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Post by Madhatter on Jun 7, 2006 14:00:49 GMT
Thanks to Atherstone Town Council the town now has shiney new gateway signs to the town. The signs will be fitted with troughs and planted up as part of Atherstone town councils town centre flower display.   Should the council be spending money on flower displays though? would it be better spent elsewhere? should they have had proper gateways with a sign each side of the road? Should the signs say market town or should they have said booktown? |
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Post by jolene on Jun 7, 2006 20:01:49 GMT
I think the flowers look nice, especially in summer, it would be a shame to not have them. It would look good if you had a sign and flowers each side, if only on the Long Street and Witherley Road entrances.
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Post by JoshBaskin on Jun 15, 2006 11:38:29 GMT
Nice signs, well done atc. The writing under the canal one looks odd though. why is it not on two lines like all of the others. If they'd left a bigger gap between the writing and the pictures booktown could have been added in. A market town is nothing special now is it?
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If you want people to come here then it's got to look presentable, and flowers are one of the cheapest ways of doing that, just ask that american house doctor woman if you don't believe me.
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Post by Madhatter on Jun 19, 2006 13:07:12 GMT
I asked about the canal one and apparently it was very difficult to get it to look right, personally I agree, with you that it would have looked better with 1771 underneath canals.
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Post by arkad on Jul 7, 2006 9:33:44 GMT
I always liked 'historic hatting town' but I suppose hatting fits into the wider category of 'market town'.
Maybe they could have fitted 'booktown' as one of the pictures below the text. I think booktown has a lot more to do with Atherstone being a market town than the 'War of the Roses'.
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Post by Madhatter on Aug 15, 2006 17:20:53 GMT
I'd have used a view down the canal, A bridge with water and a canal boat coming towards us. that would have made room for a book one to the right. I can see the point thatif the bookshops close, but it doesn't show much optimism in the project by the town council. Atherstone still doesn't have any signs saying its anything for people to visit.  Witherley Road Entrance, freshley planted up |
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Post by Madhatter on Aug 15, 2006 17:21:43 GMT
 A5 North end entrance freshly planted up |
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Post by Madhatter on Aug 15, 2006 17:22:17 GMT
Why is the town council emblem on the signs, when did Atherstone vote on and adopt that as its town emblem?
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