I find the misuse of English words more annoying. Oh perhaps you do see an upside down flag constantly, that must get annoying, particularly when trying to do some computer work.

They must be in constant distress then 😂

@@davedevonlad7402you beat me to it.

@@davedevonlad7402 I was going to say the same and maybe it’s because we are in a distressing state.

@@ragdolly22 distressing, Certainly feels like it these days.

No problem, thanks for watching!

Thanks, that's a good idea. I feel that in England's case though, there might not be much variety as a lot of counties just use roses! And county birds would be great, although I think maybe our pedigree isn't the broadest as we don't get anything bigger than buzzards over here. Not that I'm aware of, at least.

Haha, cheers!

Thank you!

This is great, thanks! I guess those Jutes didn't mess about.

That said, some really have. I’m from Devonshire and our flag was only adopted in 2008 but you wouldn’t know that, it flies everywhere

​@@eelsemaj99I agree, our flag is based on an older flag from 1816 flown by lord Exmouth. It was green with white circles. It represents the green rolling hills of Devon. And the flag is everywhere 😊 just like the Cornish one.

I agree. The coats of arms have more local connections than these often invented flags

I am from Middlesex and see the flag, not quite frequently, but certainly not rarely either.

I note however, that you put a Lancashire red rose at the end of your post. I take it the white square preceding it refers to the Yorkshire flag of surrender? Just joking!!!!

Yup. Bee-chum.

Ah cheers!

The College of Arms designed it.

It looks hideous due to its distinctive shape.

Thanks Dianne, very kind indeed! :)

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I thought Cleveland was County Durham?

@Hollows1997 Cleveland County (1974-1996) was formed from parts of the North Riding of Yorkshire and parts of the Palatinate of Durham. After the county was abolished, its 4 borough councils, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool, and Langbaugh, became unitary authorities. Langbaugh, which covered part of the old wapentake of the same name, changed its name to Redcar and Cleveland.

Northampton is the centre of the shoemaking industry.

@@johnturner4400 We know that, and George Best wore Stylo Matchmakers, made by Barratts, who started in Northampton , but later moved to Yorkshire.

Cobblers are not shoemakers, using the term is pejorative.

@@marionbanks-wilkinson8368 It's what the local football fans call their club. Either that, or The Shoe Army.

Thanks, and great question! Well besides Lincoln, as you say, I'd recommend Stamford as it's one of the prettiest towns in the country. Then Louth since it's got the tallest medieval non-cathedral spire. And finally Cleethorpes as it's got everything you need in a seaside town, and it's often overlooked in favour of Skegness instead!

@@AlexinGreatBritain Great! Thank you for the recommendations, I’m adding them to my list of places to visit. I’ve been to Lincoln before (and loved it!) and I want to explore more of the region in the future. I’ve had Cleethorpes and also Grimsby on my radar for a while, hope to be able to visit soon, I’ll be watching your walks in the meantime! 😉

⁠try Mablethorpe seaside resort and Theddlethorpe beach as well. Horncastle and Brigg are also nice towns. Donna Nook is very interesting inasmuch that pregnant seals land on the beach during December each year in order to give birth. Woodhall Spa is steeped in history and has a Dambusters memorial there. The nearby Kinema in the woods is worth a visit. Market Rasen is another nice town that is famous for its race course.

​@@AndreaBahenIf churches are your thing Boston Stump is nice. Not a lot more to see in Boston 🙈 but worth a passing visit.

I was going to say something similar. Although the Island is smaller than Rutland at hightide, and Rutland is smaller at lowtide.

Yeah, no official flag for Bristol as far as I'm aware.

Haha thanks! I'm from Lincolnshire.

​@@AlexinGreatBritainI thought I recognised the accent! Sounds very similar to mine. I'm also a Lincolnshire yellowbelly. Lincoln really is such an underappreciated city

@@ironblu4110 Oh it is indeed!

You can tell if someone’s actually from Sussex if they don’t mention east or west though

@@jakedeane5304 That's true, I was born in West Sussex and can vouch for that.

You may be right, although North Riding and West Riding don't observe the same boundaries as the post-1974 counties.

Actually no they dont, those flags were unofficial

@@TonySpike The modern boundary flags are unofficial but the historic riding flags are officially registered

Unofficially perhaps, but when I explored the Cumbrian coast all I ever saw were Cumberland flags.

I know a few, albeit older blokes, from Sunderland that refuse to acknowledge Tyne and Wear and still list their address as County Durham.

@@Hollows1997 yup, its an abomination.

City of Durham flag is beautiful. In my personal opinion though, if I could add anything to it, it would be the addition of a St Cuthbert Cross in gold. Place that in the upper left corner such as the flag of Lichtenstein or the George Cross on the flag of Malta. I think it would be fantastic.

@@Hollows1997 I can see it, but I'm afraid I'll have to disagree on adding St Cuthbert's cross in a quadrant. I've long considered a variant that keeps the same design but flares the spokes of St George's cross in the centre to give the same effect as St Cuthberts, with the same thickness of white between the red and black.

No official flag for Merseyside. Most of the county used to be part of Lancashire.

@@AlexinGreatBritain got it; belonged to Lancashire; in fact 👏

​​@@juni.Th17I was born about 1/4 mile within Liverpool boundary. I'm a Lancashire lass not a Merseysider. Woolton, Gateacre, Halewood outside the Liverpool boundary until about 1913 ish. Age 84.

