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The Union Flag
Flags to be he hoisted over Town Hall
Fri, April 25 2008

The Union Flag will fly from Newbury Town Hall's new flag pole on 18 occasions each year
 

THE St George’s Flag flown above Newbury Town Hall on Wedneesday (April 23) is to be the only special occasion when England's national symbol will be on display, rather than the the Union Jlag.
The Union Flag will be hoisted up Newbury Town Hall's new flag pole to mark at least 18 special occasions.
Last November, Newbury town councillors acquired permission to fix a four-metre flag pole on to the building’s balcony and councillors have now agreed on a schedule for when flags would fly.
St George’s Day was the second time a flag had been seen fluttering above the main door of the town hall in the Market Place, after Her Majesty The Queen's birthday on Monday.
But on every other scheduled occasion, the British red, white and blue Union Jack will be flapping in the breeze.
At a recent town council policy and resouces committee meeting, councillors decided not to fly the EU Flag on Europe Day after an objection was raised by Adrian Edwards (Con, Falkland) that it was not a national flag.
A new option offered by the Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport to fly the Union Jack every day was also rejected.
The committee unanimously agreed that as well as the chosen schedule (which follows Government guidelines), three additional occasions, nameley Mayor-Making day, on May 18, Veterans’ Day, on June 27, and Commonwealth Day, March 10, would be added to the list.
Urgency sub-committee meetings will be held to discuss the possibility of marking other important local occasions or deaths as and when necessary.
The agreed schedule of occasions (excluding the dates already mentioned) is as follows:
The birthday of The Countess of Wessex - January 20
Her Majesty’s Accession - February 6
The birthday of The Duke of York - February 19
The birthday of The Earl of Wessex - March 10
The birthday of Her Majesty the Queen - April 21
St George’s Day (St George’s Flag) - April 23
Europe Day - May 9
Coronation Day - June 2
The birthday of The Duke of Edinburgh - June 10
The Official Celebration of Her Majesty’s birthday - June 14
The birthday of The Duchess of Cornwall - July 17
The birthday of The Princess Royal - August 15
Remembrance Sunday - the second Sunday in November
The birthday of The Prince of Wales - November 14
Her Majesty’s Wedding Day - November 20.

 
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