DO YOU WANT A FLAG FOR SOMERSET?

Do you think the historic county of Somerset should have its own official flag?

A few suggestions as to possible official usage of the flag have been made. Doug Bailey has proposed that the flag should be flown in Taunton on St Botolph's Day, 17th Jume, and for a fair to be held on that day as there were up until the early 1900's. There is also St. Dunstan, a Somerset man and the nearest thing we have to a patron saint, who's feast day is on the 19th May. The various towns and villages around Somerset could fly the flag on the feast day of the saints that their local churches are dedicated to, perhaps holding their own fairs. I think St. George's Day should be reserved for the national flag however. That is perhaps a throwback to the Middle Ages, but it would mean that there could be an even spread of fairs around the county all year round. If that seems too religiously based, perhaps the flag could be flown during the Carnival Season or at other traditional events.

What You Can Do

You can contact Somerset County Council to see if they mind what is officially their flag becoming that of the whole county. Or you can write to the Flag Institute and say that you'd like to see the flag gain offical status.

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