Kettering Town Council says the design had to be updated because it previously broke heraldry rules.
The new design has no supporters on either sideThe figure was originally included to reflect the work of the abolitionist William Knibb, who was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire.Kettering Town Council said the changes were the result of heraldry rules., a black man with a broken chain has been part of the Kettering coat of arms since 1938.
The authority agreed at its first meeting in May 2021 to have no supporters on its coat of arms, with Another correspondent posted: "Stop eradicating history, it's there to learn from. The world has gone mad."The previous coat of arms included a griffin, representing the Montagu family, and a slave
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