![]() ![]() Somerset is proud of its snakebites and Scrumpy, Hampshire has its own dress code (blancmange-coloured, cashmere sweaters, hi-visibility yellow corduroys and slippers embroidered with pheasant motifs), while those who hail from Gloucestershire are uncommonly pleased that man’s shortest known measurement of time is the split-second between announcing you are from the horsy county and those within earshot chanting, “okay yah”. Anybody from Essex finds it imperative to swank around his county rolling his shoulders like a wide boy. Geordies show off by wearing the skimpiest of clothes on the coldest of nights and claim that they are the only tribe in the UK that can smell out a Gregg’s Bakery five streets away. ![]() Lancastrians, for example, talk big about LS Lowry and chip butties. Across the nation, there is a sense of fervent local pride. It is not just the Scottish with their bagpipes and deep-fried Mars Bars, or the Welsh with their choral hymns and satisfied sheep, who are boastful. THE FIELD, MARCH 24TH 2011īritons are proud of their roots. Some early articles were gratuitously scathing and dismissive but as the appeal and popularity of county flags has increased and they have become gradually established as a common feature of modern life, the general tone in the media has become less condemnatory and more positive.īy 2011 a number of county flags had been registered, causing some people to take note, such as the following report in “The Field”. County flags have appeared in various publications from time to time. ![]()
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