Well as it was my suggestion I may as well add my comments to the Mix. I think I may already mentioned this stuff YEARS ago when introducing myself on the Newbie thread.
I'm a Brit living in an area of England called Tyne & Wear.
I live in the town of Gateshead which sits across the River Tyne from the historic city of Newcastle upon Tyne, people from this are are locally known as Geordies (many theories exist as to where this name comes from, they are to big a subject to cover here but if you really must know try the link below)
A humorous conversion of English to Geordie, a dialect of Northumbria, North East England
We have a rich gutteral local 'regional' accent that still contains many words and phrases that can be traced back to the time of the Angle invasion. This unique accent can lead many non locals to thinking we are anything from a Scot to Irish and even Welsh - but we are I assure you English (ish?). We have local almost tribal rivallry in sports etc with local towns such as Sunderland. To people oustide of our area we sound the same, but trust me even though there is less than 10 miles between the towns we have totally different accents - these people should never be confused with Geordies as this will cause offence, and probably get you a slap from a drunken Geordie, as turn into almost Klingon like creatures after too many bevvies!
Tyneside locals are renowned for their friendly and openess with people visiting our land (please note from the paragraph above we are only aggressive to each other and not tourists!), just as well really as my area is fast becoming the leading short break destination of choice in Europe. The local football fans the 'Toon Army' (toon being Geordie for Town) are world renowed as being the best in the world - a true knowledge of football (sorry Soccer to you lot) in all the forms it takes.
Well enough of my tourist information help line nonesense here are the flags in question:
England - St George's Cross:
Normally linked to the Crusades, but historians now believe it has been around a lot longer, perhaps as early as the late 10th Century.
Gateshead's Coat of Arms (1 of at least verions I know of):
My home town whilst often overlooked by its cross Tyne cousin is actually a very interesting place, a settlement has been on the site since before the Roman Invasion of Britain with records of it being called Gateshead as early as the year 653AD
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Gateshead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia