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General => General Discussion => Trinidad and Tobago History => Topic started by: E-man on March 28, 2009, 01:22:58 PM

Title: Old Flags of Trinidad and Tobago
Post by: E-man on March 28, 2009, 01:22:58 PM

In the quiz time board (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=42980.0) we had a question of when football was introduced and the old 1908 team taken in front of the union jack. So I looked up the older flags. Here is a web page I found:

http://flagspot.net/flags/tt_col.html

(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt-col.gif)
Blue ensign for Trinidad 1889 to 1958

(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt-corl.gif)
(http://flagspot.net/misc/tt_cred.jpg)
Red ensign
The motto reads: "She is content to make treaties and unite peoples." Another translation is "He approved of the mingling of peoples and their being joined together by treaties"

(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt-1958.gif)
1958 flag

(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt_qe2.gif)
Queen's flag used 1966-1976 before T&T went all Republic on her ass.

(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt_toba.gif)
Tobago: Fargo House Movement flag 1977

motto reads: "she becomes more beautiful"

(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt_tob1.gif)
(http://flagspot.net/misc/tt)to-b1.gif)
100 years prior: Tobago 1877

More Tobago variations:

1880's
(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt_tob2.gif)
(http://flagspot.net/misc/tt)to-b2.gif)
(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt_tob3.gif)
(http://flagspot.net/misc/tt)to-b3.gif)

1889
(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt_tob4.gif)
(http://flagspot.net/misc/tt)to-b4.gif)

Tobago was administered as part of the Windward Islands from 1833 until 1889 when it was annexed to Trinidad and used the Trinidad flag above.

Title: Re: Old Flags of Trinidad and Tobago
Post by: daryn on March 28, 2009, 01:39:58 PM

thanks man.

Title: Re: Old Flags of Trinidad and Tobago
Post by: daryn on March 28, 2009, 01:45:19 PM

Quote from: E-man on March 28, 2009, 01:22:58 PM

(http://flagspot.net/images/t/tt_qe2.gif)
Queen's flag used 1966-1976 before T&T went all Republic on her ass.

who exactly was using this one?  was it just for a narrow set of events?

I wasn't around in '62 but in the video of the flag being raised at independence it's definitely the same flag we have today.

this looks like it shares a lot with the coat of arms but we using that since 1962 also. 

edit: I guess I shoulda either think about it more or click on the link you included.  does the queen still have personal flags for other countries that aren't republics? 

Title: Re: Old Flags of Trinidad and Tobago
Post by: sinned on March 28, 2009, 03:06:07 PM

Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Personal_New_Zealand_Flag for general details about a Queen's personal flag for a non-republic Commonwealth country.

Basically it is designed, approved and used for visits of the Queen to the particular country. Queen Elizabeth II visited Trinidad and Tobago first in  1966  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Commonwealth_visits_made_by_Queen_Elizabeth_II) at which time the personal flag was used for the first time.