27/10/2025
FLAGS!!! Last month I posted a question about Flags here but within an hour or so it had vanished into thin air. That "thin air" was the trash folder for some reason, so now it is retrieved....🧐
The clip of the flag on top of the church in Orford was inspired by one of the cafe group who also believes it's a subject worthy of discussion in relation to "What makes English Culture?"
Please add your comments below!
"FLAGS. How do YOU feel about Flags? In truth they are just pieces of material with bright symbols, stuck on a pole. So it's our interpretation of those symbols that turns them into something that provokes an internal reaction or not...
When I was driving back from Boston, Lincs, I witnessed many St George Cross flags flying on the lamposts. Personally I've never been a flag waving kind of person...not for sports, football or anything else.....and I am not political or affiliated with any "tribe/group" but I can understand why many people like to show solidarity to a Nation/Team/Club or Cause by flying a flag.
Maybe it's because my ancestry is the Campbells of Strachur so I have genetic memories about being labelled as coming from a "Baddie" treacherous clan!.....(except history now shows that most of the people involved in the massacre of Glencoe were not actually Campbells)... as with many things, propaganda is created to serve certain political powers and narratives of the time.....Anyway, the role of FLAGS could be added to the pot this Sunday in Saxmundham. Have you anything to add?😊....
Flags Happen: (see article below)"Flags have certain inherent qualities that have made them among the oldest human symbols and, at the same time, the most modern. The design characteristics of flags — such as their conciseness, simple color schemes, forms, and arresting mobility — have made it possible for them to be of significance in ancient times, maritime exploration, battlefields, religious cults, and revolutionary-democratic and egalitarian causes, such as gay pride and, most recently, the plight of refugees. Flags can mask the body, painted on the faces of sports fans or worn as garments. ... flags can give us remarkable insights into wider aspects of human endeavor. The author claims that it is almost an impulse of any social group to adopt symbols to represent the group itself, to use symbols as artifacts that “condense” the elements of group identification. Smith also notes that, curiously, almost every culture in the world has adopted some sort of flag as its representation."
