Jamaican connection
Published Date:
29 August 2008
Having enjoyed Great Britain's success at the Olympics, I have to say I also enjoyed Jamaica's success. Every time I saw the Jamaican flag being waved I was filled with pride as a Scot.
The reason is that my father, Rev William McGhie, who was from Glasgow, designed the Jamaican flag. It is a replica of the Saltire but instead of blue and white it contains the Jamaican colours of green, black, and gold.
My father was a missionary in Jamaica at the time of independence on 6 August, 1962. Jamaica was to have a tricolour but my father, who was a friend of Sir Alexander Bustamente, the prime minister of Jamaica, told him that as a Christian country, Jamaica should have a cross in its flag. Sir Alexander asked him what he had in mind so my father traced the Scottish flag from a book and coloured it in green, black, and gold.
How wonderful if we could make a connection with Jamaica for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
JOHN McGHIE
Arnisdale
by Kyle, Ross-shire
The full article contains 180 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
28 August 2008 6:17 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
