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Flag At Half Mast #1029510 25th Jan 2017 3:01pm 25th Jan 2017 3:01pm
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,735 Birkenhead diggingdeeper OP Wiki Master
diggingdeeper OP Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,735 Birkenhead	I noticed that Birkenhead Town Hall flag was at half mast today (25/1/2017), has anyone any idea why? The Wirral flag protocol is HERE The further you are down the pay scale, the more 'essential' you are when the s--- hits the fan... Sue Farbysmith 2020 Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill - Charles Caleb Colton We don't do charity in Germany, We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

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Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: diggingdeeper] #1029515 25th Jan 2017 5:07pm 25th Jan 2017 5:07pm
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 17,531 Wirral granny Wiki Master
granny Wiki Master Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 17,531 Wirral	Apart from a Saudi Prince being executed today, there seems too be no other information available. Maybe the string is broken, or the last man forgot to pull it down again. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: granny] #1029526 25th Jan 2017 7:54pm 25th Jan 2017 7:54pm
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paxvobiscum Forum Addict Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,131 Upton	Granny your reply was very amusing. Do you think a local councillor has died?

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: paxvobiscum] #1029539 25th Jan 2017 10:18pm 25th Jan 2017 10:18pm
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 17,531 Wirral granny Wiki Master
granny Wiki Master Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 17,531 Wirral	Don't know if they fly the flag at half mast for a Councillor, Pax. Maybe, but there still doesn't seem to be a mention of any one of them. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: diggingdeeper] #1029540 25th Jan 2017 10:34pm 25th Jan 2017 10:34pm
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,735 Birkenhead diggingdeeper OP Wiki Master
diggingdeeper OP Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,735 Birkenhead	This was the Union Jack so wouldn't be for a councillor (the Local Authority flag is used in that situation - see protocol in first post). The further you are down the pay scale, the more 'essential' you are when the s--- hits the fan... Sue Farbysmith 2020 Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill - Charles Caleb Colton We don't do charity in Germany, We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: diggingdeeper] #1029544 25th Jan 2017 11:24pm 25th Jan 2017 11:24pm
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 17,531 Wirral granny Wiki Master
granny Wiki Master Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 17,531 Wirral	Could it have been for Lord Snowden, even though he was buried about 3 days ago or maybe more ? Last edited by granny; 25th Jan 2017 11:26pm. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: diggingdeeper] #1029547 26th Jan 2017 12:17am 26th Jan 2017 12:17am
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NBSM51 Newbeee N Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 32 Yorktown Virginia USA	could this be the reason ?? http://www.itv.com/news/granada/upd...ce-fly-flags-at-half-mast-in-pcs-honour/

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: NBSM51] #1029548 26th Jan 2017 12:45am 26th Jan 2017 12:45am
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,735 Birkenhead diggingdeeper OP Wiki Master
diggingdeeper OP Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,735 Birkenhead	Originally Posted by NBSM51 could this be the reason ?? http://www.itv.com/news/granada/upd...ce-fly-flags-at-half-mast-in-pcs-honour/ Good thought but again it should be the Local Authority Flag, not the Union Flag. The further you are down the pay scale, the more 'essential' you are when the s--- hits the fan... Sue Farbysmith 2020 Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill - Charles Caleb Colton We don't do charity in Germany, We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: diggingdeeper] #1029681 28th Jan 2017 10:58pm 28th Jan 2017 10:58pm
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oldpm01 Enthusiast O Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 152 Wirral	Its to mark the end of free parking...........

Re: Flag At Half Mast [Re: oldpm01] #1029685 29th Jan 2017 9:52am 29th Jan 2017 9:52am
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fish5133 Forum Guardian F Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,036 Heswallish	Originally Posted by oldpm01 Its to mark the end of free parking........... Top answer

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