The suggestion has already been made, and is being done by some Padstow people already, which is to use the St Pirran flag, i.e. white cross on a black background. This would be mistaken by no-one in Cornwall as being anything other than their 'own' flag, and it seems to me to be a really good way out of the situation, keeping the old tradition but bringing it right up to date in a non-confrontational way. And I'm certain that no Cornish people would have any difficulty in explaining that to children - rather, they would encourage it!

Barbara