SUPPORT THE FIRST TOUR DE YORKSHIRE 1st MAY to 3rd MAY 2015. The Tour de Yorkshire 2015 begins in Bridlington on 1st May 2015, and 174km later it will finish up the coast in Scarborough. It will take in some of the county's most spectacular scenery including the North Yorkshire moors. There will be a ceremonial start on Stage One...
FLY THE FLAG FOR ST GEORGE'S DAY - 23RD APRIL 2015 St George's day is on 23rd April and is England's national day. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the national flag of England and also part of the Union Jack. St George's emblem was adopted by Richard the Lionheart and brought to England in...
CELEBRATE ORKNEY - ST MAGNUS DAY ON 16TH APRIL 2015! Orkney's flag was registered on April 10th 2007. The flag was the winning design by Duncan Tullock from Birsay, in a competition organised by the local council and reflects the Islands Scandinavian heritage. The flag has a red background with an offset yellow cross. The blue represents the...
CELEBRATE YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING DAY West Riding Day is celebrated on 29th March, the anniversary of the Battle of Towton which was fought during the English Wars of the Roses in 1461. The Battle took place in the village of Towton in Yorkshire and the victor, the Duke of York, became King Edward IV after displacing Henry VI. ...
CELEBRATE ST PATRICK'S DAY 17TH MARCH - raise your flag for the Patron Saint of Ireland St Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish : anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. More importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries...
COMMONWEALTH DAY 2015 will be celebrated on 9th March this year. It is always on the 2nd Monday in March. Commonwealth Day is celebrated across the Commonwealth by young people, schools, communities and civil society organisations. It is an opportunity to promote understanding on global issues, internation co-operation and the work of Commonwealth organisations. The day is marked...
CELEBRATE ST PIRAN'S DAY - SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOUR COUNTY! St Piran's Day is the national day of Cornwall held on the 5th March every year. It is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tin miners. The flag of Cornwall was first described as the standard...
ST DAVID'S DAY is celebrated in Wales on the 1st March in honour of Dewi Sant or St David, the patron saint of Wales. Little information is known about Dewi Sant - but he was educated in Cardiganshire and then went on pilgrimage through South Wales and the West of England where it is said he founded religious centres such...
SUPPORT YOUR TEAM IN THE ICC ODI WORLD CUP 2015. SHOW YOUR COLOURS AND FLY THE FLAG!! The ICC World Cup 2015 is being held in Australia and New Zealand from 14th Februry 2015 to 28th March 2015. 14 countries will be taking part in the ICC ODI World Cup. England, Ireland and Scotland all qualified. Flags...
BURNS NIGHT CELEBRATES THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE POET, ROBERT BURNS, AND SCOTTISH CULTURE IN GENERAL. IT IS ON OR AROUND THE 25TH JANUARY EVERY YEAR. Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland on 25th January 1759 and died on 21st July 1796. He was a poet and wrote many poems and lyrics, his most famous being Auld...
