Earlier this week, I spotted this plaque on Noonan Road. I had not noticed it before but that could well have been due to my lack of observation rather than it being recently erected.
It did get me thinking though as to the erecting of plaques:
· Many are undated as to the time of erection. I would have thought that that would have been beneficial as to further details of the person/event commemorated.
· Are there or should there be controls for the erection of plaques. Taken to the extreme, is it an opportunity to invent or rewrite history.
· But ,by introducing controls/permits, one is granting control of what is published/highlighted to another body
I am not sure that there is a perfect solution. I do believe that dating the erection/placing of the plaques would be beneficial.
It did get me thinking though as to the erecting of plaques:
· Many are undated as to the time of erection. I would have thought that that would have been beneficial as to further details of the person/event commemorated.
· Are there or should there be controls for the erection of plaques. Taken to the extreme, is it an opportunity to invent or rewrite history.
· But ,by introducing controls/permits, one is granting control of what is published/highlighted to another body
I am not sure that there is a perfect solution. I do believe that dating the erection/placing of the plaques would be beneficial.
