The replica tank parked by the Cathedral, encountered when going uphill, was more explicable when the new sign had been unveiled by the time I went back downhill, although the information on the pair of signs (one old and one new) is pretty similar, so almost appear to be be there to promote their promoters. Lincoln’s early twentieth century agricultural machinery industry had pioneered caterpillar tracks, which is what opened the way for the development of what secrecy initially labelled water tanks, a name which stuck.
And walking a little further, I found the rebranding of Bishop Gosseteste College / University finally visible at the beginning of a new academic year. Sad as I am to lose the place of Grossteste in our landscape, I do realise that people not knowing how to spell and/or pronounce Grosseteste can't have been a good marketing feature, and the 'Nottingham Trent' or 'Leeds Beckett' model of name alreday existed (even though the latter has already taken the 'LBU' brand).
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