East Howe: Ibbett Road

Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 20 Apr 2020

Ibbett Road forms part of a small layout of roads to the north of Kingswell Road, ending at Hadow Road which contains the local schools, Kingsleigh Primary and The Bourne Academy (previously Kingsleigh Secondary). Hadow and Ibbett are named after men who were part of the Borough's Education Committee around the time that the schools were built in the 1950s (and I suspect Bennion may have been too, as this is the name of the road which links the two). The road sign is a standard one from around 2000, featuring the borough coat of arms, and one of the earliest of these given the emboldened typeface – most have a less harsh typeface and a background less prone to discoloration. This is photo no.212 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/My-2020-Coronavirus-Lockdown-walking-project for the complete set of photos.

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