Probably the county town of each county, but can’t say for sure

I hear what you're saying. It's just that the present ceremonial counties would leave several gaps where there are no official flags - mainly the metropolitan counties, so I opted for the historic counties.

@@AlexinGreatBritain you've had to do the best you can with our convoluted history.

@@neiloflongbeck5705 Thanks, yeah convoluted's the right word!

Yep, much nicer than the new one. Would like to see the old one brought back with the addition of a St Cuthbert Cross in gold placed in the upper left corner such as Lichtenstein or Malta.

Haha, well observed! The forbidden 'R' word might have got this video demonetised!

west mids

or mercia

In terms of the historic counties it was mostly Warwickshire, with a tiny bit of Worcestershire and Staffordshire mixed in as well, if I'm not mistaken.

That could be the flag of St David, especially if you've seen it in Wales.

It's just a dragon.

@@JohnyG29 Saying it's "just a dragon" won't get you far when you start trying to decrypt exactly what Dragons and Dragon iconography are. The definition of dragon is pretty darn broad. I'm not saying that it didn't become that or that it didn't possibly always have a dragon element to it, but dragons kind of randomly started getting depicted with an extra 2 limbs at some point and nobody's ever really been sure why - Add to that the fact that many early European depictions of dragons make them look almost beaked and you can see where certain things could get mixed around. Blended animals were very common in the art and mythology of Europe and still are to a point today. How can you say it's "Just a dragon" when you can barely find 2 people in the word that actually AGREE on what a dragon is?

Those are unofficial flags though.

@@AlexinGreatBritain North and West Yorkshires' flags were recognised by the Flag Institute in 2013. I did think South Yorkshire's had been too but then again it's a bit shite by comparison. I quite like West Yorkshire's; I like to think the sun represents the once great cities of Leeds and Bradford ablaze; it is yet to have a crescent moon added but I have no doubt it will in our lifetime. I preferred one of the other entries for North Yorkshire (competition on the radio I think) which echoed the old North Riding emblem which included the St. George Cross. From what I remember of South Yorkshire's, it's a bit of a mess, maybe some wiggly blue lines and the rather naff SY monogram? Have you read "Worth Dying For: the power and politics of flags" by Tim Marshall?

I've not read it, no. Would you recommend it?

@@AlexinGreatBritain absolutely, yes! 👍🏻

Sorry I disagree, I really like the new flag. I feel it represents all of Lincolnshire and not just Lincoln.

That's were my lot originated from dated back to the 12th century.

Lancashire 🌹🏵️

@@danielclarke4059 Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. It was designated a functional city region on 1st April 2011. Greater Manchester is formed of parts of the historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Personally, I couldn't care less how Greater Manchester came about, I always put Manchester, Lancashire as part of my address and always will and it's not illegal to do so 😉

Fun fact: Yorkshire would actually be richer and more self sufficient than either an independent Wales or Northern Ireland. It would also have the same population as Scotland.

Cos none of us dare ask

@@TonySpike lol

That is true, especially about the dialect!

It has no official flag though.

It's not really a county. Its the southern part of the west riding of Yorkshire. Interestingly parts of Sheffield used to be in Derbyshire before south Yorkshire was created.

@@tigerland4328 yea that's fair

Probably cos we dont have an official flag other than the one used by the whole of yorkshire

"Mercia" is not a county it was an Anglo Saxon kingdom

It’s a recent change.

@@Hollows1997 How recent may I ask?

@@Tonydjjokerit 2013

When all is said and done, the Devonshire Flag is a Cornish rip-off!

@@DerekLangdon the earliest know use of the Cornish flag was in 1838 The earliest flag with Devon links and the green and white was in 1816 Edit: 22 years before the Cornish one. But personally I don't care, everyone has a bloody flag these days.

Er: Devon is what then ? I definitely know it's not a shire. Last time I checked Devon was a county in the west country of England. Edit: the southern counties were mostly Saxon, the angles stayed north of London and up the east coast. And the south west mostly stayed in the hands of local tribes.

​@@davedevonlad7402 Alan Devonshire played for west ham united, so I think you are mistaken 😂⚒️

@@alex-E7WHU I really don't get what you are on about, if it was meant as a joke it's pretty poor just like west ham.

​@@davedevonlad7402I'm from Yorkshire and iv always thought that only Durham,Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk were counties everywhere else is a shire ???

@@tigerland4328 I am definitely Devonshire "as in I speak Devonshire" it's not pronounced as "shire" like shire horse but it's pronounced like "Shir" like Shirley the name so devon-shir but if you spell it it looks like Devonshire. We are weird like that down here. But Devon is not officially a "shire" in modern times BUT, Imagine calling Cornwall a shire 🤣 It's officially the duchy of Cornwall. Edit: so what is Cornwall,Dorset Somerset, and Devon. These are all English counties officially and are most definitely not a shire. Many people think Devon is a shire and it's easily mistaken for that because we speak Devonshire not the generic "west country" that many people seem to think we all use from Cornwall to Bristol but we obviously do not. In fact there is many different varieties of accents just in Devon with a sound of their own, Plymouth is different to Exeter and that is very different to north Devon. But in the end Devon is not a shire in the modern sense of the world but is definitely a county in England. The closest a name has come to it being Devonshire is from the Anglo Saxons calling Devon " Shire of the devonians" that closely translates in modern English to Devonshire or land of the Devon people , so Devon is kind of stuck between the two options. In the modern world it's Devon But in old English it's very close to Devonshire. Personally if someone asks if I am from Devon I usually reply I am Devonshire 😊 Make of that as you will.