You’d expect an organisation as venerable as the Royal British Legion to be loyal to its suppliers. So, true to form, they have again invited Porters to join them at their annual conference in Scarborough. This is testimony to the fact that Porters, one of Britain’s oldest flagmakers, founded in 1905, has been associated with [...]
Porters on parade at British Legion conference
April 18th, 2012Flagmakers beats Easter rush with last minute bunting
April 16th, 2012It’s not only shops, councils and sports arenas that need bunting – it’s a colourful way to decorate venues for private events as well. Take the example of a desperate plea from one of our customers, whose daughter’s Easter wedding had clearly caught him on the hop. Last week he put in a very late [...]
Illegal flag causes festival problems
April 13th, 2012The festival of Newroz on 21 March, an event marking the Kurdish New Year, is celebrated annually by Kurds in their millions as an important date in their calendar. Over recent years it has taken on extra political significance as an occasion when Kurds can come together to demonstrate their identity and express their basic [...]
Eton schoolboys want to be top of the class
April 12th, 2012A group of boys from the esteemed public school of Eton have set off for a 4,600 mile trip to Mount Everest with the intention of flying the Olympic flag from the top of the mountain. The boys, the youngest of whom is only thirteen, will be greeted in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu by [...]
Ex-serviceman falls foul of red tape
April 11th, 2012Worksop Town Hall is an impressive Grade 2-listed building that has recently been restored to its former glory with redecoration and new facilities. It is now being actively promoted by Bassetlaw District Council for weddings and celebrations. One of the council workers there felt that it would be an appropriate venue for lowering the town [...]
Chesham & Amersham MP, Cheryl Gillan, Secretary of State for Wales visits Flagmakers
April 9th, 2012Union Jack Flags, Jubilee Celebrations and Flags for the Olympics were all topics of discussion when the Rt. Hon. Cheryl Gillan MP visited Flagmakers, the oldest & foremost manufacturer of Flags in this country, on Friday 27th April. Ms Gillan’s visit was both a fact finding meeting to learn about the challenges facing manufacturers in [...]
Up with the Gods
March 26th, 2012Flagpole jobs don’t get much bigger than this. Surely one of the most famous churches in the world is Westminster Abbey. The Flagpole atop the north tower on the western façade of the abbey had become ready for maintenance and required a replacement finial and halyard. Access to this pole is incredibly difficult and only [...]
Scaling the Heights
March 26th, 2012Our flagpole engineer Dave Parsons came to the rescue when St Mary’s church Putney had a sticky problem with their flagpole. St Mary’s church sits right by the Thames at Putney Bridge, and has a flagpole on top of the tower. There has been a church on the site since at least the 13th century [...]
Where’s the tallest flagpole in Britain?
March 14th, 2012Here’s a good question recently posed to us by one of our customers Where’s the tallest flagpole in Britain? The straight answer is there is no formal record of tallest poles in the UK. However for many years the record for the world’s tallest pole was held by a wooden pole at Kew Gardens at [...]
Flagmakers support new outdoor event expo
March 13th, 2012It was hailed as a ‘flagship’ event for the UK outdoor event industry. With a description like that, we were almost duty bound to attend the first-ever International Outdoor Event Expo (IOEX) at ExCeL London last week. And a great success it was too, with hundreds of people visiting our stand during the course of [...]
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