Just what Scotland needs, a Scottish Channel that promotes Scotland as an independent Nation. Keep up the good work. 🏴🏴🏴🏴
@jimso7714 ай бұрын
Great channel, so many interesting facts about our beautiful country 🏴🏴🏴
@kevinrolink1975 ай бұрын
I have been in the doocot, a wonderous place, enlightening history lesson, and had given a donation to keep the flag flying, all the info hits you right in the heart, makes us proud tae be a Scot, would make it my intent too visit again.
@hughreed6214 ай бұрын
At school in Glasgow we were never taught Scottish history -it was considered too controversial -I hope this has changed - I think a visit to Athelstaneford for any school group would memorable for life.
@iainmcgill15 ай бұрын
The Scottish Channel “ Keeping The Flag Flying “. Keep up the good work. 🏴
@triciaslater47835 ай бұрын
Excellent programme!
@jeranemo55045 ай бұрын
That’s awesome, well done David Williamson. Very interesting and impressive story, loving the history. Makes me very proud of our country. 🏴✌️ 👏 love the content 👍
@peterlamont81675 ай бұрын
Great to see and a lot of info. Regardless of arguments from all the historians out there, it is brilliant. Well done, and I like the Scottish input of music and local birds singing. It brings back pride in our nation. It is eerie and makes you think of what has gone before. Fantastic!
@peem12445 ай бұрын
Brilliant video about our national flag. My own saltire is hanging in the spare room window so is unlikely to get battered by the lovely Scottish weather. :) The doocot looks amazing after its restoration. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the god work. PS. I thought the music at one point almost drowned out Aileen's narration. 🧔👍✌
@SeanWalsh-Irl5 ай бұрын
Very good and yes been hard of hearing it was impossible to hear the narration with unnecessary music! Editor needs a "slap" 😂
@Muscleguy-k2l5 ай бұрын
Another excellent production and a most enlightening story. I knew the bones of the history but the centre is now on my must see list.
@nerjadude5 ай бұрын
Excellent vidjo. Thanks you 🏴🇪🇺
@firebyrd4375 ай бұрын
Our dovecot has been made into a small house in our small town, and I really preferred it in its natural state. Not far from our town is a magnificent dovecot in its natural state in a large field, and it's really impressive. I hope it's maintained enough to stop deterioration as these are rare historical heritage remnants of the by gone times in Scotland
@richardkidd88255 ай бұрын
excellent to see.....
@stubbsieshorse3275 ай бұрын
Interesting that the patron saint of Russia is also St Andrew. Their Sr Andrew's flag (flown from their ships) is an azure cross on a field of white - opposite to ours. Why? I'm not sure! Also in maritime communication the St Andrew's cross denotes the letter "M" and that a ship is not moving. Great site - keep up the great work.
@macjim5 ай бұрын
Another good programme and an informative one too.The earlier music was overpowering the spoken word but after that it was okay.. Looking forward to the next video 🏴
@gordonmackenzie45125 ай бұрын
I went to a Tenerife home game. Great football match and atmosphere. The strip and badge were very much the saltire 🏴
@ruthguthrie1099Ай бұрын
The difference between Tenerife and Scotland is that they have three days to celebrate St. Andrew while we only have one. 🏴
@Klochrie5 ай бұрын
Music is a wee bitty too loud. Great vid though. 👍
@Oyou812-b1x5 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@Bert_Dundee5 ай бұрын
Someone have a word the sound engineer. Music is far too loud when speaking.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
Comments noted Bert. Sadly, the sound engineer, cameraman, script writer is just me and I am still learning. I had never made a film before February, so it had been a steep learning curve. Bear with me though. I will get this right.
@SaveEarthPlsBeKind5 ай бұрын
Use captions then. 🏴
@jeranemo55045 ай бұрын
Thanks Scotland Channel, great work and keep building. Your work is greatly appreciated. 👍🏴
@alisdairmclean86055 ай бұрын
I think it is perhaps best not to have any music so that viewers/listeners can listen to the narration. I have hearing difficulties and I find it very difficult to deal with narration and music combined
@ChristopherMckissack-e2y5 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉pmsl😮😅😅😅
@georgeross98345 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@LVPAcharn5 ай бұрын
l would have loved this more had to music not been so loud . l still gave it a like and subscribed :)
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your feedback. Bear with me, it's been a steep learning curve, but I have taken this on board for future films.
@mandymorris33415 ай бұрын
🏴♥️
@martinanderson47215 ай бұрын
There's more historical / religious/ biblical provenance for the Saltire than the Danish or English flags.
@AndrewForbes-f8h5 ай бұрын
Scotland has not been conquer by the Romans or the England and Scotland has the oldest national flag 832 AD an Denmark national flag is 1748
@alancrowe74065 ай бұрын
Would be better without the music drowning out the commentary at the start.
@janetmackinnon34115 ай бұрын
That is to say, the oldest national flag.
@markadams75974 ай бұрын
Wow! A computer voice with a heavy Scots' brogue! How very odd....
