Information Overload

We're just about out of information boards although I dare say I could find more if I put my mind to it but this corner of the Market Place is  case of information overload.

 

If the taxi parking restriction signs (which more often than not appear to be ignored), a signpost pointing such places as the museum and the cinema, various traffic signs, a vandalised "Designated Area" sign plus a temporary board pointing to the Sewing Centre were not enough, there's also all the poters in the windows of the Co-Op. If that's not information overload, I don't know what is!

Changing Information

It's back to the church wall today for another information board but this is different to the others photographed recently as the information here changes regularly whereas the data on the other boards is of a fixed nature.

Currently this one in the shadow of St Mary's is showing details of coming events at the Erewash Museum plus a sign saying the cigarette butts are litter too. It's a pity little notice appears to be taken of this sign by the smokers in the town centre.

Hung At The Gallows

I've been writing about and photographing information boards at various locations in the town this week and there's another hung on the side wall of the Gallows Inn on Nottingham Road. This one though is more about the Erewash Canal than the town itself but is very informative under five headings which are General, Natural History, Local Heritage, Gallows Inn and Leisure and Recreation.
 

A Different Kind

There's an information board on the wall outside St Mary's Church on the Market Place that shows information of a different kind to the other boards I've photographed this week.

This one shows the town's history from millennium to millennium and includes a time line showing significant dates.

In For A Penny

There's a well known phrase that states "In for a penny, in for a pound" so as I've already photographed three information boards this week, I might as well add a fourth. This one is at the "Bottom of Town" and acts as a reminder to what this end of Bath Street and the surrounding area was like prior to the demolition of many buildings and the construction of Chalons Way.

 

The board like those seen previously includes a schematic of the old tram routes and shows the depot on Park Road, a terminus on Station Road and another at Cotmanhay as well as indicating stops at Gallows Inn and the Market Place. Whilst there are information boards at some of these locations I don't think they are in the same style as the four already seen which use the same colours and fonts as the trams of yesteryear.

Sandwiched

There's another of those information boards sandwiched between an old style telephone kiosk (much nicer than the new sort don't you think?) and a pub sign in front of the Poplar Inn on Lower Bath Street.

Don't take any notice though of the Live Music, Traditional Ales or Hot and Cold Food - the Poplar has closed and the pub is boarded up so if you want any food it will have to be from a nearby chip shop although the one directly opposite is also closed or like the information board - a sandwich!

Hallam Fields

There's another of those information boards I photographed yesterday at Hallam Fields and more at other parts of the town.

Unlike the one on Stanton Road that refers to a Square that no longer exists, this one unsurprisingly is titled "Hallam Fields" but both of them include a schematic map showing the route of the old tram system from one end of the town to the other. At Hallam Fields the board is attached to the front wall of The Stute which is another example of a name that has survived the passage of time being derived from the Stanton Working Men's Institute. Despite the demise of the Stanton works, The Stute is still well used and is the home of The Elks Rugby and Cricket Clubs.

The Name Lives On

I have often made comment about the council renaming playing fields but the local populace still refer to them by the names that have stood the test of ages. For example Chaucer Old Park is 'Illy 'Oleys, Wash Meadow is Johnny's, Gordon Street Playing Fields are still the Ashes and more recently who ever refers to The Rec as Rutland Sports Park? Another area of the town that most people still know by its old name is White Lion Square and an information board at the top of Stanton Road bears that title. The Square though has long gone and has disappeared under the roundabout at the southern end of Chalons Way. Yes White Lion Square has gone but the name lives on.