Slaskie

16th April 2010

“We’ve lost count of the number of red and white flags we’ve sewn, there isn’t time for that now."

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The Biel-Flag company in Bielsko-Biala has been so inundated with orders for their product since Saturday’s plane crash that they’ve run out of material. The company, established in 2004, initially rode the wave of orders by public institutions for new flags associated with Poland’s accession to the EU. The following year the biggest demand for flags was connected to the death on John Paul II – both Polish flags and the yellow and white colours of the Vatican.

The next big surge came in 2008 and was for Tibetan flags, to protest about the Beijing Olympics. However, nobody can remember anything like the last few days. “We’ve lost count of the number of red and white flags we’ve s ...

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