Worldflagshop News

• 03Mar

  World War 2 65th Anniversary

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  (courtesy of  www.telegraph.co.uk) 

  Russia is arranging major celebrations on May 9, when it marks the 65th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War (World War II).

  Members of the anti-Hitler coalition have been invited to take part in a parade on Red Square.

  Questioning a bloody war

  The US, Britain and France say they intend to take part in the parade.

  “They have agreed in principle, and battalions from the United States, France and Britain will take part in the military parade on May 9,” said the Kremlin property chief, Vladimir Kozhin.

  The joint participation in the parade is looked upon as a symbol of unity between the four major allies not seen since the end of WWII.

   Worldwide Flags now has its World War 2 65th Anniversary Flag in stock so don’t delay. Orders can be made via our website or by telephone. We look forward to hearing from you!!!

• 22Feb

  Patriotic thieving b******s!

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  Pub landlord counting the £2,000 cost of his patriotism after raiders strike for second time
  

  A PUB boss who had to replace a union flag stolen from outside his inn is counting the cost of his patriotism after the thieves returned for his flagpole.

  Mike French had to buy a new British flag when his last one disappeared – to be replaced with a saltire – during the last Scottish elections.

  Now the flag has been stolen again from outside the Old Mill Inn at Maryculter near Aberdeen – as well as the £2,000 pole.

  Mr French, who owns the Old Mill with Vic Sang and Mr Sang’s mother, Audrey, said a gang calling themselves the Society for Removing Union Jacks from Scotland had left a note at the spot where the 32ft pole used to stand at the front of the hotel.

  “It would be quite funny if it wasn’t for the cost,” he said.

  “It will take a while to replace because the poles are made in Glasgow.

  “This happened in 2007 when the Scottish elections were being held.

  Conservative

  “They just stole the flag that time and replaced it with a £30 saltire.

  “The police seemed to think they did it because we were hosting the Western Aberdeenshire Conservative dinner on Saturday night.”

  Mr French believes the theft must have taken a lot of planning.

  He said: “It must have been quite a large operation to remove a pole of that size. It couldn’t have been done by kids. They must have had a lorry to take away the pole.”

  And he insisted the flag was not a political statement.

  “We are trying to encourage more British visitors to come to the hotel.

  “At the other side of the building we fly the Scottish flag, we are not trying to exclude anyone from coming here.”

  A police spokesman said: “We can confirm that Mr French reported a theft from his property and inquiries are ongoing in relation the issue.”(Press & Journal 22/2)

  Well Mr French, if you or anyone else is interested please visit our link to see our flagpoles on offer. And we can even give you a flag with that too!

  http://www.worldflagshop.co.uk/acatalog/Flag_Poles.html

   

   

• 18Feb

  The flags will fly at Glastonbury 2010!

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  Glastonbury festival will not be banning flags at this year’s event, following the results of a fan vote on the issue.

  Punters were asked to vote on whether to allow flags at this June’s festival, and over 13,000 people gave their views on Glastonburyfestivals.co.uk.

  The results of the poll, which began on February 4, are:

  No, keep the flags (7,269 votes) – 55 per cent
  Yes, ban the flags (5,909 votes) – 45 per cent

  Duplicate votes were not counted in the poll, according to the site.

  The vote followed an announcement from Download Festival, who have opted to ban flags from the main arena of this year’s event.

  Glastonbury festival takes place on June 25-27(story courtesy of nme.com).

  Please visit www.worldflagshop.com (go to catalogue and look for specialist collectors flags) for all your festival favourites.
• 04Feb

  Another flag for New Zealand?

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  We may as well continue with our Antipodean theme….. Last week it was about the possible removal of the Union Jack from the Australian National Flag.

  Today, a report suggests that over 50% of Mauri’s polled feel that the Tino Rangatiratanga flag should be permitted to fly alongside the New Zealand flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Premier sites, and other areas controlled by the Government.

  However the flag has been linked with protest movements, so there is some indecision as to whether it can be flown with the other flags.

  Meanwhile, just 58% of those polled saw the Tino Rangatiratanga Flag as the Mauri Flag. 

  Perhaps they should be looking towards creating a new Mauri Flag or somehow interpreting part of it into a new flag for New Zealand?

  Your thoughts and feedback would be appreciated!

