please empty your brain below
|
They're odd, aren't they? If anything, it proves how London boroughs are the for administrative convenience rather than representing communities - nobody in their right mind would look at Crystal Palace TV mast and think "oooh, Bromley!"
That said, I like East Finchley's archer getting on a badge. And Kingston's phone boxes are a nice touch.
darryl853 | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 7:38 a.m. | #
|
An Olympic badge, for duffel-coats and shoulderbags. Students will love it...
...With careful choice of the right image. Or the wrong one. I wonder if we could use one of the rejected designs.
Nile | 14.03.10 - 8:55 a.m. | #
|
Three Mills is OK, if a trifle off the beaten track, why didn't Newham get the actual Olympic stadium? What does this say about what Newham thinks about the whole event?
Roger Button | 14.03.10 - 8:58 a.m. | #
|
@ Roger = hilarious!!
And what about cloth patches? Are people still collecting those? ;-)
Eskimo Pie | 14.03.10 - 9:08 a.m. | #
|
Well, I can recognise two of the three zero stars and as I now cycle through Hillingdon, I can conform they probably gave it their best shot once they ignored Heathrow Airport (why?). And I know a lot of the 1 stars should have 2. So what does it all mean? Apart from the shock-horror-news-dg-may-be-out-one-degree-in-categorisation? That, apart from a few key landmarks recognisable around the world, Londoners in general are intensely parochial and unlikely to know much about anything other than the immediate areas they live and work.
Ham | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 9:21 a.m. | #
|
You and I may recognise a number of the lower-starred landmarks, but I doubt that a majority of Londoners would be so clued-up.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 9:35 a.m. | #
|
Surely, if the tower of london is in Tower Hamlets, then Tower Bridge must also be there
ian | 14.03.10 - 9:39 a.m. | #
|
True, and the City of London isn't one of the 32 London Boroughs either, so doubly dodgy.
Gordon | 14.03.10 - 10:03 a.m. | #
|
Geographically, Tower Bridge joins Tower Hamlets to Southwark. But the bridge itself is owned and maintained by the City of London.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 10:03 a.m. | #
|
I'm having trouble thinking of any landmark in Barking and Dagenham that wouldn't get a 0-star rating.
DTL | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 10:06 a.m. | #
|
"Gotcha!", says dg...
Gordon | 14.03.10 - 10:07 a.m. | #
|
Hopefully a few Barnet locals would recognise the archer statue at East Finchley Station.
The East Finchley community newspaper is even called "The Archer" - www.the-archer.co.uk
Dave | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 10:39 a.m. | #
|
Crystal Palace transmission tower is in Bromley but only just. If it were to fall over it could well be mostly in a different borough. And by my recokining there are five London boroughs that are incredibly close to it (400m metres or so). The problem is that Bromley has nothing else that is in any way instantly recognisable - unless someone knows better ?
Pedantic of Purley | 14.03.10 - 10:52 a.m. | #
|
I've moved the Archer statue up into the 1-star category. Ashamed to say I'd never heard of it before (which is, obviously, unheard of).
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 10:55 a.m. | #
|
Where is the Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament? I can't see them on the list! It should have been a the "5 star" landmark!
John T. from Corfu, Greece | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 10:59 a.m. | #
|
Lambeth? 2012? Supporting sport?
Hang on...
Jason Cobb | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 11:26 a.m. | #
|
AAAAAAGGGHHHHHH make them stop this nonsense.
(that selection of colours says an AWFUL lot about them).
B | 14.03.10 - 11:49 a.m. | #
|
The East Finchley archer is deeply cool. (although, perhaps, the statue of "Deliverence", marking the end of the First World War, "the sexiest statue in London", near Henley's Corner might, just, have been even cooler. Why is it that Barnet has the two finest statues in London? Most odd.
But as for my former home in Barking and Dagenham - how unimpressive is the choice of a pretentious bit of public art in the middle of a roundabout, neither of which existed 20 years ago. (And the subject matter of which, Barking's former status as fishing port...bears little resemblance either to the place today, nor to most of its history, either)
Poor show indeed. But it could have been worse (anything from the "A13 Artscape Project" for example)
Granted tis not the most photogenic borough - but surely the Curfew Tower (the largest extant remains of Barking Abbey - from where, let it not be forgot, William the Conqueror did briefly reign) - would be the obvious choice.
The one chosen is just an embarrassment.
At least the one for Hillingdon is even worse! Although I am somewhat lost to suggest something more appropriate from that neck of the woods.
Venichka | 14.03.10 - 12:56 p.m. | #
|
Not heard of the Archer? On East Finchley Underground station! Shame on you DG!
Kim | 14.03.10 - 1:26 p.m. | #
|
The East Finchley archer is deeply cool. (although, perhaps, the statue of "Deliverence", marking the end of the First World War, "the sexiest statue in London", near Henley's Corner might, just, have been even cooler. Why is it that Barnet has the two finest statues in London? Most odd.
