the flag of the black country.

[discokermit]

as these things go, it's pretty good. ay it?

 

[discokermit]

these things are taking over from st george flags round by me.

 

[Pickman's model]

these things are taking over from st george flags round by me.

you know what it's like when you leave these flags unattended, they breed like bloody rabbits.

 

[BCBlues]

Bostin ay it

When's Black Country Day?

 

[DotCommunist]

the chain is to symbolise that theyll thieve anything that isn't chained down

 

[BCBlues]

the chain is to symbolise that theyll thieve anything that isn't chained down

Get out of it. The chain symbolises the industrial heritage of the area and also recognition of the female chain makers of the region who were amongst the first to stand up for their rights.

 

[butchersapron]

That's rather excellent. Seriously.

Up there with the Somerset one:

 

[discokermit]

Bostin ay it

When's Black Country Day?

july 14th.

 

[Roadkill]

That's rather excellent. Seriously.

Up there with the Somerset one:

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Still makes me think of this:

That Black Country flag is quite impressive.

 

[discokermit]

the chain is to symbolise that theyll thieve anything that isn't chained down

bcb is right, it's about the chainmakers.
anyway, we'd just steal the chains. straight in the tat bag.

 

[BCBlues]

july 14th.

Hopefully see a few more flying that day

 

[BCBlues]

bcb is right, it's about the chainmakers.
anyway, we'd just steal the chains. straight in the tat bag.

It's right, chains and all on the back of the van. Oiyunnn

 

[Blagsta]

It's rumoured the Birmingham flag is going to be a crossed crack pipe and dog turd, with the motto "backwards".

 

[discokermit]

That's rather excellent. Seriously.

designed by gracie sheppard of redhill school in stourbridge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Black_Country

 

[butchersapron]

She seems to have been around 14 when she designed that then - great work. edit: yep, 14.

 

[discokermit]

It's right, chains and all on the back of the van. Oiyunnn

i've got a copper earth lead i stole from my welding set at work still on my kitchen floor. i can't be arsed to weigh it in on its own and anyway i like it. it reminds me of my craftyness. i hid it for a couple of weeks then wrapped it round my body three times and wore it home. it's gotta be three quarters of an inch thick.

 

[discokermit]

She seems to have been around 14 when she designed that then - great work. edit: yep, 14.

everything is right about it.
mind you, they're all lefties at the black country museum.

 

[kebabking]

the first time i saw it - and it appears to have exploded in popularity once you go past about junction 3 of the M5 - i assumed it was some new and unpleasant far right group.

putting a sticker on your car that says 'yiim from thay Black cuntraaaary' seems a bit like spraying 'i've got Syphallis' in 4 foot letters accross the front of your house, but each to their own i suppose...

 

[newbie]

a campsite I was on last summer had 3 or 4 of these flying. Had to ask google to check what we'd blundered into, so quite relieved to find it was only people who talk funny.

 

[StoneRoad]

I quite like that, I've seen it as a courtesy flag on a few narrow boats.

Not sure what I should fly - probably the yellow and red of Northumberland ....

 

[lizzieloo]

I'd have wanted some kind of "up yours" to Queen Victoria designed into it

 

[lizzieloo]

Want

 

[DotCommunist]

oh man check out that blokes eyebags

 

[lizzieloo]

oh man check out that blokes eyebags

He has a right sexy accent though

 

[Citizen66]

as these things go, it's pretty good. ay it?

What is that white bit doing disturbing the rest of it?

 

[lizzieloo]

What is that white bit doing disturbing the rest of it?

Staffordshire nod?

 

[Citizen66]

Staffordshire divides anarchist communism.

 

[JimW]

What is that white bit doing disturbing the rest of it?

I believe the central white area represents the glass cone, a symbol of the region's glass-making heritage since 1790, but I can't be sure
Looks a bit like my old's dog's face when she was having a mope with the middle link her nose.

 

[coley]

I quite like that, I've seen it as a courtesy flag on a few narrow boats.

Not sure what I should fly - probably the yellow and red of Northumberland ....

Err, gold and crimson, if yi divvint mind,.. Like

 

[coley]

Want

Obviously Millipede and Farage have a ' family connection'