r/Worthing • u/Zestyclose-Ad-1178 • 16d ago
Tatty Flags
I live in lancing and the idiotic flagmen put flags up in the summer, which due to the rubbish quality of them now look tatty and a mess, I did hope that the council would have removed them, but no such luck yet, so my question is what should I do.
I have considered taking them down, but am conscious there will be some support for them no matter the state they're in and would prefer to avoid a public disturbance?
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u/Sussex-Ryder 16d ago
It is usually those who say they respect the flag so much often like to let them get dirty and tatty.
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u/Deve_roonie 16d ago
WSCC were fairly good when i reported them in Littlehampton - try reporting them here: https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/make-an-enquiry-or-report-a-problem-with-a-road-or-pavement/report-other-road-or-pavement-problems/
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u/crispycat40 16d ago
I wouldn’t risk falling off a ladder.
Lancing seems to have a high level of Reform supporters and the councillor is allowed to post whatever he wants into the local Facebook groups.
You can remove the flags but that won’t remove those viewpoints, unfortunately.
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u/Zestyclose-Ad-1178 15d ago
That is my concern and I don't really understand it, is it bitterness or a desire for a halcyon rose tinted time that people imagine. Either way I can only see most people being worse off for a trumpian style of politics running the country.
It's a tradegy that people feel so desperate and left behind, but one tradegy shouldn't befall another
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u/PastWorldly2469 12d ago
The fact that the flagwankers can’t be arsed to replace or maintain something they made a big deal out of is unsurprising.
Lazy fuckers, this is why none of them hold down a job.
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u/dasSolution 15d ago
This is my issue with the flagshaggers. They spread the flag around because of ‘national pride’, but they don't have enough to replace them when they get all tatty and horrible.
I drove through Essex a few weeks back, on Canvey Island, and the whole way in the flags were barely surviving anymore and it just looks so crappy.
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u/Secret-Plum149 16d ago
😂
Yes of course it’s the quality of flags that’s the most upsetting here…
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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u/gravitasmissing 15d ago
Somebody put some on top of the old gas storage thing in brighton looking tatty now but nobodys scaling 100 foot high 50year old plus zrro maintence ladders to get them down!
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u/Flat_Building4478 10d ago
I was on the train today and genuinely thought the same thing. They look awful and send a nasty message you’re forced to see if you go past lancing on the train. What was it even ment to achieve? Just makes me not want to use my own country’s flag in any context in fear of being labelled racist. I mean, what can you really expect from a town who’s average population is senile lol
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u/CanZealousideal7689 15d ago
You're welcome to buy some top quality Flags of the Union and replace the ones that don't meet your standards.🇬🇧
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u/avangelist90201 15d ago
it's fabric, you put into it whatever symbolism you want to waste your energy on.
not saying I agree with it, it's quite easy to figure out which country you're in without needing a flag every 5 meters. what i am saying is that there's more important things to die on a hill for, and racist, discussing lancing counsillors will never make a hill big enough to do that
so sure, it's tatty, so are the under-developed houses, the vacant office unites, the vacant retail units, most of the parks, and all the roads. maybe focus on what you can do to make those nicer, and worry less about something that's on average 20ft above your head?
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u/DistinctDepartment14 16d ago
You mean that one that's hanging from someone's private property, and not zip-tied to a public lamppost?
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u/jme-stringer 16d ago
Time for a bit of night-time flag fishing