But as for my former home in Barking and Dagenham - how unimpressive is the choice of a pretentious bit of public art in the middle of a roundabout, neither of which existed 20 years ago. (And the subject matter of which, Barking's former status as fishing port...bears little resemblance either to the place today, nor to most of its history, either)
Poor show indeed. But it could have been worse (anything from the "A13 Artscape Project" for example)
Granted tis not the most photogenic borough - but surely the Curfew Tower (the largest extant remains of Barking Abbey - from where, let it not be forgot, William the Conqueror did briefly reign) - would be the obvious choice.
The one chosen is just an embarrassment.
At least the one for Hillingdon is even worse! Although I am somewhat lost to suggest something more appropriate from that neck of the woods.
Venichka | 14.03.10 - 1:55 p.m. | #
|
They're truly hideous. So many design opportunities being wasted by the muppets in charge of these games. I really hoped and thought they'd have dropped that abomination of a logo by now but I guess they're determined to stick with it all the way through :(
Ian | 14.03.10 - 3:12 p.m. | #
|
Well despite having spent the first 32 years of my life growing up in the Borough of Barnet, I can honestly say I'd never heard of the Archer, or even having visited Finchley, as far as I can remember! Which goes to prove Hams point of some of us being intensely parochial!
CornishCockney | 14.03.10 - 4:05 p.m. | #
|
i thought "surely Three Mills is more recognisable than a 1?" but the image somehow makes it look rather generic. I always think of it as a place rather than a building i suppose, so perhaps it doesn't make sense without context. Love the choice of the Horniman museum, and the image works well too. In general I'd like to have seen the images without so much angularity around them though, I'd be much more likely to buy several. Now i have to work out which aren't ruined by the bad graphics...
HF | 14.03.10 - 4:49 p.m. | #
|
You missed a trick here, DG - surely the perfect subject for a quiz!
disgruntled | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 5:46 p.m. | #
|
Waltham Forest Town Hall only one star? One of the most easily identified town halls in London surely deserves more than one star?
dg writes: Oh go on then, two...
ganching | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 7:45 p.m. | #
|
I *almost* want the one that correspond to where my parents live, now. Except for the bizarre colours and the fact that the alternative interpretation of the logo is impossible to unsee.
hampshireflyer | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 8:32 p.m. | #
|
Poor old Hillingdon. I live here and I can't think of a single 1 star landmark. Maybe the Nestlé Factory or the big gas holder by Hayes station? Heathrow Airport perhaps? Hardly pin badge material.
Our shortlist was made up of 2 leisure centres and a farm I'd never heard of. The leisure centre they plumped for hasn't even been built yet. Maybe we could have had the Grand Union Canal or .. erm and I actually stopped for a few minutes there to try and think of something and I can't. Sorry DG, sorry Hillingdon.
Adam S | Homepage | 14.03.10 - 11:44 p.m. | #
|
I know they don't want football muscling in too much, but it seems odd that Brent didn't choose the new Wembley Stadium, which is surely a more significant landmark in the borough?
Mike C | 15.03.10 - 2:21 a.m. | #
|
If owning somewhere counts for the city of london, why don't Hillingdon just buy somewhere interesting?
ian | 15.03.10 - 9:18 a.m. | #
|
Pedantic of Purley wrote: "The problem is that Bromley has nothing else that is in any way instantly recognisable - unless someone knows better ?"
Ummm...
Chislehurst Caves :)
RogerW | 15.03.10 - 12:00 p.m. | #
|
RogerW. I thought of that and I love Chislehurst caves but I just cannot visualise an iconic picture relating to it that I would instantly recognise. And as I lived half my life in the borough and I can't, I don't hold out much hope for people who have never been inside it. I would suggest Caesar's Well may be a better bet but still pretty hopeless.
Pedantic of Purley | 15.03.10 - 3:03 p.m. | #
|
i clicked through to the Museum of London shop - some of those pin-badge series are really odd! the logo is impossible to integrate into "Teapots" "Summer Flowers" "Music Festivals" and the like. Quite extraordinary. And it's hardly as if we have a national monopoly on music festivals...
HF | 15.03.10 - 4:30 p.m. | #
|
I wanted the Edmonton EcoPark (the incinerator with the beige, black-topped chimney that can be seen from the London Eye) to be on the Enfield badge. Its smell greets you merrily as you travel in via the North Circular. It's like a guessing game and the prize is a coughing fit.
Forty Hall isn't a bad choice, especially since it's had some money pumped into it recently. But if the landmark wasn't named then it would have left me scratching my head for a bit as to what it was, even though I've been there a few times!
Nice to see the archer! Cracking bit of Tube architecture.
Katy | Homepage | 16.03.10 - 10:57 a.m. | #
|
|
|
TridentScan v2.10.0 | Privacy Policy
|