St. Georges Day. [Archive] - UK Urban Exploration Forums

AndrewB

April 16th, 2010, 14:47

Afternoon all,

I know last year there was a challenge of who can fly a St.George flag in the best place.

Anyone up for this again this year? I have a few places in mind.

Asylum Raider

April 16th, 2010, 14:51

Hmmmm, will get my thinking cap on....

DubbedNavigator

April 16th, 2010, 15:22

Thats my birthday. i may be up for it - just a little on the intoxicated side of it.....

morse

April 16th, 2010, 16:30

nick, you remember the flag psot you wnated to climb the other night?

i reckon we should do that one ;)

morse

April 16th, 2010, 16:36

i send u a pm.

we should have a competitionn for the most palces done as well ;)

Dempsey

April 16th, 2010, 16:56

Its on.

goan

April 16th, 2010, 17:10

I have a few ideas of places :D

Brick_Man

April 16th, 2010, 18:05

what days it on, and I hope lidl sell cheap big flags.

also, does a ships mast count if its no longer connected to the ship?

morse

April 16th, 2010, 18:07

what days it on, and I hope lidl sell cheap big flags.

also, does a ships mast count if its no longer connected to the ship?

check ebay mate

i think anything counts, whetehr you win with it will depend on everyone elses places

Brick_Man

April 16th, 2010, 18:09

ebay too slow.

morse

April 16th, 2010, 18:11

ebay too slow.

a week should be fine

mookster

April 16th, 2010, 19:32

Plant it up Yvette Fielding's backside.

adders

April 23rd, 2010, 01:13

It begins.

Snow Hill Phase 2 - Birmingham

http://www.adampowell.org.uk/urbex/stgeorges10.jpg

Daytime photo coming later on.

DubbedNavigator

April 23rd, 2010, 14:38

Top Man!

adders

April 24th, 2010, 01:53

http://www.adampowell.org.uk/urbex/stgeorges10_2.jpg

goan

April 24th, 2010, 05:26

Newport Bridge Middlesbrough

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4546826125_31978cdf7c_o.jpg

Heres my effort, sorry bout the crap photo, this was taken on my crap standard lens while trying to manual focus with no light.

Forsaken will upload better pics from up top later :D

AndrewB

April 24th, 2010, 10:22

WIN, Well done. Love it.

canni

April 24th, 2010, 11:48

This did give me a good chuckle. Wanting to see more

morse

April 24th, 2010, 12:40

nice one mate. our night was kind of a fail, only got one of our 4 flags up. the big plans had to be cancelled ;(

goan

April 24th, 2010, 13:09

We had other plans but ended up here longer than anticipated n were nackered by the time we got down so only got one up.

goan

April 24th, 2010, 18:18

surely there musy have been more mayhem than 2 flags?

agour

April 24th, 2010, 18:37

surely there musy have been more mayhem than 2 flags?

I didnt see this thread, otherwise I would have got some up last night : (

Knuckles

April 25th, 2010, 12:26

Brilliant! Did it blow back over the edge?

Pike

April 25th, 2010, 12:28

goan, could have give me a shout on that 1 would have loved to do it!!

i didn’t see the tread or i would have done the 5 local "well Known sites"

Peace out!!

goan

April 25th, 2010, 13:46

Ours is still there tho flapping about alot :D

Asylum Raider

April 26th, 2010, 09:53

http://www.adampowell.org.uk/urbex/stgeorges10_2.jpg

Good Work! Beats any of the ideas i had :(

nickg

April 26th, 2010, 16:50

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs449.ash1/24716_10150183147480122_824025121_12378158_884349_ n.jpg

All it needs is a big "W" in front of those letters on that building!! :thumb

Stealthy

April 26th, 2010, 21:29

Nice one adders:thumb

Dempsey

April 26th, 2010, 21:33

Ha! i remember hwen they were building that place.

Maniac

April 26th, 2010, 21:37

While we're talking about flags, this may have just possibly been for talk like a pirate day 2009 except no one seemed to notice for almost 3 weeks :rolleyes:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2009/october/8/pirates_take_over_mast.aspx

Had they not taken the mast down since, it could have ended up with a St Georges day one as well. ;)

agour

April 26th, 2010, 22:59

this should become a year-long competition

Knuckles

April 27th, 2010, 08:03

Was in Manchester last night and was pleased to see the flag still flying at the City Inn.

dicky21

May 8th, 2010, 19:05

haha. makes me laugh in that video on the link when they show the padlock on the little wooden fence :rolleyes:

adders

May 27th, 2010, 01:31

Our flag in Birmingham is still up! What's the status of everyone else's over a month on?

Forsaken

May 27th, 2010, 02:01

Our flag at the top of Newport Bridge is still up. However, it has suffered in the wind and it's folded in half. Would the next 'visitors' please take some string along to correct it :p

adders

May 27th, 2010, 02:05

One of the zip ties at the corner of ours has sliced through the material in the wind, so flaps around a bit, but it's still bold as brass!

