Willenhall, Staffordshire (England)

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• Description of the flag

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Description of the Flag

Based on http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/willenhall/

Flag Type: Town Flag
Flag Date: 14th June 2014
Flag Designer: Adam Leonard
Adoption Route: Popular Vote
Aspect Ratio: 3:5
Pantone(r) Colours: Blue 286, Red 186, Yellow 109
Certification: Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram

The flag features several references to the towns traditional industry of lock and key-making. The field itself is divided between a red hoist and a blue centre and fly by a vertical embattled line, the pattern of which symbolises the pins of locking mechanisms. In the hoist are three padlocks and the centre of the design has crossed keys with a crown above them, the crown recalling how Queen Elizabeth I granted permission to the town to manufacture royal locks and the towns subsequent status as a king of lock-making. The colours of blue, red and gold were drawn from the arms of the former Willenhall Urban District Council.

Philip Tibbetts, 25 November 2014