Putting flags on lampposts

COYBL25 · Thursday at 12:25 PM

Seems to be well worse in certain areas.

Drove through the Atherton and Leigh area at the weekend and there were whole roads with each and every lamp post with one on, inc the main drag to the Leigh Sports Village, where the Leigh Leopards Rugby League Club ( who are flying at the mo ) - not a good look for the rugby club ( imo )

BainesontoastNEW · Thursday at 1:30 PM

WA Toffee said:
Is there a push for England to have an independance referendum? There seems to be a large focus on being English rather than being British. Or is just that the morons are too stupid and lazy to know how to paint the Union Flag?

I'm sensing an opportunity here: create a Union flag painting stencil.

Dragon's Den, lad.

LostLegend · Thursday at 1:33 PM

gud to see are paytriat lads flyin the flag.
Nuffink to do wit dem forners
am not raysist jus dun like em nuff sed

NeilMorepies · Thursday at 8:12 PM

TrachyBlue · Thursday at 11:57 PM

18.6% of responders are w..kers

Bishop Thumpety-Thump · Friday at 3:58 AM

Kurt. said:
Not far off …. The more shocking thing was the window … if you pulled the blind up it would be like watching porn in a massive telly …. If your in to watching yet mrs scrunching up her face whilst having a dump… personally it’s not my thing

Which hotel mate? Asking for a friend.

slipstream86 · Friday at 12:49 PM

Couldn't give a toss really. It's not like I haven't seen Union/George Cross flags in the street before. Coronations/jubilees, World cup/Euros, Remembrance day parades. I walk past the ones by me without regard... That said, I don't agree with the idea of flags being attached to public facilities unless officially organised by local authorities....it's effectively graffiti. Do it on your own property instead.

Bryan+ · Friday at 1:06 PM

slipstream86 said:
Couldn't give a toss really. It's not like I haven't seen Union/George Cross flags in the street before. Coronations/jubilees, World cup/Euros, Remembrance day parades. I walk past the ones by me without regard... That said, I don't agree with the idea of flags being attached to public facilities unless officially organised by local authorities....it's effectively graffiti. Do it on your own property instead.

I think it devalues the meaning, which is great. That nobody really cares. All that effort to get out in the middle of the night, put flags up - they are already up in places.

Cels · 2025-10-20T19:10:31+0100

I think this fella may have gone a bit too far

JammyP · 2025-10-20T19:34:59+0100

Most of the flags are half way up the poles - signalling distress. But great news for importers of cheap Chinese made flags. Makes me proud.... Not

tommye · 2025-10-20T19:50:34+0100

COYBL25 said:
Seems to be well worse in certain areas.

Drove through the Atherton and Leigh area at the weekend and there were whole roads with each and every lamp post with one on, inc the main drag to the Leigh Sports Village, where the Leigh Leopards Rugby League Club ( who are flying at the mo ) - not a good look for the rugby club ( imo )

Working in Middleton tomorrow. Will report back.

The binman chronicles · 2025-10-20T20:02:43+0100

These are useful to identify Gammon towns and areas not to visit again. Ever.

Interestingly enough...At times of plague, it was common to mark the doors of victims of the disease with a large painted cross, either in red or black paint. In later times, large printed crosses were often affixed to doors.

Nearly 500 years later and not much has changed.

Rita_Poon · 2025-10-20T20:05:48+0100

The binman chronicles said:
These are useful to identify Gammon towns and areas not to visit again. Ever.

Interestingly enough...At times of plague, it was common to mark the doors of victims of the disease with a large painted cross, either in red or black paint. In later times, large printed crosses were often affixed to doors.

Nearly 500 years later and not much has changed.

I couldn't read this and not think of the scene in Blazing saddles where they cough up ideas about how to force the townsfolk out.