Tuesday, 6 March 2012

City of London 1993 Vintage Bollard...

We are at the heart of the financial district of London, the UK, Europe and probably the World. This bollard is on the pavement in front of the Royal Exchange which just happens to be close to the Bank of England and the world's oddest traffic junction called Bank.

I must thank the one and only @AboutLondon on the twitter who captured this excellent photograph of a City of London bollard (1993 vintage) getting a touch of the London Olympic clean up/new paint job so all the visitors and billions of viewers get a good view/impression of our capital city.

The City of London is the bollard HQ of the universe and has you can see they take great pride in their street furniture, just take a close look at the lamps on the right of the picture. Don't those improvised traffic cones look great with their stuck on 'Caution Wet Paint' signs and let's not forget the City worker in the background lighting up a cigarette.

Bollards of Britain...

2 comments:

  1. I love the term "street furniture"! A perfect description.

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  2. Hi, My name is Robert and i was one of the last bollard painters for the City. Saddly the contract taken over by another contractor last month and i was put out of work. I had been painting in the City for the last 26 years with not so much as a thank you from the Corporation for my long service. Sad times for me and the City.

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