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The Old Kent Road flag-maker bulldozed by Bricklayers Arms flyover that had traded since the 1550s

For centuries people have nailed their colours to the mast and hoisted their banners up poles to celebrate or show support for various causes. So it was that knights in shining armour and kings on horseback once travelled to a humble flagmaker in the...

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