Just a reminder that tomorrow (Tues Jan 5) sees the first meeting of the new year for Brigg Amateur Social Historians (BASH) at Brigg Servicemen's Club (8pm).
This will be a Patriotic WWII Show featuring all the old songs that helped to win the war. Plus original radio broadcasts from the war years.
BASH says: "Enjoy a sing-along and, if you wish, dress in 1940s style to add to the spirit of the evening. Bring a Union Flag ('Union Jack')."
Hopefully the icy weather will not deter folk from attending what promises to be a very nostalgic and interesting event.
The Union Flag should only be referred to as a Union Jack when it is flown from the jack-staff at bow (front) of (usually) a RN vessels. It can also be flown by the 'Dunkirk Little Ships' as a Union Jack.
ReplyDeleteEnsigns are flow from the stern (back) - White = RN; Red = Merchant Navy and Blue = RAF (ie air-sea rescue craft...or nowadays, it could be an RAF sailing club.
There are exceptions - ie Nelson flew the Union Jack at the top of the mast.
The Union Flag should be flown the right way up - the wider section of the white diagonals (the Scots Solitaire) should be uppermost in relation to the mast.
A national flag flown upside down is a recognised SOS distress signal.
QUESTION:
ReplyDeleteWhich USA state incorporates the Union Flag in its state flag?
Answers to Nige!!!..no prizes!!
hawaii
ReplyDeleteWell done, ns.
ReplyDeleteHawaii it is.
You'll have to queue up for the Brownie Point Certificate from Nige.