Slow Down

Hidden Gems

We blithely pass on our way, eyes sweeping over familiar objects. Turning the corner, a feature on a lamp post1 jarred a memory. There was an almost obscured crest on the post. The details have been painted over again and again until little evidence remains. Under all this clogging of paint, the old Seal Crest of the Falkands peers through.

Time to find out what else I have missed in my hurry around the town


  1. Iconic lamp posts with a boat apparently passing through the substance of the concrete. The six lamp posts were designed by the Colonial Engineer Col Woodgate

    (An Historical Scrapbook of Stanley by John Smith 2013)

iconic lamp post

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