BARFLEUR is coming back! Wonderful news. It is said that there are going to be groups of well-wishers to cheer her in, including Poole’s portfolio holder Cllr Ron Parker who is hoping to arrange a civic and twinning party to sail on its first crossing, great stuff, just what our old town needs! Harping back to scruffy detective Columbo, “... there’s just one more thing... can we have a proper flag or standard of Poole to help things along?”

Over the hundreds of years Poole has been in being, “We ain’t got one”. Yes we have some tatty ‘Poole is a beautiful place’ bits of rag flying around, but no official flag or standard. Come on the powers that be, you still have a bit of time to have one produced. Cherbourg has got a nice flag which they are justly proud to fly, so why can’t we have one to fly alongside theirs on this wonderful occasion?

JOHN R COLE, St Margarets Road, Poole