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A new flag for Lincolnshire was unveiled at five separate ceremonies across
the county. The flag was chosen in a vote by organised by BBC Radio Lincolnshire
along with Lincolnshire Life Magazine. The winning entry was selected from a
shortlist of six designs and attracted thousands of votes. It features a red
cross with a fleur de lis in the centre on a blue and green background. A gold
border represents the crops grown in the county. The blue on the flag represents
the sea and sky of Lincolnshire and the green symbolises the fields, while the
fleur de lys represents the City of Lincoln.
The winning design was unveiled at five locations: the Observatory Tower at
Lincoln Castle, South Kesteven District Council's offices in Grantham,
Springfields Shopping Centre in Spalding, Gainsborough Old Hall, the Assembly
Rooms in Boston.
Ken Westmoreland, 30 October 2005
The website of
Newton Newton Flags shows a flag for Lincolnshire County Council as a green
(or blue?) sheet bearing the armorial bearings of the County Council
on a white disc. See:
www.civicheraldry.co.uk for details of the badge. This is may be a
predecessor to the new flag above.
Laurence Jones, 10 October 2005
The website of
Newton Newton Flags shows a flag for Boston Borough Council as a red flag
bearing the arms of the Borough council. See
http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/lincs.html for details.
Laurence Jones, 10 October 2005
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 October 2005
The cross of Saint George (a symmetrical red cross constructed by
horizontally and vertically bisecting a white ground) is familiar enough. The
Lincoln City flag starts from this point. Adorning this is a central Fleur-de-lys
(lily) in yellow or gold. The use of the lily harks back to a time when Lincoln
was primarily Catholic and the great Cathedral of Lincoln was Catholic (it is
now Church of England). The lily symbolizes the Virgin Mary. The flag itself, is
rarely seen anywhere else apart from flying on the mast above the Mayor's
Chambers in the City. Lincoln City council
use a "coat of Arms" - a shield-shaped version of the City flag as their
logo.
Allister Garrod, 6 February 2003
located by Jan Mertens, 5 July 2008
The flag is seen in use at http://www.ulcareers.co.uk/ in front of the cathedral. The university web page notes the elements are placed in an invisible square and the head is coloured as Pantone 398 with black lettering.
From
http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/identity/why.htm:
[The] logo sets out to
capture the spirit of the new university. It is Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom
and knowledge. There are three reasons why we have chosen this symbol. The first
is that education is about people. As a new university, our spirit is almost
wholly embodied in our staff, our students and the community we serve. Most
other places of learning express themselves with lions, swords, books, winged
birds: the encrustation of long dead noble families. Minerva is symbolic of a
powerful, independent and shrewd individual. The second is the link with the
Romans who settled in Lincoln in the1st Century AD. They built their capital for
eastern England at Lindon ,'the place by the pool', and renamed it Lindum
Colonia. The Romans always revered the inventive and resourceful Minerva whose
name is thought to derive from 'mens', the word for mind. The third is Minerva's
role as a teacher. In Homer's Odyssey - where she appears as Athena, her Greek
name - she disguises herself as a man called Mentor and advises Odysseus' son,
Telemachus. Mentor has entered our language as the word for a wise and
sympathetic guide.
Jan Mertens, 5 July 2008
The Lincoln District Scout Band is one of the 120 Scout Bands in the UK. It
was established just over 20 yrs ago, and is the only Scout Band in the County
of
Lincolnshire. We have fun playing good music and the Scouts enjoy performing at
Parades, carnivals, shows etc.
The flag ground is scarlet (the colour of our Band Neckerchiefs) with our
familiar (to those who know us) traditional crossed drumsticks, overlaid with
the image of an infantry bugle (The band began as a drum & bugle corps, although
we play bugles less often today, we concentrate on more melodic music in full
harmony). The logo is flanked by the Scout Arrowhead and the Guide Trefoil (as
we accept Guides into the band too).
Allister Garrod, Bandmaster, 24 July 2002
The website of
Newton Newton Flags shows a flag for Boston Borough Council as a green flag
bearing the arms of the town as detailed at:
http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/lincs.html#sleaford tc for details.
Laurence Jones, 10 October 2005