tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6333022970145112116..comments2024-03-29T10:24:20.171+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The Northumbrian FlagBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-19557518712533200832021-04-14T14:08:19.559+01:002021-04-14T14:08:19.559+01:00@Colin - "knew a Bruce Charlton" - It wa...@Colin - "knew a Bruce Charlton" - It wasn't me; I was schooled in Somerset, although conceived in Newsham, Blyth and resident in Newcastle for about 40 years. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79991766306035647072021-04-14T13:33:44.129+01:002021-04-14T13:33:44.129+01:00Proud to see this flag as a sticker displayed on c...Proud to see this flag as a sticker displayed on cars on the M4. Colin Turnbull exiled geordie from Lobley Hill and knew a Bruce CharltonColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932754229274760513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-50961741005042778532015-06-17T11:04:47.788+01:002015-06-17T11:04:47.788+01:00@Y - The phenomenon of spontaneous (grass roots) l...@Y - The phenomenon of spontaneous (grass roots) local/ county patriotism is not universal - for example, it is more evident in Northumberland than in Durham, in Yorkshire (the White Rose) than in Nottinghamshire. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-77471519992528009142015-06-17T10:49:05.448+01:002015-06-17T10:49:05.448+01:00Just a thought but maybe it is another level of id...Just a thought but maybe it is another level of identity now that Britain seems lost and the cross of St George is mostly associated with tattoos and football. Here in Lewes we have our own flag flying from the castle along with the sussex martlets. Maybe this will be where we hold out longest , the last bastion of anglo saxon against the new britons. There certainly seems to be a process underway where more and more money from London is spent on modest houses that are seen as remote from the vibrancy and excitement that mass media see as the pinnacle of civilisation. Yeomannoreply@blogger.com