Heard on the radio today that there are two ways to hang the flag...the normal way obviously and then the other way round (upside down) which is a signal of distress from old naval days apparently.
Important to remember that the thick white line is ALWAYS top left when hanging the Union Jack...I learned that in the cubs around 1955...indeed flying the flag with the thin white line top left (in effect upside down) is a sign of distress.
The Stars and Stripes was first made from a cut up Union Jack by a group of American ladies...I can't remember exactly where and when....I asssume sometime before or after a battle during The War of Independence.
[cite]Posted By: ChicagoAddick[/cite]Looks no different to the one my parents have in their loft..... except it's got C H A R L T O N A T H L E T I C written across the middle!
I hope they had the thick white line top left Chicago?
[cite]Posted By: ChicagoAddick[/cite]Looks no different to the one my parents have in their loft..... except it's got C H A R L T O N A T H L E T I C written across the middle!
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Interesting.
The Stars and Stripes was first made from a cut up Union Jack by a group of American ladies...I can't remember exactly where and when....I asssume sometime before or after a battle during The War of Independence.
I hope they had the thick white line top left Chicago?
LOL
Apt maybe to say there is a Trafalgar Day service in East Greenwich Pleasuance tomorrow morning.