Flag Institute member Andy Strangeway is coordinating the competition to design and select the new flag for County Durham.
As he and others have pointed out, County Durham is now the only historic northern county not to have its own flag…
Lets hope we get that rectified soon!
For more information and details on how to enter, click here.
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📅 Sat 18 May 2024
🏘️ The Library Room of Conway Hall, London
Confirmed speakers:
Graham Bartram, Geoff Parsons, Brian Cham
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The Flag Institute is an adviser to the UK Parliamentary Flags & Heraldry Committee.
The Flag Institute is an active member of FIAV (Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques).
There appears to be one already…
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/durham-flag-to-fly-at-department-for-communities-and-local-government
it’s even in the CCC badge. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/DurhamCCC.png
Some notes on the history and development of British county flags can be found at http://britishcountyflags.wordpress.com/