• 27Jan

  Get the UJ off our Aussie Flag!?!?

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  Certainly an interesting proposal but what could they change it to?

  Suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

  As Australians celebrated their national holiday, the country’s political leaders dismissed a renewed call for their flag to be redesigned.

  The prominence of a Union Jack in the top left corner – a reminder of Australia’s origins as a British colony – is considered by some critics as a relic of the past which has outlived its purpose.

  There have been several attempts to have it changed during its 100-year history.

  But the latest seems doomed to failure as well. Ray Martin sparked the debate, saying: “We’re not Anglo-Irish any more, we’re multi-cultural. We don’t need the British connection.

  We don’t need the Union Jack in the corner. There are a lot of Australians who don’t relate to the Union Jack any more.”

  But politicians from both major parties united in support of the flag.

  In a speech in Canberra, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd referred to it as “our national flag which we celebrate under for Australia Day today and into the future”.

  Tony Abbott, the leader of the opposition, said: “People like our flag. They’re proud of our flag. I think our flag of stars and crosses represents our history and our hopes.”

  Critics also point out that most new immigrants to Australia now come from South East Asia rather than Britain(sky.com).

• 27Jan

  Aborigine Flag

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  Has the world gone mad? Tell me what you think……

  Google row over missing Aborigine flag (excerpt from BBC website)

  Google has been criticised in Australia after it removed an Aboriginal flag from a competition-winning drawing appearing on its homepage.

  But Google said they had to remove the flag after its designer, Harold Thomas, refused them permission to use it.

  The central ‘o’ of Google’s name was originally formed by the bright yellow sun in the centre of the flag, which is officially recognised as the flag of indigenous Australians.

  But the image which appeared online on Australia Day showed only the sun.

  Mr Thomas – an Aboriginal elder – holds the copyright for the flag but allows groups supporting indigenous rights and issues to use it without charge, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. He said he charged for commercial use of the image but that Google had failed to negotiate with him properly.

  He said Google had eventually offered him “a pittance” for the image rights so he refused

  The flag itself: designed during 1970s indigenous land rights protests

  Black represents the indigenous people, red the connection to the earth and yellow the sun

  Flown alongside the Australian flag on many official buildings
• 19Jan

  Devon Flag

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  In 2003 users of the BBC Devon website voted on a flag for Devon.

  Since then, the black, green and white flag has become a symbol of pride throughout in the county.

  It’s hard to believe, when you see so many black, green and white Devon flags flying proudly right across the county, that it only became a reality in 2003.

  The Devon flag emerged out of a debate right here on the BBC Devon website. And the debate culminated in a web-based poll.

  This led to a shortlist of about a dozen designs submitted by Devonians both at home and abroad.

   

  Many of the designs used the traditional Devon colours of black, green and white.

   T he result of the first vote was so close that a second poll was carried out to remove any doubt.

  The most favoured design topped both the original BBC Devon poll and the follow-up shortlist vote, and was designed by BBC Devon contributor Ryan Sealey.

  The design received 49% of the total votes cast in the final count. The group promoting the new flag then contacted the British Flag Institute, which is one of the world’s main research and documentation centres for flags.

  It collects and provides all kind of flag information, from past and present, from all over the world.

  Since those early days, the flag has really taken off.

  It is now flown from County Hall in Exeter, at the Devon County Show each year, and the Devon rugby team also has the flag on their shirts.

  And all over Devon, you can see the flags flying in gardens and on car bumper stickers(article courtesy of the BBC website).

   

  Note from the author:

  It is interesting to note that since then, there have been many new County flags initiated and registered throughout the UK. The most recent being Wiltshire. To see a full listing of all and approved British County Flags, you can visit:

  http://www.flaginstitute.org/index.php?location=10#top 

  or http://www.worldflagshop.co.uk/acatalog/Counties___Provences.html

  Many of the local county population have enjoyed competitons held by local newspapers and radio stations and have eagerly awaited the winning designs.

  Worldwide Flags Ltd have been selling County Flags since their inception and have activley promoted new County designs. Included in their range are many different sizes of flags and bunting which help to continually promote County Flags in their different guises.

