St. Martin's Day naming it “Saint Martin” and marking a new discovery for the Western. He arrived on St Martin’s Day, November 11th 1493 It is a public holiday on both sides to commemorate this event. St Martin’s Day was an important medieval autumn feast, and the custom of eating goose spread to Sweden from France. In early November, geese are ready for slaughter, and on St. Martin's Eve (Mårtensafton), November 10, it is time for the traditional dinner of roast goose. The custom is particularly popular in Skåne in southern Sweden, where goose farming has long been practised, but it has gradually
Buster Martin Buster Martin Pierre Jean "Buster" Martin (1 September 1906? – 12 April 2011) claimed to be the United Kingdom's oldest employee, stating that he was born in 1906. Until his death, Martin worked for Pimlico Plumbers, a well-known plumbing company in southeast London as a van cleaner, and notably refused to take a day off on the day he celebrated what he claimed was his 100th birthday. He also received coverage in the media for fending off an attack from a group of youths in 2007; his heroics were cited by the former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell as