Re: Happy St Georges Day

"Charles Holder" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:679p2sF2mv73nU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Several years ago. A neighbour within sight of where I live ( in a no interest no status and not worth mentioning part of town ) Put up a flagpole and flew the Union Jack or the Cross of St George ( cant remember now ) Someone complained and he had to take it down. I was totally disgusted, but apparently you have to have permission to fly a flag.

That's interesting - I'll have to mention that to the man who lives on the Lower Rainham Road who, for the past 28 years (since we moved here) has flown a Swiss flag in his back garden.

Perhaps there's some complicated set of regulations about flags - I know that in 2006 when the World Cup was on, every foreign car on the road seemed to be sporting at least one St. George's Cross flag, which I found very ironic.
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Harry Keane

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