‘Together we thrive' Flags replaced by welcoming sign

DOZENS of Union flags put up last week on two major roads in South Bristol have been removed overnight during the weekend, with messages of 'welcome and solidarity' put up in their place.

- Tristan CORK

Scores of flags were tied high up on lampposts by South Bristol residents with an anti-immigration message behind them right across Bedminster, Ashton, Bedminster Down and Knowle over the past week or so.

But on two main streets in Bedminster and Ashton Gate - Luckwell Road and Duckmoor Road and nearby West Street, the flags sparked some controversy, with some local residents living on those streets saying they didn't want them there.

In the early hours of Saturday morning, a group of local residents are understood to have removed all the flags from first Duckmoor Road and then West Street on Sunday morning. And in their place, posters containing the Union flag but with messages of welcome were pinned to lampposts.