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![[Flag of Oakridge ]](../images/g/gb-eoakr.jpg)
image located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2 February 2015 See also:
Speaking of oaks and ridges: Apparently Oakridge, Gloucestershire has had a
flag since at least 4 September 2010.
http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/8376273.New_village_flag_unveiled_at_Oakridge_Village_Show/?ref=rss
Stroud News - 7 September 2010 - Crispin Northey:
"A new village flag
was unveiled at Oakridge Village Show on Saturday. A kind donation by Alex and
Gill Davis, the flag and flagpole will stand in the village hall grounds. The
flag was the result of a village wide competition for entrants to send in their
owns designs which would represent the Oakridge community. Winners of the
competition, Gordon and Maureen Ward, opted for a countryside scene with the oak
as a prominent symbol of the village. The raising of the flag marked the
beginning of the show ..."
Curiously, the flag shown in the accompanying
photograph has nothing in common with that description, except for the oak
theme. In the photograph we see what appears to be the reverse of the flag,
where the unfortunately added text "OAKRIDGE" is in obverse. Presumably this is
true for both sides. Whether this is also true for the oak branch is not easy to
determine from this image.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 2
February 2015