By Kate Simon Unearthing quirky local stories is the ultimate goal of the guidebook writer. When I co-wrote Slow Travel Cheshire for Bradt Guides with Suzanne King, my fellow author uncovered a gem, the Travellers’ Rest. I’m not talking about a pub, these are the stone blocks that started appearing by the roadside in the Warrington area around 1859, offering brief respite for weary Victorian wanderers. Aptly described by Suzanne as looking like a ‘diminutive medal winners’ podium’, they were the inspiration of James Kendrick, a local doctor.
Really nice writing Kate, love the idea of thinking about street furniture as community led and driven, rather than the modern way being led by designing out crime, which actively goes against the people who inhabit the space around it.
Makes me think of the Wallace fountains in Paris.
Really nice writing Kate, love the idea of thinking about street furniture as community led and driven, rather than the modern way being led by designing out crime, which actively goes against the people who inhabit the space around it.