I recently went back home to visit my family so took the opportunity to have a scout around the city centre and scope out what logos and icons I could see actually being used. As I’ve explained in previous posts, a very widely used symbol is the crossed keys of Saint Peter. However, as can be seen by the slider … Read More
Symbols of a city
My last post was about Peterborough itself, in this post I want to look at the existing symbols. There isn’t a flag already in use in Peterborough but there are logos and symbols that are connected to the city that a lot of Peterborians will recognise, I’m going to look at the three most prevalent ones. Coat of Arms Like … Read More
Saint Peter’s Borough
In order to kick-start my new flag for Peterborough project I thought it would be best to share a little bit of information with you about my hometown, so that as I develop my ideas, those that are not familiar with the city will have at least a little grounding. Peterborough is a relatively small city of just over 190,000 … Read More
What’s in a flag
I am a huge fan of flags, I love how the majority of them are constructed from the same basic of colours and shapes. Yet with only slight variations the results are drastically different. Results which not only create a symbol for the country, but quite often symbolise something of the country (I hope that sentence makes sense). This can … Read More