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Present signage for Juniper Green/Baberton Mains is woefully inadequate, both from the city bypass and closer in to our boundaries. The present sign at the Gillespie crossroads is hanging at an angle with a broken strap and partially hidden behind a lamp post and a tree. Many a visitor has phoned me in desperation having inadvertently got into Baberton Mains by mistake (usually by having seen the sign to “Juniper Green School”). What is not revealed is
a)that Baberton Mains is being entered and
b) that once in it, there is no direct vehicular access to Juniper Green.
Much is said about street clutter. The idea of “clutter” is in itself adequate testimony to the absence of anything that is aesthetically pleasing in present signage. I believe these new and beautiful signs would be an enhancement to our environment, a help to our visitors, a statement of identity and a homage to our past.
Val
Oh thanks so much, that’s really helpful.
Hugs
Sue Warner
Maybe Mallory should read Malleny - which is in Balerno, the next village to Currie.
Julie Watt
“In researching my family history, the census tells me that my great great grandparents lived in Braberton Road, Juniper Green and then Mallory Bank, Currie in the 1860s-1870s - I can’t find either of these on any map - can anyone help me find where these were/are.
Their names were Ramsey and Margaret Ross (nee Thomson) and had two children John and William whilst they lived in Braberton Road, his Mother Mary Ross (nee White) also lived with them. They added Thomas, Mary Jane, Robert, Margaret and Ramsey at Mallory Bank. They laterly moved to Portobello, Edinburgh (and added 2 more children James and Alice).
Thank you in advance.
Regard
Sue Warner”
“Wishing you well with the new village shop/cafe. It will be a big improvement on what was there before. Hope the community supports your brave venture. Hamish”
Hello!
I just wanted to say a quick thankyou to all of you who have popped your heads into the old post office to wish us luck with our new venture - a wee community cafe and shop! Your enthusiasm and support has been overwhelming as we’ve set about the arduous task of cleaning out and re-desinging. It hasn’t been easy - it was all left in a bit of a mess!
No matter, we are getting there and we hope to open next week. We are really, really looking forward to meeting you all again!
We want the shop cafe to be a real part of and addition to the village and we’re looking for ideas as to how we go about doing this. We’ll have a notice board and there will be a wee suggestion box in the shop should you have any of your own ideas! We have already planned a christmas event with Santa and mulled wine :0)
We’re also keen to showcase / sell the work of local artists and crafts people (space permitting) so please do pop in and have a chat with us.
See you soon,
Lesley (Belmont Rd, Juniper Green) on behalf of The Juniper Village Shop.
“This is quite frightening, and terribly modern. However, there’s nothing like having a go”
Eric
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I think the overall idea and design look great. However, when you see them in the computer mock up of their locations, they look a bit lost as their main colour is green against the mainly green surroundings. Perhaps white on green or white on black should be considered?
Regards
Graham Ellis
“Hi The sign looks great and I think has enough detail on it. Not a criticism; just a query. Is that a juniper tree of some variety? Our garden juniper is quite a different shape, but being tall and thin might not lend its shape to such a well designed sign. Ruth”
Hi – I wanted to add a couple of words about the Juniper Green and Baberton Mains signage.
“I think the proposed signage is excellent. I understand the comments about including more text to describe Juniper Green but on balance, feel that it would be better to keep the legend clear and simple. Cars will be passing the signs at 30 mph so the message needs to be short. Additionally, I’m guessing that having invested in top quality signs they will be with us for many years so they should be free of any specific time citation. “
Regards
Russell Lee
“The signs look impressive and will look good at the entrance to the village, however I like the earlier contributor’s point that we should add a tag line along the lines of “over 300 years of history” to the signs for Juniper Green,”
Ken
“The sign looks great, nice colour scheme and design. One comment we have is do we want to add somewhere say at the bottom in smaller font size, reference to the village being at least 300 years old in 2007? e.g. Over Three Centuries of History, or First Mentioned in 1707?
David & Wendy”
The signs are not intended to label Baberton Mains as part of Juniper Green but to give an identity that recognises the links between the old and new communities. The sign proposed for Baberton Mains is “Baberton Mains”. The different signs clearly show they are separate areas geographically but linked as communities and helps in giving BM an identity many have felt is long overdue..
Since Baberton Mains was built it has been part of the Juniper Green Village Association area. The boundary on the north side extends to the railway line at Baberton Mains Farm Road. Many Village Association Committee members have resided in Baberton Mains and they have all contributed greatly to community work. The Juniper Green Primary School serves the communities of Juniper Green and Baberton Mains and it could reasonably be argued that the people of Baberton Mains feel a much greater affinity with Juniper Green than any other neighbouring community.
Juniper Green Village Association Committee Member
