La Cruz de Dorset se convierte en la bandera de Dorset

La bandera del condado inglés de Dorset ha sido elegida mediante votación popular. El fondo dorado del diseño ganador hace referencia a Gold Hill y Gold Cap, dos de los lugares emblemáticos de la zona, así como al carácter jovial de la población; además, el oro y el rojo son los colores predominantes en el escudo heráldico del condado.

Dorset Cross becomes Dorset flag

Dorset's first ever official flag has been chosen after a poll attracting thousands of votes.

The Dorset Cross attracted 54% of the 3,868 votes cast in a competition organised by Dorset County Council.

Four designs were shortlisted for the county, which was the only one in the south west without a flag.

Previous attempts to choose a flag for the county lacked support, but it grew with the 2012 Olympics sailing events being held in Weymouth and Portland.

Dorset Cross campaigner Dave White, from Dorchester, said: "We're very pleased about the result - we're glad that when it went to a vote, what we believed has been proven."

Co-designer Chris Brown explained that the gold colour was taken from the Gold Hill and Gold Cap locations in the county.

He added: "The county council coat of arms is predominantly gold and red and there's lots of other gold references but the one I really like is that it represents the golden and sunny disposition of the folk in Dorset."

The four final designs were shortlisted by an independent judging panel from 29 submitted by Dorset people.

Graham Bartram, the chief vexillologist, someone who studies flags, at the Flag Institute and chairman of the judging panel, said: "Many counties are adopting their own flag to show pride in their area.

"Dorset has taken a very democratic approach in inviting people across the county to vote."

John Peake, chairman of Dorset County Council, added: "It's wonderful that so many people have voted and that we now have a symbol for the county we all love."

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Más ideas para la bandera de Dorset

Se han recibido otras dos ideas para la bandera del condado inglés de Dorset

Latest ideas for county flag
By Ian McDonald

A NARROWBOATER has come up with a novel idea for a Dorset flag - the one he has been sailing under for the last 12 years.
Grayham Rosamond, from Shipton Gorge near Bridport, needed a flag to sail under when he began narrowboating across the country.
So he opted for producing his own Dorset-related ensign - and reckons it is the perfect solution to the Echo's hunt to find a county flag.
Interest in finding a design for Dorset was fuelled when Dorchester reader David White came up with his own idea.
He is hoping his red, yellow and white design will be adopted by Dorset County Council as the official county flag.
Since then fellow readers have been sending in their own flag ideas to the Echo as the search for a unifying emblem for Dorset continues.
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Mr Rosamond's flag design is based upon the St George's Cross and features Hardy's Monument standing on a 'Bridport dagger' - a piece of rope.
The submission also boasts a shield, divided into four quarters, which features the White Horse of Osmington Hill, Corfe Castle, the Cerne Giant and an Abbotsbury swan.
Mr Rosamond's design also includes a banner that reads Vitare Gaudeamus, which means 'let us enjoy life'.
He said: "Being a canalamaniac, the need arose for a flag to sail under when narrowboating in various parts of the country.
"Being disenchanted with the Union, no longer proud to be English and flatly refusing to have anything to do with the European flag, the one great pride remaining in belonging came from living in and being part of Dorset. The flag causes great interest wherever I go and has to be explained and toasted in true Dorset fashion."
Weymouth reader Anita Blake also took the time to send her Dorset flag design to us here at the Echo.
Her idea is based on the county's distinctive coastline and uses the isle of Protland's outline as the 'D' in Dorset.
Mrs Blake, from Broadwey, said: "Flags don't normally have wording, so I thought this too would be different."
Thank you to all our readers who have sent us their submissions in our hunt to find a flag for Dorset.
Our search is now over and we will be sending the flags we have received to the county council, so it can consider whether to adopt any of them as the official Dorset flag.

Daily Echo

Una bandera para Dorset

Un grupo de ciudadanos está promoviendo la adopción de una bandera para la ciudad inglesa de Dorset. El diseño propuesto combina la Cruz de San Jorge con los colores rojo y blanco del escudo del condado y el amarillo que simboliza las playas, los campos de trigo, el Regimiento de Dorset y el Dragón Dorado de Wessex.

Flying the flag for Dorset...
By Louise Dunderdale

A FLAG for Dorset could soon be flying above buildings, along with publicly available stickers and badges.
The town criers of Dorset, including Wimborne crier Chris Brown and Wareham crier Jacquie Hall, recently backed the idea of Dorset having its own flag.
Dorchester man Dave White said: "The idea came about 2005 between me and another guy who lives in Sweden now.
"It started to roll at the beginning of last year. In the last couple of months I joined forces with the town criers who have really started to put it forward."
Wimborne town crier Chris Brown said he had noticed that Wiltshire had its own flag while he was at the Trowbridge town criers' competition last year.
"I was saying we need a flag in Dorset."

"This is a people's flag for the people of Dorset."
He added: "We want to raise enough sponsorship to get into production."
Mr Brown said any extra money generated would be ploughed into buying more flags, which he hopes will fly everywhere.
Dorset County Council has a flag with a white background and three lions but it is for county council use.
The Dorset flag is named after Saint Wite, whose remains are at Whitchurch Canonicorum in West Dorset.
The Saint Wite's Cross as the Dorset Flag has a cross design, in red and white, the colours of the county council arms and the Cross of St George, along with gold.
The third colour is to represent Dorset's beaches, Golden Cap on the Jurassic Coast, Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, the hard worked grain fields and as a reference to the Dorset Regiment and the Gold Dragon of Wessex.
For details including how to sign up, see the website flagfordorset.org.uk

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