'Intimidating atmosphere': Witness reports 'masked men' hanging up England and UK flags late at night on Christmas Eve as another 90 go up in Shrewsbury
Almost 100 more England and UK flags have gone up in the Shrewsbury area, with one witness claiming to have seen masked men hanging them up in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve.
Union and England flags have been strapped to lamp posts between Bayston Hill and Dobbies island - one of the busiest thoroughfares in the county - as well as more in Hanwood.
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According to the group 'Raise The Flags Shrewsbury Plus', 90 more have gone up in the county town in the last three weeks since an online fundraiser was launched, bringing the total to around 350 flags since the national 'Operation Raise the Colours' campaign began in August.
One witness told the Shropshire Star he witnessed flags going up on December 24 in the Bayston Hill area by the busy roundabout which links the A5 and A49. He said that the men were using a flatbed recovery truck from a company based in a town in the south of England nearly 200 miles away.
