St Mary-le-bone...?
St Pancras Parish 1821...?
I was listening to the Robert Elms show on bbc London 94.9fm the other week and his guest was talking about to small posts/bollards within Regent's Park and out of interest I went and found them (above).
What a pair they happen to be, one made of stone with the markings 'S MB' could this be St Mary-le-bone and the smaller metal bollard 'St PP 1821' could this be St Pancras Parsih' ? I'll need to take a look at old maps of the parish/councils if we are to confirm that these mini-bollards mark former boundaries.
These two bollards are a remarkable find and not something you notice because of their size. London and its radio shows throw up gems all the time and Robert's show is always worth a listen on bbc radio London 94.9fm or i-player.
Tall thin Hexagonal bollards...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
Yet again @nancyo on the Twitter has found some cracking bollards in Brazil with a beautiful statue/monument which happen to be our #guestbollard feature.
If you look closely you can see the tall thin hexagon shaped bollards with their red tops/caps (or not) which protect the lamp post from damage even though these have been clad/encased. If we take a look at the picture (above) we see the bollard stand out because of its red top but note the broken cannon which forms part of this statue/monument. Some of the original bollards here in London just happen to be cannons how ironic.
By pure chance yesterday I came across a tweet from @bbonthebrink who just happens to write a rather interesting blog and has even started to comment about bollards in France. Here's the link for her blog http://www.bbonthebrink.blogspot.com #thankyou.
Bollards of London (Brazil/France)...