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Thread: More flags - Sutherland

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    After the launch of the Flag of Caithness last year, it seems that the neighbours are jealous (as well they might be). A competition is to be lunched for a county flag for Sutherland, according to the Northern Times.

    Good luck to them.

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    I hope it doesn't portray an English Galleon like the Caithness flag. It should've been a longship.

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    Any design will be better than the Caithness flag.
    A 1991 Gallup survey indicated that 49 percent of Americans didn't know that white bread is made from wheat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2little2late View Post
    Any design will be better than the Caithness flag.
    Am trying to figure out what the saying on the bottom of your post means?

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    Well, they've chosen a winner for our neighbour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...lands-43009286

    (The Flag Institute have picked up on it, and it looks better in the better resolution on their site: https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/sutherland/

    I see in the Scottie some very negative comments, but I have to say it looks stunning. It is very different from the run of most flags - striking and with local resonance.

    Now for Ross-shire...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dog-eared View Post
    I hope it doesn't portray an English Galleon like the Caithness flag.
    It's one that's been commandeered by Vikings.

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    looks like a Russia/China mix

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    I think it's a heraldic device for a Scots Birlinn.
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    HaHa !
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    Hopefully it won't look as crap as the Caithness flag.
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    Decision on the Sutherland Flag being reviewed after complaints -
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...lands-43519561

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2little2late View Post
    Hopefully it won't look as crap as the Caithness flag.
    I doubt anything could look as bad as our dark dismal rag of a flag!
    'We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.'
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    The new Sutherland flag competition has a winner:
    https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp...therland-flag/

    There's a new East Lothian County Flag too as of yesterday.

    So, will Ross-shire have a competition? Or Cromartyshire?

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