOSTESSING AT THE COTTAGE
Thank you to our volunteers.
Call our hosting chairperson, Aileen Price to volunteer for future dates. 619-427-1403
Commitment is from 12 noon to 4PM, providing light refreshments and milk (teabags and sugar are provided)
and chatting with the visitors. Donations are accepted for upkeep of the cottage.
NOTE: Rosie Lee Restaurant (Good English food) will give a discount to anyone purchasing food items for serving at the
cottage. Phone Lizzie Murray or email her at lizbairdmurray@gmail.com
May 1
Steve Gonzales
May 3 meeting Delphine
May 8
Roy and Eileen Ford
May 15
Nancy Riley with the Powell family
May 22
Betty Sinton, Dorothy Hoffman, Hilary Rowe
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May 28 HPR 75 Anniversary open
May 29 Ethnic Food Fair
ALL HANDS ON DECK
June 5
June 7 meeting
June 12
June 19
June 26
Steve Gonzales and Sharon Boskovich
Jean Harrison and daughter Sandra Gibson
Bill and Kathleen Horlor with Suzanne McLay
Jim and Jing Sharratt
Steve and Natalie Santorelli
NEW: See Delphine for a list of County Health Dept requirements for serving in the cottage. They will be
inspecting each week and we need to be in compliance.
Reminders from Delphine: When leaving the cottage, please make sure the surge protector red
light is on and the refrigerator is plugged in. Only plug one kettle into the surge protector bar. It is
acceptable to take $6 per host from the donations towards cost of milk and food- just let the Treasurer
know for accounting purposes.
Update on 75th Anniversary Mugs
There are mugs on display at the cottage. If a visitor donates to obtain one, please let Mel know when
turning in the donations money. You can also pick one up at the Tuesday meeting. All members are
encouraged to purchase some for themselves also. They are $8.00 each.
LATEST ROYALTY NEWS
Prince William seeks smooth ride at Trooping the Colour
Having “thoroughly enjoyed” his 10-day honeymoon with the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William is
looking forward to becoming acquainted with another close companion.
Rumour has it that the Duke of Cambridge is to ride a beautiful white horse called Wellesley at the
Trooping the Colour ceremony. It would be the first time that William has ridden at Trooping the
Colour, which marks the Queen‟s official birthday and is held in Horseguards Parade. He would wear
the same Irish Guards ceremonial uniform that he did at his wedding.
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House of England Nutrition Column
Suzanne McLay MS RD
They‟re Berrylicious!
I remember, as many of us Brits probably do, eating wild blackberries, unwashed, from a bush, cherries picked
ripe from a tree in a field and warm strawberries from my dad‟s garden….sigh! Nowadays, due to lack of
space and a black thumb, I‟m forced to buy them in small plastic containers at exorbitant prices from various
retail outlets. However, I would still rather buy these than a) go without or b) purchase some exotic berry juice
that is part of a pyramid scheme to get someone else rich!
However, even though they don‟t taste quite the same, berries of any description are the original
superfoods….full of antioxidants due to their dark colour, many have seeds on the outsides (extra fiber) and
they are low in calories. For example, 1 cup of raspberries weighs in at only 60 calories with 8.4 grams fibre
and nearly 50% of your Daily Value for vitamin C! Berries contain antioxidants, chemicals that protect us from
free radicals in the body, thought to contribute to wrinkles, cancer, and inflammation in the body.
So, find some berries at the supermarket and add them to your breakfast cereal, top with some fat free Greek
yogurt or use in salads or try this easy recipe if you feel in the mood to create in the kitchen…
Raspberry sauce
This sauce works as a topping or complement to all sorts of dishes, from pancakes and waffles at breakfast to
light ice cream or pound cake at night.
2 cups fresh or frozen unsweetened raspberries
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon Splenda
2
tablespoons berry liqueur (such as Chambord)
2 tablespoons orange juice
• Combine the ingredients in a blender or food processor and puree or pulse until well-blended.
• Serve as is if you don't mind seeds, or strain through a nonreactive sieve to remove seeds.
• Yield: 1 1/4 cups (5 servings of 1/4 cup each)
• Per serving: 60 calories, .5 g protein, 12 g carbohydrate, .3 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 2 g fiber, .6 mg
sodium. Calories from fat: 5%.
The cottage woodwork has been painted – yeah! – (Except the door and windows at the back were
somehow missed) and the ROSES are WONDERFUL!
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Special dates on the UK calendar for June
Coronation Day: gun salute- A 41-gun salute at 12 noon fired by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park,
London.
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, held June 2, 1953, was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch,
Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and
Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth ascended the thrones of these countries
upon the death of her father, the late King George VI on 6 February 1952, and was proclaimed queen by her various privy
and executive councils shortly afterward. The coronation, however, was held more than a year after the accession,
following the long-standing tradition that a joyous festival such as a coronation was inappropriate during the period of
mourning that followed the death of the preceding sovereign. In the coronation ceremony itself, Elizabeth swore an oath to
uphold the laws of her nations and, specifically for England, to govern the Church of England.
