The firm are a family-run business who manufacture high quality sewn and printed flags, bunting and banners with over 200 years of sewing experience between their 11 expert seamstresses
Knaresborough-based Flying Colours Flagmakers manufactured the standard draping for the Queen's coffinin 2007 and they have manufactured flags for the Royal Household since 2000.
Andy Ormrod, owner of Knaresborough-based Flying Colours Flagmakers, said: “It’s an incredibly strange feeling because nearly all of the flags that we manufacture are for joyous occasions and events, but there is a real sense of subdued pride and we feel very honoured. "It was fantastic last night to see the Queen taken from Northolt to Buckingham Palace in a specially designed hearse with the lights in it.
“The Queen wanted people to see her and that made it fantastic and showed off the coffin drape superbly."It’s a strange feeling but there is tons of pride that it has been manufactured here in Knaresborough and our company and colleagues are really proud.” The team also played a big part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations earlier this year, sewing Union Jack flags and special purple and silver Jubilee bunting for councils, businesses and individuals across the country - and even abroad.
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