Dragon-slaying re-enactment gets the chop; ST GEORGE'S DAY: Lack of money halts ceremony in city that claims link to England's patron saint.(News)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: March 24, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: By Jenny Waddington

ST GEORGE'S DAY celebrations have been cancelled in Coventry this year.

England's patron saint will not be remembered with the traditional re-enactment, despite Coventry laying claim to the legend of the dragonslayer, who was said to have been born at Caludon Castle, Wyken.

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