Design an official flag for Berwickshire! That’s the challenge to groups and individuals set by a new competition launched last month. The contest – run by Berwickshire Civic Society with support from the Fallago Environment Fund – offers a first prize of £250. The Court of Lord Lyon and the Flag Institute will also register […]
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Westmorland Day: Creation of Ear...
Westmorland Day: Creation of Ear...
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Westmorland Day takes place annually on 29 September. It marks the date in 1397, when King Richard II created Ralph Neville the first Earl of Westmorland. A poll at the Westmorland County Show (2013) chose[...]
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Lincolnshire Day: Anniversary of...
Lincolnshire Day: Anniversary of...
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Lincolnshire Day takes place annually on 1 October. It commemorates the Lincolnshire Rising, which began at Louth on 1 October 1536. The rebels were protesting against the English Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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World Vexillology Day
World Vexillology Day
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World Vexillology Day commemorates the debut of Flag Bulletin (October 1961), the world’s first periodical dedicated solely to vexillology. There is no special flag for this day – just go out and fly flags!
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Oxfordshire Day: Feast of St Fri...
Oxfordshire Day: Feast of St Fri...
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Oxfordshire Day is celebrated on 19 October, the principal feast day of St Frideswide, the patron saint of the city and university of Oxford. Frideswide (c.650 – 19 October 727) was an English princess and[...]
