On 21 September 2004 16:53, Wolfgang Schlick wrote: >>>> Proposals to adopt the Alpine bearberry as an official Orkney >>>> emblem, met with a resounding "no" today, as islands' councillors >>>> halted the idea in its tracks. (Orcadian today) > > Sorry, I always thought that Orkney has the yellow flags > (plants, not the red crossed yellow flag :-) ) ... or was it > just GMB's idea, who told me about that years ago ??? This is a scheme dreamt up by a Wildflower preservation organisation, looking to have every county in Britain adopt a plant as an "emblem". I'm not sure of exact details, but the obvious choice of the Primula Scotica, has already been "registered" by Caithness, so Orkney cant use it. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

Tis somehow not surprising that this common bearberry be discarded as an emblem. I have always observed that the seals that inhabit the coastlines of those precious islands, deserve some credit for surviving. They appear a s sentry seals, guarding the lands from foreign invaders. Why not a critter instead of a plant? Just a thought. We in Canada have the beaver as an emblem. I always felt seals were more photogenic. This was a very interesting posting Sigurd. Thankyou. Stephen (Canorky) On Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 02:33 PM, Sigurd Towrie wrote: > On 21 September 2004 16:53, Wolfgang Schlick wrote: > >>>>> Proposals to adopt the Alpine bearberry as an official Orkney >>>>> emblem, met with a resounding "no" today, as islands' councillors >>>>> halted the idea in its tracks. (Orcadian today) >> >> Sorry, I always thought that Orkney has the yellow flags >> (plants, not the red crossed yellow flag :-) ) ... or was it >> just GMB's idea, who told me about that years ago ??? > > This is a scheme dreamt up by a Wildflower preservation organisation, > looking to have every county in Britain adopt a plant as an "emblem". > > I'm not sure of exact details, but the obvious choice of the Primula > Scotica, has already been "registered" by Caithness, so Orkney cant > use it. > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >

I propose to start a campaign on Orkneycommunities.co.uk to have pampas grass as the Orkney emblem, because every garden here seems to have a thriving clump of it. Then I propose to have Stromness twinned with Macchu Piccu (or Wick), and have Beyonce Knowles as the official bird of Orkney. You know it all makes sense. Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:33 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] RE: Orkney emblem > On 21 September 2004 16:53, Wolfgang Schlick wrote: > > >>>> Proposals to adopt the Alpine bearberry as an official Orkney > >>>> emblem, met with a resounding "no" today, as islands' councillors > >>>> halted the idea in its tracks. (Orcadian today) > > > > Sorry, I always thought that Orkney has the yellow flags > > (plants, not the red crossed yellow flag :-) ) ... or was it > > just GMB's idea, who told me about that years ago ??? > > This is a scheme dreamt up by a Wildflower preservation organisation, > looking to have every county in Britain adopt a plant as an "emblem". > > I'm not sure of exact details, but the obvious choice of the Primula > Scotica, has already been "registered" by Caithness, so Orkney cant use it. > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >