Cutting the cloth on town hall flags

Nov 12 2008 by Andrew Hirst, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

EAGLE-EYED readers may have spotted that flags on town halls seem to be smaller.

The smaller flags are called storm flags and are designed to fly in all weathers from buildings such as Huddersfield Town Hall.

The fear is that large flags may get wrapped around the poles and weaken them.

A Kirklees Council spokeswoman said larger flags were flown on special occasions when weather allowed.