   

   

   

   

• 26Mar

  Time for City to fly the Flag for St George’s Day

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  Well said Eddie Smith of Chipping Sodbury
  Below is an excerpt of an article in one of today’s papers……………….. If we all had this attitiude the World would be a much better place to live. Thanks Eddie

  AFTER the full-scale celebrations that we witnessed both in this country and America on St Patrick’s Day, it’s great to hear that London will be celebrating St George’s Day with a week-long celebration to honour the historical achievements of England and the English.
  Apparently, the whole city will be decked out in the red and white cross of St George, including the City Hall, and a series of special events including readings from Shakespeare, real ale tastings and English folk music concerts are to take place during that week.
  Now we have a Scottish parliament and a Welsh assembly, the union flag is being used less and less by those countries, and we should also be flying our own country’s flag more and take pride in our heritage and help bring closer together all the different faiths and communities in our area.
  I have yet to hear what Bristol City Council has planned to celebrate St George’s Day on April 23. Does anybody know?
  Eddie Smith of Chipping Sodbury.

  After the full-scale celebrations that we witnessed both in this country and America on St Patrick’s Day, it’s great to hear that London will be celebrating St George’s Day with a week-long celebration to honour the historical achievements of England and the English.
  Apparently, the whole city will be decked out in the red and white cross of St George, including the City Hall, and a series of special events including readings from Shakespeare, real ale tastings and English folk music concerts are to take place during that week.
  Now we have a Scottish parliament and a Welsh assembly, the union flag is being used less and less by those countries, and we should also be flying our own country’s flag more and take pride in our heritage and help bring closer together all the different faiths and communities in our area.
  I have yet to hear what Bristol City Council has planned to celebrate St George’s Day on April 23. Does anybody know?

• 24Mar

  Free Tibet flags made in China??

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  mmmmmmmmm………another interesting blog??? Cetainly this happened a few weeks ago. Just wondered has anyone seen any of these flags being flown?
  Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say.
  The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
  Workers said they thought they were just making colourful flags and did not realise their meaning.
  But then some of them saw TV images of protesters holding the emblem and they alerted the authorities, according to Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper.
  Tibet independence
  The factory owner reportedly told police the emblems had been ordered from outside China, and he did not know that they stood for an independent Tibet.
  Workers who had grown suspicious checked the meaning of the flag by going online.
  Thousands of flags had already been packed for shipping.

• 24Mar

  Is the BBC reporting impartial??

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  Why have we posted this one? Well the article had a picture of an Israeli flag with a caption underneath it saying “Please support BBC impartiality by paying your £145 per annum TV Licence Tax”
  Do you think BBC reporting is Impartial?

  LONDON – England – In an effort to remain ‘impartial’ the BBC is going to play the Israeli national anthem at every news broadcast. In a further bid for impartial reporting, the BBC news logo will be offset in front of an Israeli flag from now on, according to the head of news programming.

  Speaking from Tel Aviv, the BBC Director General, Yerachmiel Thompsonbaum, spoke of his disgust at being asked to broadcast a message of humanitarian aid for the dying thousands in Gaza after the Israeli bombing: “There has been a suggestion that we should broadcast a ‘humanitarian’ appeal for the thousands of people who are ‘dying in Gaza’. There is no one dying in Gaza, there is no proof of this fact. In fact we feel that everything is rosy in Gaza and there is no need to help people who are doing fine. British TV licence payers can rest assured that we, at the BBC, are dedicated to impartial reporting.”

  The BBC has previously run appeals after wars in Africa and in the former Yugoslavia but has now drawn the line with Gaza’s Palestinians.

  Instead, starting from tomorrow, there will be a BBC tribute to all the brave Israeli tank crews, bomber pilots, artillery and soldiers who reduced the Gaza ghetto into a pile of rubble and misery.

  “I think the BBC is right not to broadcast the appeal. The BBC should remain impartial. I would be disappointed if the BBC changed its mind,” Feivel Goldberg from Golders Green, North London wrote on the BBC’s website.

  BBC news directors have also been ordered to change the news logo so as to accentuate the BBC’s dedication to impartiality.

  “The BBC news logo will be changed from Monday. It will incorporate the design of the Israeli flag and our news broadcasts will also start with the playing of the Israeli national anthem. Thank you for paying our huge salaries with your TV Licence so you can have an impartial news broadcaster,” a BBC announcer told audiences in one broadcast.

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