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Staffordshire Flag – a yellow Staffordshire knot on a red chevron on yellow

Staffordshire Flag vote

County flags have become an important part of our regional and national identity. Most historic English counties have a recognised county flag, but Staffordshire does not. The Flag Institute maintains the UK Flag Registry as a definitive record of county and community flags, and works with county organisations to come up with suitable designs. The […]

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Willenhall Flag competition, 2014 – illustration of six shortlisted designs

Willenhall Flag: voting opens

After weeks of work, the judging panel has reduced 69 entries to a shortlist of six. These will now go to a public vote to create an official flag for Willenhall Contributions came from local schools as well as the people of Willenhall and further afield. The judges included representatives from the Flag Institute, Poundland, […]

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Promoting the Willenhall Flag competition, Willenhall (Staffordshire), 2014

Call for designs in Willenhall Flag competition

Willenhall is set to have its very own community flag, after community group Willenhall Ay We and locally based shopping giant Poundland teamed up to launch a public competition. The Flag Institute will register the winning flag, and budding artists and those with a sense of civic pride are encouraged to submit designs. Seeing a […]

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