Help choose a simple new legend for the Cally Road railway bridge
Cally Labour Councillors are asking for the public’s opinions on a new sign for the railway bridge which is currently being repainted.
A few weeks ago, Islington Council learned that Network Rail was planning substantial maintenance of the bridge over Caledonian Rd.
A major part of the maintenance involves a complete repaint and this will remove the now faded “Ferodo” name.
Network Rail intends to paint the bridge in a bright blue – as they have already done at Camden Road.
Their plans have moved quickly. The maintenance work is already underway with half the road width blocked by scaffolding and one-way traffic working.
In the past fortnight, Team Cally and Islington Council have reached an agreement with Network Rail to permit a new legend on the bridge to create a new landmark sign on the bridge.
Because time is short we need to keep this simple.
Cllr Paul Convery says “Many people have a soft spot for the old sign. The name “Ferodo” has been a landmark on the Cally Road for decades. But it’s days are clearly numbered. It is, after all, an advertisement for a brake linings company that went bust in 2001.
“Many things are turning around on the Cally these days. We have the annual Cally Festival now well established, a Saturday street market, new businesses opening up, road safety measures and a programme of environmental improvements on our high street. It makes sense to paint a new legend on the bridge that reflects the renewed sense of identity for the Cally.”
Three possible legends are illustrated in the pictures to the right. Please let the local Councillors know which you think would suit best. Indeed if you have a better idea for a simple sign, please let us know. The three modelled suggestions are:
- CALEDONIAN ROAD
- CALLY ROAD
- THE CALLY
Contact us with your opinions or ideas by email (callylabourcouncillors @ gmail.com) We shall be taking a decision within the next 5 days.
UPDATE 21-5-13
The result of our straw poll reveals “The Cally” as favourite .. with “Cally Road” second choice. We are now moving quickly to order stencils in order to slot-into the Network Rail repaint operation which is already underway. One very good suggestion which was made is to use a typeface that is close to the font used in the Ferodo logo. Seems the original is a unique, proprietary font which is not available to reproduce and the closest lookalike appears to be a font called Othello. See examples at http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/othello-mt/regular/
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