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The newly registered county flag of Cumberland in flight at Beacon Edge

27 January 2013 31 July 2024 start the discussion

West Riding of Yorkshire flag competition launched.

A competition to select a flag for the West Riding of Yorkshire has been launched. Full details can be seen at  http://andystrangeway.wordpress.com/west-riding-flag/ In addition to submitting a design for the competition, everyone is also encouraged to get involved by joining the West Riding Flag Facebook … Continue reading

23 January 2013 31 July 2024 start the discussion

Worcestershire flag competition

Entries in the Worcestershire flag competition can be found here; http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.406262932779454.93381.111193162286434&type=3

17 January 2013 31 July 2024 start the discussion

North Riding Flag Competition Launch

News about a flag competition launched today for the North Riding of Yorkshire, initiated by ABC member and adventurer Andy Strangeway. North Riding Flag Competition Launch Last year the UK celebrated both the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics, two major flag waving occasions. … Continue reading

16 January 2013 31 July 2024 start the discussion

East Riding of Yorkshire

A competition to select a flag for the East Riding of Yorkshire has been launched. Full details can be seen at http://andystrangeway.wordpress.com/east-riding-flag/   In addition to submitting a design for the competition, everyone is also encouraged to get involved by joining the East Riding Flag Facebook … Continue reading

7 January 2013 31 July 2024 start the discussion

Other Registered Flags

Islands and island groups perhaps being by their nature separate entities, seem naturally motivated to raise flags – even Lundy has borne several! Thus flags for the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight also appear in the FI registry although unfortunately they are … Continue reading

26 October 2012 31 July 2024 one response

Derbyshire

The Derbyshire flag was the winning entry in a 2006 competition organised by the BBC . Designed by Martin Enright the blue in the flag is held to be one of the traditional colours of the county representing its rivers and reservoirs; the cross marks the … Continue reading

14 October 2012 31 July 2024 start the discussion

Lancashire

Lancashire’s flag was promoted by the Friends of Real Lancashire (F.O.R.L). For several years a Lancashire flag was commercially available that depicted a red rose on a white field. That particular design could not be registered because it was identical to the arms of the … Continue reading

14 October 2012 31 July 2024 start the discussion

Shetland

Shetland’s flag has been flown since 1969, the 500th anniversary of Shetland’s transfer from Norwegian to Scottish rule. However it was not until 2005 that the Lord Lyon made an official grant of the flag to the local council, thereby allowing the flag’s registration by … Continue reading

14 October 2012 31 July 2024 start the discussion

Lincolnshire

The flag of Lincolnshire was the winning entry in a 2005 competition organised by the BBC . The flag was designed by Michelle Andrews and selected from a shortlist of six designs drawn from competition entries. The flag features a red cross bearing a yellow … Continue reading

14 October 2012 31 July 2024 start the discussion

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