Welcome to Alex Cowans Website!
WARNING: This website now has Midi music files embeded into every page. Please turn your sound off on your computer if you do not wish to hear the music.
Hi welcome to my new improved site: alexc.8k.com: Version 4.0. It was updated November/December 2005 and revamped in July 2006. Well I have been back from Canada for a while now but I have still been getting around quite a bit. Also check out the new pages. There are storm photos and many more photos and things to see on the website. Email me if you have any suggestions on how to improve the site. Important: Enjoy!
Places I have been since I have been back in the UK (excluding North-West Kent).
Glasgow, Scotland
Ayr, Scotland
Strathblane, Scotland
Motherwell, Scotland
East Kilbride, Scotland
Newarthill, Scotland
Hamilton, Scotland
Manchester, England
Birmingham, England
London (Camden, Walthamstow, Borough, Bethnal Green, Westminster, Frindsbury, Greenwich, Docklands, Marylebone), England
Paignton, Devon, England
Barnstable, Devon, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Camber, East Sussex, England
Canterbury, Kent, England
Ashford, Kent, England
Byfield, Northamptonshire, England
Exeter, Devon, England
Reading, Berkshire, England
The Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Union Jack).
The British flag - or Union Flag, more popularly known as the Union Jack - records two major constitutional changes.
The original Union Flag, combining the red on white English cross of St George with the white on blue Scottish Cross of St Andrew, was introduced in 1606 after England and Scotland were united under James VI of Scotland and I of England.
The modern flag appeared when Ireland was joined to the United Kingdom in 1800. The new flag included the diagonal red on white Cross of St Patrick. This cross probably came from the arms of the powerful and largely pro-English Fitzgerald family, and was used to complete the slightly asymmetrical modern design.



