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New Seat Is ‘Easy As Pie’ For Peterborough Firm
Peterborough’s East Anglian Galvanizing Ltd has helped create a new street feature
in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray – and the job was ‘as easy as pie’.
Famous for its delicious pork pies, Melton commissioned an eye-catching pie-shaped heritage seat to adorn Nottingham Street - one of its main shopping thoroughfares. The steel-based structure, which is 2.3 metres across, was expertly hot-dip galvanized in molten zinc for long-lasting anti-corrosion protection by East Anglian Galvanizing Ltd. It was then painted and had its wooden seat fittings added, before being installed.
Selwyn Parrish, Commercial Manager of East Anglian Galvanizing Ltd which employs more than 30 people at its Warely Road site in Peterborough, said: “We were asked to carry out this unusual job by one of our regular, long-term customers, Street Design Ltd. Our galvanizing bath is one of the longest and widest in the region, so we could dip the seat in a single process.”
Famous for its delicious pork pies, Melton commissioned an eye-catching pie-shaped heritage seat to adorn Nottingham Street - one of its main shopping thoroughfares. The steel-based structure, which is 2.3 metres across, was expertly hot-dip galvanized in molten zinc for long-lasting anti-corrosion protection by East Anglian Galvanizing Ltd. It was then painted and had its wooden seat fittings added, before being installed.
Selwyn Parrish, Commercial Manager of East Anglian Galvanizing Ltd which employs more than 30 people at its Warely Road site in Peterborough, said: “We were asked to carry out this unusual job by one of our regular, long-term customers, Street Design Ltd. Our galvanizing bath is one of the longest and widest in the region, so we could dip the seat in a single process.”
David Emmett, a Director of Street Design Ltd, based at Barrow upon Soar, near
Loughborough, which styled and fabricated the heritage seat, said: “Melton Mowbray’s
special Pork Pies are not completely round, they are barrel-shaped, so the new
seat had to be designed exactly the same. It will be permanently exposed to the
wind and rain and the galvanizing will help to protect it in excellent condition
for many years to come.”
The pork pie seat, costing £6,000, was commissioned by Melton Mowbray Borough Council after the idea was suggested at a community forum by local schoolboy, Andrew Colmer. The idea was taken up by the council leader, Councillor Malise Graham, with backing from Leicestershire County Council and sponsorship from local Melton pork pie makers, Dickinson and Morris.
The pork pie seat, costing £6,000, was commissioned by Melton Mowbray Borough Council after the idea was suggested at a community forum by local schoolboy, Andrew Colmer. The idea was taken up by the council leader, Councillor Malise Graham, with backing from Leicestershire County Council and sponsorship from local Melton pork pie makers, Dickinson and Morris.