@TheScotlandChannel4 ай бұрын
www.thescotlandchannel.tv/use-of-ai
@petreaneilands90125 ай бұрын
I’ve Been Aware Of The Story Of How And When Scotland’s 🏴Flag Came Into Being For Many Years..More Recently I Discovered How And When England 🏴 Adopted The St.George’s Cross..It Happened In 1190 When England 🏴 Rented The Flag From The Doge Of Genoa To Afford Protection To English Ships On Entering The Mediterranean When Going To And From The Crusades In The Holy Land..Prior To This They Had Been At The Mercy Of Pirates..
@thebestboy292 ай бұрын
This channel needs mandatory high-quality subtitles in both English and Gaelic because the KZbin captions provided are atrocious 👎
@z0n0ph0ne5 ай бұрын
I am proud to fly the Saltire along with the EU flag from my house.
@jeranemo55045 ай бұрын
Same here, with the believe in Scotland and “I am European” sticker in my window. No questions where my loyalties lie. 🏴✌️🇪🇺🇫🇷🇮🇪
@Paul-hl8yg5 ай бұрын
You do know the eu stands to rid all national flags & replace them with the eu flag only? Nationalism is to go under eu rules. Also, no eu citizen has any vote/voice over those that run/rule it, the eu commission! Be careful what you wish for!!
@420somewhereG4 ай бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏴
@jamesmclellan90453 ай бұрын
Music too loud
@TheScotlandChannel3 ай бұрын
See earlier replies James.
@sn4rff5 ай бұрын
💙
@JimCrossan5 ай бұрын
I;ve seen it...
@SaveEarthPlsBeKind5 ай бұрын
Do you mean 'I've'.
@ianmathewson40325 ай бұрын
Had to give up the music is to loud to hear the woman speaking
@ascotinme5 ай бұрын
Yes the music is way too high in the mix, possibly to cover up the emotionless AI narration. I hope you change both. One more thing, and it’s a biggie……it’s called 'The Declaration of Scottish Independence’. The BBC a puppet of Westminster mounted a very effective propaganda campaign over decades they successfully renamed the Scottish Declaration as the more benign 'Declaration of Arbroath’ which you must agree has considerably less fire & pride of state and serves to diminish the chance of inspiring a further declaration.
@KizzieWiz5 ай бұрын
At least the AI voice is Scottish!
@martinanderson47214 ай бұрын
Simon known as Peter, and his Brother Andrew.( Matthew.4, 18-21). There is also the idea that their Galilee fishing boat sail was the image of crossed sail against a blue sky .
@forbesmeek63045 ай бұрын
Too loud, cannae hear the wummin.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
See my comment to Bert_Dundee. Hopefully this will answer your comment.
@SaveEarthPlsBeKind5 ай бұрын
Do you mean you find it a little difficult to hear the narrator, oh no, why not just use the captions and put it on silent then. Saor Alba. 🏴
@eleanorbarrie35275 ай бұрын
Love the channel, hate that voice though!
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
It's the best I can do at present Eleanor for a whole stack of reasons. However, I am trying to resolve this as we speak. It will take a team of people who are able to do this for us when we need it. Watch this space.
@eleanorbarrie35275 ай бұрын
I've never voiced anything but I'd have a go, and I'd do it for free, seriously! Got to support the Scotland Channel!🏴✊🏴✊
@amockcomedy25 күн бұрын
The sound on this is terrible, remix.
@angussoutter78245 ай бұрын
Do we have AI doing the narrative 🤔
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
www.thescotlandchannel.tv/use-of-ai
@SaveEarthPlsBeKind5 ай бұрын
🏴
@angussoutter78245 ай бұрын
Ah having seen the reply from The production team a fair and reasonable point, hopefully the channel will grow and we get real narrators to tell the story 👍🏼keep up the good work
@patrickparsons23785 ай бұрын
The use of the saltire does not date from 832 AD. It wasn't officially adopted until 1384 to distinguish Scots soldiers from their French allies. There is no evidence of it bring used as a national symbol before that.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
This is debated by historians who are divided on this. However, this is a film about the origins of the Saltire based on the Scottish Flag Heritage Centre which dates the origins of the flag to 832AD. There is also no doubt that Scotland existed long before the Declaration of Arbroath.
@eochaid52195 ай бұрын
I had difficulty trying to hear your commentary because of the loud music. In the end, I gave up.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
I am sorry to hear that. Will look into resolving this issue.
@martinanderson47214 ай бұрын
What's the Danish claim to fame for their flag ?
@TheScotlandChannel4 ай бұрын
A number of historians are taking the date when Scotland's Declaration of Arbroath was accepted by the Pope as the time when Scotland came into being. However, England, which came into existence 92 years after Scotland, clearly existed as did Scotland before the Declaration and England's existence as a country apparently did not require Rome's acceptance to be regarded as a country. So it boils down to the fact that Scotland clearly existed before the acceptance of the Declaration of Arbroath by the Pope and its flag, the saltire, represented that country having its origins some 370 years earlier than Denmark's flag.
@Toffee83705 ай бұрын
Turn the music doon and get someone real to narrate.
@SaveEarthPlsBeKind5 ай бұрын
They have explained about this before. Negative comments don't help, did you like the actual CONTENT.
