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Andy Capp
post May 14 2011, 09:54 AM
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I'm not sure that the best name for a car park to put on signposts is 'Library'; do you?

Name change for town centre car parks?
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post May 14 2011, 10:27 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ May 14 2011, 10:54 AM) *
I'm not sure that the best name for a car park to put on signposts is 'Library'; do you?

Name change for town centre car parks?


Especially if the new administration closes the libraries soon as per speculations. wink.gif


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Andy Capp
post May 14 2011, 10:47 AM
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The problem with calling a car park by a building, is that it implies exclusivity so might put people off using it, especially if the name is simply 'Library' - which isn't a recognised name for a car park!

The other issue is; is this going to cost?
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post May 14 2011, 11:37 AM
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Presumably that means the one in front of the closed Museum ought to be called 'Lavatory' given the proximity of that building?


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post May 15 2011, 08:30 PM
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Well as long as they don't forget to add "For Sale - Yours for £1"....


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post May 16 2011, 10:07 AM
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Surely all it needs to say is CAR PARK !!!!! that is all that matters if you are savvy and are visiting a town for the first time then surely you will have checked out the closest car park to where you want to go - and it's not like Newbury is a very large town is it and most car parks are close to everything anyway....
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post May 16 2011, 12:02 PM
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Yes but it "adds Value" and makes it look as if the council know (or care) about what the're doing !


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post May 16 2011, 02:28 PM
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QUOTE (pinkfluffyclouds @ May 16 2011, 11:07 AM) *
Surely all it needs to say is CAR PARK !!!!! that is all that matters if you are savvy and are visiting a town for the first time then surely you will have checked out the closest car park to where you want to go - and it's not like Newbury is a very large town is it and most car parks are close to everything anyway....

If you are savvy you will have checked online to find which park is cheaper, especially if you are planning to spend some time in town. It then helps a lot to have guidance toward individual car parks by name. As all the signs will surely have the big P for parking symbol anyway, writing CAR PARK would be superfluous.

Library seems a reasonable name - it describes where it is, it helps those coming to an event at the library to find the place. However, as they are planning to get rid of the entire park in the near future, is there any real point in spending cash on new signage for no good reason?
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post May 16 2011, 03:02 PM
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Can't find anywhere to park? Make your own! A book you can't do without!
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post May 17 2011, 08:28 AM
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QUOTE (pinkfluffyclouds @ May 16 2011, 11:07 AM) *
Surely all it needs to say is CAR PARK !!!!!
No, for the same reason your address isn't (I presume) just "HOUSE, Newbury, Berkshire".
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post May 17 2011, 08:59 AM
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QUOTE (pinkfluffyclouds @ May 16 2011, 11:07 AM) *
Surely all it needs to say is CAR PARK !!!!!

That's is right. Locals will 'christen' it with its geographical location.
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post May 17 2011, 09:14 AM
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And I bet the whole thing had to go through a consultative process, at our expense.

You couldn't make it up !


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post May 17 2011, 11:32 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ May 17 2011, 10:14 AM) *
And I bet the whole thing had to go through a consultative process, at our expense.

You couldn't make it up !
I think you just did!
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post May 17 2011, 12:07 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 17 2011, 09:28 AM) *
No, for the same reason your address isn't (I presume) just "HOUSE, Newbury, Berkshire".

I don't post letters to my local car park.....

Such things are a bit like deciding where to put a path across grass.......... Wait to see where the people walk, then put the path there (or, if a council, somewhere else).

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post May 17 2011, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ May 17 2011, 01:07 PM) *
I don't post letters to my local car park.....
No, but someone might want to put your address in their SatNav.

If everyone's house was called HOUSE this would prove a bit of a problem.
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post May 17 2011, 01:24 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 17 2011, 01:21 PM) *
No, but someone might want to put your address in their SatNav.

If everyone's house was called HOUSE this would prove a bit of a problem.

Now I'm getting confused. NWNREADER was agreeing with you that making the address of someone's house HOUSE was not a good idea, but calling a car park CAR PARK didn't really matter because he doesn't post letters to it.

Or perhaps he was being too subtle for you there.
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post May 17 2011, 03:52 PM
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My satnav has all the car parks on it anyway........ and road names......... So if I was meeting someone at a car park they could say 'it is the one on Market Street, on the left, entrance off the mini roundabout' and there is a fair chance I'd be within a million miles..... I don't need to know it is the Councillor SMITH Memorial Car Park......

Anyway, very common to meet in a car park, unless for the exchange of a brown envelope. I meet in fine restaurants and hotel lounges....
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post May 17 2011, 04:51 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ May 17 2011, 02:24 PM) *
Now I'm getting confused. NWNREADER was agreeing with you that making the address of someone's house HOUSE was not a good idea, but calling a car park CAR PARK didn't really matter because he doesn't post letters to it.

Or perhaps he was being too subtle for you there.
I was pointing out that an address is used for far more than just posting letters.

Websites such as Google Maps for instance, which can be used for planning one's route. I also think that it would be hard for the public to find out and the council to enforce the tariffs at a particular location, as these vary from car park to car park.

For this reason calling all the car parks in Newbury, CAR PARK seems like a bad idea to me.

Back to the original post. it seems to highlight it may be a slow news week in Newbury.
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post May 17 2011, 06:31 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ May 17 2011, 05:51 PM) *
I was pointing out that an address is used for far more than just posting letters.

Websites such as Google Maps for instance, which can be used for planning one's route. I also think that it would be hard for the public to find out and the council to enforce the tariffs at a particular location, as these vary from car park to car park.

For this reason calling all the car parks in Newbury, CAR PARK seems like a bad idea to me.

Back to the original post. it seems to highlight it may be a slow news week in Newbury.

You confuse 2 issues. Naming a car park for enforcement is an interesting reason, but at the car park pay location it is ok to have a plate saying what the name of the car park is. In Westminster there is just a number. A sign giving direction can just say "Car Park', because (I suspect) the majority only want to know where they can park The cost of the signage would be phenomenal, but maybe that is of no concern when new signs are making the highways engineers salivate
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post May 17 2011, 07:12 PM
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I suspect it was a NWN gaff, but I was complaining that the car park was going to be signposted 'Library', rather than 'Library Car Park'. I also suggested signposting something like 'Library Car Park' might insinuate exclusive to users of the library and put people off using it.
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