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[ [Flag of Falmouth, Dorset] ](../images/g/gb-e-falmouth.jpg)image located by Rob Raeside, 14 July 2010

Flag Competition

According to "The Packet", 12 August 2008, the Town Council of Falmouth is organizing a competition for the design of a town flag. The competition is open to "all members of the community", there will be a jury, a money prize for the winner and a separate student prize.
http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/3582487.Flag_fun_coming_to_Falmouth
Ivan Sache, 12 August 2008

On 30 October 2009, theFalmouth Packet announced the winning flag -http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/4711873.Falmouth_flag_competition_winnersfrom 180 entries. The winner of the best overall flag was Claire Trotman, and the winner of the student section, Mollie Fielding. Based on the photo in the page mentioned above, the winning design is brightly coloured coastal scene with a lighthouse, sailboat, row of houses, fish, gulls, etc., as shown in the entry which can be viewed athttp://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/photogalleries/flags/view/gallery_79101.Falmouth_flag_competition.
Rob Raeside, 14 July 2010

See alsowww.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/4169319.Falmouth_to_have_two_official_flags_where not only is it asserted that Falmouth already had a flag (of unknown and apparently forgotten design), but the datelines on the stories don't make much sense either.
Andr� Coutanche, 14 July 2010