Children's exhibition based on Northumberland's ancient flag
CHILDREN at first schools in north Northumberland have been working on a project to create a colourful exhibition of art and craftwork based on Northumberland's ancient flag.
The display will be staged in Etal village over the late spring bank holiday during St Bede's Festival of Anglo-Saxon arts and crafts.
The flag may have its origins in the sixth century AD as the banner of Bernicia, which had its capital at Bamburgh. This makes it one of the oldest known flag designs in Britain.
It became the flag of the Kingdom of Northumbria when Bernicia united with neighbouring Deira at the beginning of the seventh century.
The distinctive red and gold colours were adopted in the middle ages by the Percy Earls of Northumberland. The design has been the official banner of the County of Northumberland since the 1950s.
The children have used the colours and the design of alternate stripes to create a wide variety of artwork and craft pieces including pottery, textiles, paintings and a large collage mural.
The Flying Our Flag initiative has been organised by the Golden Age of Northumbria, a wide-ranging festival supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund to celebrate the unique Anglo-Saxon and early Christian heritage of north
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Last Updated:
07 May 2008 2:15 PM
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