Comments on: Midsummer Common Footpath - Auckland Road http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/midsummer-common-footpath-auckland-road.html Cambridge, United Kingdom. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/midsummer-common-footpath-auckland-road.html#comment-10713 Richard Wed, 27 May 2009 11:26:30 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=508#comment-10713 Cambridge City Council <a href="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/brass_characters_in_new_midsumme" rel="nofollow">has told me the brass lettering cost £675, and that the old characters have been re-used</a>. Cambridge City Council has told me the brass lettering cost £675, and that the old characters have been re-used.

]]> By: Mark Littlewood http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/midsummer-common-footpath-auckland-road.html#comment-9072 Mark Littlewood Sat, 02 May 2009 23:35:35 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=508#comment-9072 Why not replace the whole thing with a misguided bus? This would have the benefits of disrupting traffic for the next 10 years, having no actual benefit whatsoever and would also cost about £43trillion. That is why I pay my council taxes so gladly. Why not replace the whole thing with a misguided bus?

This would have the benefits of disrupting traffic for the next 10 years, having no actual benefit whatsoever and would also cost about £43trillion.

That is why I pay my council taxes so gladly.

]]> By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/midsummer-common-footpath-auckland-road.html#comment-9067 Richard Sat, 02 May 2009 21:18:05 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=508#comment-9067 Brass letters and numbers have now been installed at either end of the path. They were not set in the concrete initially but added later. Given the original £3,000 quote, I feel <a href="http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/brass_characters_in_new_midsumme" rel="nofollow">I have to ask the council how much was spent on this lettering</a>. I wonder if it has been paid for by a local resident. Someone other than the council might have taken it upon themselves to install the new characters. <img src="/images/1909-2009.jpg" alt="CC 1909 - CCC 2009 lettering in path" /> <img src="/images/1909-2009-1.jpg" alt="CC 1909 - CCC 2009 lettering in path" /> The extra "C" is presumably for "City", Cambridge having become a City in 1951. Brass letters and numbers have now been installed at either end of the path. They were not set in the concrete initially but added later.

Given the original £3,000 quote, I feel I have to ask the council how much was spent on this lettering. I wonder if it has been paid for by a local resident. Someone other than the council might have taken it upon themselves to install the new characters.

CC 1909 - CCC 2009 lettering in path

CC 1909 - CCC 2009 lettering in path

The extra “C” is presumably for “City”, Cambridge having become a City in 1951.

]]> By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/midsummer-common-footpath-auckland-road.html#comment-8962 Richard Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:20:14 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=508#comment-8962 The cows are using it: <img src="/images/cowsonaucklandroadpath.jpg" alt="Cows on the new path" /> The cows are using it:

Cows on the new path

]]> By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/midsummer-common-footpath-auckland-road.html#comment-8555 Richard Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:39:20 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=508#comment-8555 <img src="/images/midsummer-path.jpg" alt="New Path" /> I am wondering if the new path, pictured above, is actually finished. The state of the tarmac and curb stones currently looks pretty poor. Are the gaps where the wood is not going to be filled? I also wonder what happened to the brass numbers! New Path

I am wondering if the new path, pictured above, is actually finished. The state of the tarmac and curb stones currently looks pretty poor. Are the gaps where the wood is not going to be filled?

I also wonder what happened to the brass numbers!

]]> By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/midsummer-common-footpath-auckland-road.html#comment-5949 Richard Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:29:11 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=508#comment-5949 Work has now commenced; it appears that consultees have decided on a like-for-like replacement; the fate of the CC1909 lettering is not yet clear. <img src="/images/midsummercommonpath.jpg" alt="Work underway on Midsummer Common Cambridge" /> Work has now commenced; it appears that consultees have decided on a like-for-like replacement; the fate of the CC1909 lettering is not yet clear.

Work underway on Midsummer Common Cambridge

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