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Union Jack

Posted by Mac Hardy on 28/8/2025, 1:46 pm

Good to see The Iona is flying the Union Jack !

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Sheila on 28/8/2025, 6:39 pm, in reply to "Union Jack"

Nice to hear that MacH. I wish it was just the norm, like the Americans. I don’t know why the political left hate our flag.

Re: Union Jack

Posted by AJG on 28/8/2025, 7:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

Maybe it's because groups like the National Front appropriated it in the 1960s and 1970s and so it has those connotations to some people, reminding them of that. It's a real shame.

Here in the US lots of people fly the Stars and Stripes outside their houses. There are at least three or four just on our block of the street.

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Les Gibson on 28/8/2025, 8:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

It's the Union Flag guys. It's only the union jack when flown from the stern of a warship

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Norman on 28/8/2025, 8:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

The 'Clapps' have our Union flag (as Les says) proudly displayed outside the club.Good for them and the IONA for doing that.

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Sheila on 28/8/2025, 8:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

Might be incorrect, but I have always known it as the Union Jack.

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Colin Thompson on 28/8/2025, 9:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

The clapps??

Oops

Posted by Norman on 28/8/2025, 9:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

Oops I meant the Orangemans club at the traffic lights. Thanks Colin

The Clapps has been gone years.

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Les Gibson on 28/8/2025, 9:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

Great to see. Let's be proud!!

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Carol Badger on 29/8/2025, 6:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

By my house I fly the Union Flag and English Flag (St.George's cross). At the entrance to my driveway I also fly the Canadian Flag - after all I am a citizen of both countries.

Re: Union Jack

Posted by Norman Dunn on 29/8/2025, 6:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Union Jack"

Well done Carol. Its good to hear you are proud to be British & a Canadian citizen aswell.

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