Brick_Man

May 27th, 2010, 13:14

ah goan, just seen you guys efforts on here! went past it the other day and didn't notice the flag TBH, should have been attached to the pigeon loft :D

st georges cross for jo jo's day, and pirate flags for the rest of the year, get to it lads!

goan

May 27th, 2010, 16:05

bubblehead

May 27th, 2010, 21:33

was forsaken that put it up! I think some pirate flags are in order :p

yarrrrr :D

Xan_Asmodi

April 9th, 2011, 02:20

How about a resurrection of this thread? I'm on it! :D

adders

April 9th, 2011, 07:44

Game.

dicky21

April 9th, 2011, 22:41

Im in :D

AndrewB

April 10th, 2011, 16:06

Ok, Game on!

Happyshopper

April 10th, 2011, 16:27

Do you have a deadline in mind?

Xan_Asmodi

April 10th, 2011, 16:32

Let's just see how many we can get done before the 23rd, and in the most extreme places. Bonus points for international sites :p

mookster

April 12th, 2011, 11:12

Might give this a shot....got something in mind...

bubblehead

April 12th, 2011, 11:26

Plans are already afoot, just acquiring the relevant materials and use of a sewing machine :thumb

mookster

April 14th, 2011, 12:12

Do you have a deadline in mind?

Probably St. George's Day:p

When is the best time to start putting these up? In the week before?

Happyshopper

April 14th, 2011, 14:02

Probably St. George's Day:p

When is the best time to start putting these up? In the week before?

For some reason I thought we'd already had it this year :banghead

ZerO81

April 14th, 2011, 14:05

For some reason I thought we'd already had it this year :banghead

You mean you thought you had missed our widely celebrated national day where everyone celebrates all that is English....oh wait...erm.....:banghead

crusader

April 14th, 2011, 15:16

Awesome idea :thumb
We need to make a thread devoted to the flags.

Bunk3r

April 14th, 2011, 15:24

Awesome idea :thumb
We need to make a thread devoted to the flags.

Awesome idea :thumb
I think this is that thread

mookster

April 23rd, 2011, 12:19

Can I get the ball rolling? Wouldn't have been possible without the cable ties from Landie Man and Treadstone, help from Zotez and the ingenius use of a broken electrical box door. Anyone driving towards Oxford from Kidlington area down the ring road should be able to see it...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5646063042_0f5f16a4bd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/5646063042/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5028/5646068254_007c1d4e86_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/5646068254/)

georgie

April 23rd, 2011, 17:58

i had a little dabble doing this a while ago but yehh im game

tuebrook culvert....january this yr

left the flag down a hole the council dug for works on the culvert

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh142/fortboyardo/tuebrook/DSCF7691.jpg

Mr Beady

April 23rd, 2011, 20:14

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m606/Jonathon_Tattersall/Sunnyvale/2.jpg

dicky21

April 23rd, 2011, 21:54

Disqualified as its not a St. Georges flag haha

Mr Beady

April 23rd, 2011, 21:58

boooo

dicky21

April 23rd, 2011, 22:13

lol i was joking... its all good :D

Mr Beady

April 23rd, 2011, 22:25

lol i was joking... its all good :D

I'll put it back up then :p

Treadstone

April 23rd, 2011, 23:24

Can I get the ball rolling? Wouldn't have been possible without the cable ties from Landie Man and Treadstone, help from Zotez and the ingenius use of a broken electrical box door. Anyone driving towards Oxford from Kidlington area down the ring road should be able to see it...

Cable ties are universally useful :-)
The flag as it was when we did it
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac138/treadstone_28/IMG48932-small.jpg
Night view of a car park.
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac138/treadstone_28/Img48930-small.jpg
And the building.
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac138/treadstone_28/Img48935-small.jpg

catbalou

April 24th, 2011, 08:42

Had to be done...
Why have one flag, when you can have two.. :D

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z352/catbalou11/Cherry%20Knowle%20St%20Georges%20Day/2011_1216cherryknowleflag0015-1.jpg

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z352/catbalou11/Cherry%20Knowle%20St%20Georges%20Day/2011_1216cherryknowleflag0014_edited-1.jpg

Cat

Sed

April 24th, 2011, 09:09

Zotez

April 24th, 2011, 18:39

Cable ties are universally useful :-)
The flag as it was when we did it
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac138/treadstone_28/IMG48932-small.jpg
Night view of a car park.
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac138/treadstone_28/Img48930-small.jpg
And the building.
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac138/treadstone_28/Img48935-small.jpg

Wonderful photos mate & thanks a lot for the lift!

styru

April 30th, 2011, 18:15

Can I get the ball rolling?..........Anyone driving towards Oxford from Kidlington area down the ring road should be able to see it...

Still there about 15 minutes ago mate. :thumb

mookster

May 1st, 2011, 01:05

Still there about 15 minutes ago mate. :thumb

We saw it as we drove past this morning, looks like the weight has fallen off the bottom though:(

Impressive that it's been up for a week now, never thought it would stay up that long!

Xan_Asmodi

May 1st, 2011, 01:06

Should have put one up the tower at Denbigh :D

mookster

May 1st, 2011, 01:31

I think any more weight up there and it's likely to collapse!

catbalou

May 1st, 2011, 10:20

Should have put one up the tower at Denbigh :D

Lol!! Yes... sod my idea of the union flag, putting an England flag on Denbigh would probably have driven Mr P more insane than he already is.