@j.f.m59365 ай бұрын
Interesting … can you check your info ..wasn’t the St Andrews flag given to Scotland to make up the union flag
@janetmackinnon34115 ай бұрын
Lol
@gordonmackenzie45125 ай бұрын
You’re out by almost 900 years.
@KeithWilliamMacHendry5 ай бұрын
Eh!!!! Lol I kindly doubt it ya radge!
@KizzieWiz5 ай бұрын
NO! 😂😂😂
@JohnConnor-jh4xp4 ай бұрын
History is rubbish,cinead mc alpin was never king of scotland he was king of dalrita and pictland and not the lands in the north or south, the pictish kings name was not angus it was oengus so don't know were there history comes from but it sounds english.Sick of our history being lied about and why insult the people of the east considering the greek merchants wrote what their name was before the romans arrived the worst thing is a scot saying it ,crap!
@angussoutter78245 ай бұрын
Do we have AI doing the narrative 🤔 and sorry to sink your boat but Denmark has the worlds oldest flag, we did get second place
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
Scotland existed before the Declaration of Arbroath and recognition by the Pope Angus.
@scottw.32585 ай бұрын
The narration in the video is correct. The Saltire is the oldest National flag. It's over 300 years older than the Danish flag.
@martinanderson47214 ай бұрын
Re French soldiers, our other proud flag , the Lion Rampant has the French Fleur de Lys - signifying the Auld Alliance ( which ceased in 1560. The Reformation.)
@grahamfleming813926 күн бұрын
Am bratach na Alba, gorm Agus geal breagha nach eil.😅
@martinquinn90075 ай бұрын
Horrible ai voice
@ixurlife80625 ай бұрын
❤ Great video Great channel 👍 Unfortunately Scotland has the Second oldest flag Denmark is 1st they're flag is 800 years old making it almost 400 years older than our own 3rd is Japan and no its not 1st could have been at 1 point but they adopted the white with red dot in 1870 as they're flag before that it was the oldest 701 AD
@scottw.32585 ай бұрын
The Saltire is the oldest National Flag. Listen to the narration.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
Not necessarily. It all depends on when you think Scotland came into existence. Those who cite Denmark's flag as older, think Scotland only came into existence following the recognition of the Declaration of Arbroath by Rome even though Scotland clearly existed long before that.
@ixurlife80625 ай бұрын
@TheScotlandChannel Well I can clear that 1 up for you also you see Scotland as we know it had no recorded history before 1st century around the time the Romans arrive but Scotland as we know did not even exist until the 9th century see where we are going here the Saltire earliest record is 1503 a white background with a Red Cross St Andrews Cross on the blue background was formed in 1542 it 1st ever appeared in David Lyndsay's book "Register of Scottish arms" before these 2 points Scotland had no official flag because they were all clan flags. Where people get confused is because St Andrew was crucified in 60AD but they're ain't no flag it orginated as I said in the 15th century no records of this flag anywhere before then anywhere in the world it came about much later in life.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
@@ixurlife8062 I don't claim to be an expert. I am going on the history provided by the Scottish Flag Heritage Trust. Their heritage centre is well worth a visit if you get the chance to visit it.
@SaveEarthPlsBeKind5 ай бұрын
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@scottw.32585 ай бұрын
The unfortunate thing is, in recent years our wonderful flag has been politicised by the SNP. That should be made illegal. This flag belongs to all Scots, but for many, the first thing they now think of when they see a Saltire, is the SNP. We cannot allow our national flag to be bastardised in this manner. Much like the Swastika having been a peaceful symbol for thousands of years, the first thing people now think of when they see one, is the Nazi's. Our flag is for the nation of Scotland, it's for every Scot. It is not a political symbol, and should never be used as one. The fact the SNP have bastardised it, shows their total lack of respect for Scotland, and her people. I would hope the Scottish Flag Heritage Trust will make moves to make the politicising of our national flag illegal.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
Unfortunately Scott, it is probably not possible to decide who can and who cannot use our flag. But, unlike the union flag which has serious negative connotations for England as being associated with England's far right, that has never been the case with Scotland as Scotland is not the same as England in terms of outlook and also Scotland is a way more inclusive and welcoming country where people are far more willing to help those in need. With the independence movement, this is a civic nationalism, not an extremist cause as the London government wants you to believe so the Saltire will always reflect the true Scotland. Sadly, the Union Jack is being flown on many public buildings throughout Scotland on a very regular basis to enforce a unionist viewpoint and is therefore a highly charged political symbol unlike Scotland's national flag that in many Scottish towns, flies just once a year on St Andrew's Day despite the fact this is Scotland.
@scottw.32585 ай бұрын
@@TheScotlandChannel So you're a nationalist. I'll leave you to it.
@TheScotlandChannel5 ай бұрын
@@scottw.3258 I am English and pro-Scottish Scott. I take it you are a unionist, not that that has anything to do with what has been said.
@scottw.32585 ай бұрын
@@TheScotlandChannel I'm a Patriot. Understand the difference. This exchange is finished. I don't associate with Nationalists. Good day.