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British Legion's women 'too old and wrong sex' to carry the flag
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WOMEN from the British Legion have been forced to lay down their
standard - because they are too old to carry the flag.
For years, members of the Middleton-in-Teesdale branch have
proudly paraded with the flag on Remembrance Day.
But this year they have been hit by a double setback.
First they discovered that for some time they have been using the
wrong standard.
The branch, which is a women's section, has been using the
standard belonging to the village's men's sec...