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We salute her as she completes her 59 year of fulfilling this oath.
Trooping of the Colour parade June 14, 2011
Trooping the colour originated from traditional preparations for battle
Colours, or flags, were carried, or „trooped‟ down the rank so that it could be seen and recognised by the soldiers.
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In the 18 century, guards from the Royal palaces assembled daily on Horse Guards to „troop the colours‟ and in 1748 it
was announced that the parade would also mark the Sovereign‟s official birthday.
The Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, first appeared mounted as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards in 1947, the first
Birthday Parade to be held after the Second World War.
In 1951, when King George VI fell ill, she deputised for him.
During her reign, the Queen has attended Trooping the Colour every year except 1955, when it was cancelled because of
the general strike.
In 1981, a teenager fired six blank shots in the direction of the Queen as she made her way along the Mall. Her horse was
startled, but the Queen managed to regain control and carried on.
After her horse, Burmese, was retired in 1986, the Queen decided that she would ride in a landau rather than train
another horse.
The Duke of Edinburgh continued riding until 2003.
The Queen‟s actual birthday was on April 21, when she turned 85.
Royal Ascot June 14-18
Ascot Racecourse was founded by Queen Anne in 1711. Each day begins with the Royal Procession - the arrival of The
Queen and the Royal party in horse-drawn landaus. The Royal Procession dates back to the 1820s and the reign of King
George IV. See those hats!
Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere) June 21.
The longest day of the year, when the Sun is at its most northern point in the sky. Due to Britain's northern
location, the sun rises around 4:30 a.m. and doesn't set until 9:30 p.m. on this day.
Wimbledon Tennis Championships June 20 to July 3
One of the four great world tennis championships and the only one which is played on grass.
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Cockney Rhyming Slang:
submitted by Neil Aldridge
If you ever overheard a Londoner saying something as ridiculous as;
'Barman, give me two Aris of pigs, a pint of Nelson and don't tell the Duchess I
was in the nuclear; she thinks I went up the frog to have a butchers at a jam. If I
come home Brahms again, we'll have a right bull'
you might think they had missed some of their medication; however what you're really hearing is a
form of slang common in the east end of London and which has in the last twenty years or so started
to be appreciated by a wider audience.
It works by replacing the common word with a phrase of two or three words, and then in almost all
cases, omitting the original rhyming word, making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to
unfamiliar listeners. The most frequently cited example, although it is almost never said by current
users, involves the replacement of "stairs" with the rhyming "apples and pears"; following the usual
pattern of omission this would then be used only as "apples". Thus the spoken phrase "I'm going up
the apples" would indicate "I'm going ['up the stairs'/'upstairs']". Hence the gibberish with which we
started would more fully be expressed as:
'Barman, give me two Aris(totles) of pigs (ear), a pint of Nelson (Mandela) and don't tell The Duchess
(of Fife) I was in the nuclear (sub): she thinks I went up the frog (and toad) to have a butcher's (hook)
at a jam (jar). If I come home Brahms (and Liszt), we will have a right bull (and cow)' and hence mean
'Barman, give me two bottles of beer and a pint of Stella and do not tell my wife I
was in the pub as she thinks I have gone up the road to take a look at a car. If I
come home again drunk, we will have a big row to those in the know.
In similar fashion, "telephone" is indicated by "dog" (= 'dog-and-bone'); "wife" by "trouble" (= 'trouble &
strife'); "eyes" by "minces" (= 'mince pies'); "wig" by "syrup" (= 'syrup of fig"), and "feet" by "plates" (=
'plates of meat'). Thus, someone might say: "It nearly knocked me off me plates: he was wearing a
syrup! So I got straight on the dog to me trouble, and said I couldn't believe me minces...".
Rhyming slang is believed to have originated in the mid-19th century in the east end of
London, dating from around 1840 among the predominantly Cockney population of the East End of
London who are well-known for having a characteristic accent and speech patterns. An 1859
dictionary included a "Glossary of the Rhyming Slang", the first known such work, which included
later mainstays such as "Frog and toad, the main road" and "Apples and pears, stairs", as well as
many that later grew more obscure, eg. "Duke of York, take a walk", and "Top of Rome, home". It
remains a matter of speculation whether rhyming slang was a linguistic accident, a game, or a
code developed intentionally to confuse non-locals. If deliberate, it may also have been used to
maintain a sense of community. It is possible that it was used in the marketplace to allow vendors to
talk amongst themselves in order to facilitate collusion, without customers knowing what they were
saying. Another suggestion is that it may have been used by criminals to confuse the police.
The region in which "Cockneys" are thought to reside is not clearly defined. A common thought is
that in order to be a Cockney, one must have been born within earshot of the Bow Bells.
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