A British Tradition

[XFool]

Is it time the annual disappointments known as 'Winter Wonderlands' was recognised for what it is: a Great British Tradition?

BBC

[PinkDalek]

Were?

[scotia]

Were?

Get Thee Off to the Pedants Page

[scotia]

Get Thee Off to the Pedants Page

And you will really earn such a fate if you quibble about my missing apostrophe

[XFool]

Were?

I would argue there is only one "Tradition", however may instances of annual disappointment there are.

So there!

[XFool]

...or is this a 'tense issue'?

[CryptoPlankton]

...or is this a 'tense issue'?

I doubt it, people are generally fairly relaxed around here
BINK!

[Breelander]

Is it time the annual disappointments known as 'Winter Wonderlands' was recognised for what it is: a Great British Tradition?

The Great British Tradition is queuing - disappointment is normally to be found once you reach the end, so 'Winter Wonderlands' are just one specific case...

[scotia]

The Great British Tradition is queuing

I seem to remember my (late) parents saying that queuing was officially introduced at the beginning of WW2. Apparently there was some regulation published that required an orderly queue to form if there were more than a few people waiting.
I agree that it is now a Great British Tradition, but is less than 100 years old. I remember my elder sister on a holiday to Europe in the '50s complaining that these foreigners didn't seem to know how to form a queue!

[XFool]

The Great British Tradition is queuing

I seem to remember my (late) parents saying that queuing was officially introduced at the beginning of WW2. Apparently there was some regulation published that required an orderly queue to form if there were more than a few people waiting.
I agree that it is now a Great British Tradition, but is less than 100 years old. I remember my elder sister on a holiday to Europe in the '50s complaining that these foreigners didn't seem to know how to form a queue!

Nah. Queuing was a Great British Tradition; but I personally noted its demise some time in the late 1970s, at least as far as queuing at bus stops in London goes.