community pride

If, like me you’re interested in the links between people and places, as expressed through all sorts of folk traditions, you will see this story as a jolly good thing. Whether you’re chasing a cheese in Brockworth, a hood in Haxey or following a horn dance in Abbots Bromley you’re communing with generations of former dwellers in your locality. If local government becomes a positive focus for these activities so much the better for its value and legitimacy. This story tells us;

Historic county day celebrations should be revived to boost community pride, new according to new Government guidance for councils.

Local authorities should also look to fly their county flags and erect signs which show where historic county boundaries lie.

The new eight page guidance is designed to encourage communities to boost community pride and help families to learn about local traditions. 

In 2012 the Government changed Whitehall rules to allow local and county flags to be flown without planning permission.

Local authorities have been able erect historic county boundary signs since 2016.

But currently more than half of councils do not have county days to celebrate and not all local authorities…