Our office building in Old Street has this shield outside.
It's even better inside. The words say 'More Light, More Power' which is a good phrase for many things. I'd always assumed it was a strapline for an old power station.
Here's another one on a gate near a church.
Here's another on the top of Shoreditch Town Hall. Turns out it was the motto for the borough of Shoreditch to celebrate the provision of electric power around 1900.
You can read more here and here and lots more by googling.
Made me wonder what the motto is now. It's 'Justice is our tower'. I dunno maybe that's something about luxury apartments.
Every London borough has a motto obvs. Redbridge's is 'In Unity Progress' while Ealing's is 'Progress With Unity'.
Islington's is 'We serve' which maybe they nicked from Wandsworth whose motto is 'We serve'. Or vice versa. IDK.
More London borough mottos here.
Anyway.
Light and Power is back as the name of Hackney Council’s new energy company. https://twitter.com/hackneycouncil/status/1190573264004927494
Posted by: Jystewart | Nov 03, 2019 at 22:01
That's pretty cool. And thanks for the comment.
Posted by: Ben | Nov 04, 2019 at 23:01