Jeremy Corbyn tells how he used to plant red flag on The Wrekin
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has spoken about how he used to climb Shropshire's Wrekin and plant the red flag at its summit.
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Mr Corbyn, who grew up in Newport and attended Adams' Grammar School, said he would climb to the top on May Day to fly the flag.
He said: "I grew up in Shropshire, I worked on farms and factories and warehouses and things in Shropshire.
"I was a very active secretary of the Wrekin Young Socialists and we used to love climbing up The Wrekin and putting a red flag up on May Day."
Mr Corbyn was born in Wiltshire, before he moved to the county aged seven. He first attended Newport's fee-paying Castle House School before moving on to Adams, where by his own admission he was "not a very good student".
