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You've missed the point over a flag for Dorset
I take issue with John Neimer's comments regarding a new Dorset Flag (Echo, May 5). Mr Neimer seems to have completely missed the point here.
The flag he claims to be the Flag of Dorset is in fact, the arms of Dorset County Council. An organisation! Even the motto is theirs!
It is an arms - not a civil flag. The two are utterly different. There is no flag for all Dorset, hence the debate and contest.
As for St Wite? Possibly the rarest Saint (due to the fact that hers are the only intact remains in all of England, bar Edward the Confessor) and at one time one of the most important in all of England?
We should be celebrating this! St Wite was born in Dorset and died in Dorset, unlike St Aldhelm or St Cuthburga.
Last time I checked, Poole and Bournemouth were still part of Dorset. The councils may be separate, but the people aren't and they have as much right to unified Dorset flag as the rest of us.
Dave White,
Campaigner for St Wite's Flag as the Flag of Dorset,
Durnover Court,
Dorchester.
7:35pm Thursday 8th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Oliver Holt, Wyke Regis on 4:09pm Fri 9 May 08
Well said Dave. I totally agree that John missed the point, and I don't understand why anyone would think that there are any drawbacks to having a flag - there is no reason to stop people adopting one.
Well said Dave. I totally agree that John missed the point, and I don't understand why anyone would think that there are any drawbacks to having a flag - there is no reason to stop people adopting one.
Posted by: Robinson on 12:19am Sat 10 May 08
David,
I have been unable to find a hagiography for St Wite. For what was
she beatified?
P.S You seem to have an echo.
David,
I have been unable to find a hagiography for St Wite. For what was
she beatified?
P.S You seem to have an echo.
Posted by: white43, Dorchester on 3:57pm Sat 10 May 08
[quote][bold]Robinson[/bold] wrote:
David, I have been unable to find a hagiography for St Wite. For what was she beatified? P.S You seem to have an echo. [/quote] Robinson - you're looking for St Candida.
http://www.catholic.
org/saints/saint.php
?saint_id=436
Robinson wrote:
David, I have been unable to find a hagiography for St Wite. For what was she beatified? P.S You seem to have an echo.
Robinson - you're looking for St Candida.
http://www.catholic.
org/saints/saint.php
?saint_id=436
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