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  1. #1
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    Default Caithness County Flag

    Should Caithness have it's own flag? We have a separate culture from the rest of the highlands and seep rat from our brothers and sisters across the firth, so should we have a county flag? It could certainly help with marketing the county as a tourist destination. What would the flag look like? And what colours?Here is a rather crudely drawn "paint" job
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    No.



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    Go for it! We have had an Orkney flag for decades, although a few years ago, that seemed to get changed form the one we were so used to, to one which is often mistaken for the Quisling flag from Nazi occupied Norway. That has offended quite a few tourists.

    The original one still gets a fair bit of airtime though.

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    There's a Wick flag, with mannies in a peedie boatie, isn't there?

    That's all that's needed: capital of the county and all that.

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    Like this coat of arms - sorry can't enlarge it

    Knowledge talks - Wisdom listens

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    Hi, the Association of British Counties (ABC) has listings of proposed flags for British counties located here

    http://flags.abcounties.com/proposed-flags-novel-designs/

    and here

    http://flags.abcounties.com/proposed-flags-traditional/

    There are two specific proposals for Caithness here

    http://flags.abcounties.com/2014/02/05/caithness/

    We'd be happy to include the green on yellow Nordic cross design on the page if you can supply some background regarding the colours and choice of design. The ABC has been successful in recent years establishing flags across England and Wales and would very much like to see some county flags registered in Scotland too. Unfortunately Scottish citizens do not enjoy the same freedom to display their local identity as those south of the border, as all flags in Scotland must be sanctioned by the chief heraldic authority, the Lord Lyon. Unfortunately this incurs a fee of £300. However, as has been mentioned on this forum, with its distinct history and culture Caithness is deserving of its own flag so perhaps a combination of citizen and local authority input might cover the cost of registration? The most likely means of establishing a flag for Caithness would be a competition as occurred in Orkney. There have also been a number of flag competitions in English counties, the most recent was in November 2013 when a flag was established for County Durham, through a competition. A competition can be conducted in cooperation with the flag Institute who can also advise on judges and formats and so on. You can contact the ABC about all this via the ABC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/abcounties . Hope this is of some help and interest and look forward to hearing from you.
    Last edited by flagsabound; 19-Mar-14 at 10:41. Reason: Typos

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    the numpties now want to break up Scotland. " SAD "

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