ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO SATURDAY JUNE 23, 1917

Performances at Carradale

ON THE evenings of Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16, performances of the patriotic operetta entitled

The Birth of the Union Jack were given in the Mission Hall, Carradale, by pupils of Carradale School, who had been trained to the acting of their various parts by Mrs Robertson, one of their teachers.

The idea of the operetta is as follows: in the first part, Britannia calls her court together to consider designs for a flag that will jointly represent the three nations of England, Scotland and Ireland, instead of their having three separate ensigns.

St Andrew of Scotland, St Patrick of Ireland and St George of England enter the conference, and a flag (the Union Jack) is decided on.

The second part of the operetta is staged at the close of the 19th century, when Britannia calls for a report of the progress made in the past century.