Reader opinion: 'Flags should be celebrated, not criticised' - your letters, plus a knockout archive moment with Frank Bruno
Readers share their thoughts on flags in the town, what makes a great community, and a search for family connections from the Second World War.
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Let the flags fly high and proud
A recent correspondent disliked seeing our lovely flags all over the town. I love seeing them. They give a happy uplifting look to to our roads. Flags say 'look at us, we're here'. Let's enjoy our flags.
So what if they're nylon? What's wrong with that?
Major distraction and a road hazard? Really?
Plastic ties look a mess? That's grasping at straws.
Upsetting for those who find them reminiscent of a banana republic? It's not our flags doing that to the country.
Intimidated? I'm not the only one who feels intimidated, even offended, by the Pride Flag flying over council buildings without asking us, but no one's clamouring to remove them. Live and let live.
There are witness reports of many foreign people in the UK happily joining in, raising the flag. Sadly, the ones who try to stop them are middle class white people, offended on their behalf.
