Malevolent ones

 

 
Continuing on the theme of modern interpretations of the loggerheads, here we have the loggerheads of the Shropshire Football Association's logo.  Unlike the cheerful ones designed for Coleham School (as in the last post), they are distinctly more menacing, with a look of almost malevolent glee.  I knew a rather aggressive defender who used to look like that sometimes - perhaps the designer had him in mind(!).

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Cheerful loggerheads at school

 
In our last post, we looked at the 150 year-old carved loggerheads on the exterior of Coleham School in Shrewsbury.  
What’s interesting is to see how the loggerheads device keeps on being updated.
In this instance, the design in the photo above is the current Coleham School version, which can be seen on the school’s current signs and its pupils’ jumpers.  The traditional blue & amber colouring has been retained, though the lolling tongues are gone. 
The faces on the new design are however noticeably more cheerful than those of a hundred years ago, though – one might observe – some of the old heraldic gravitas has gone.

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School's ornate pediment

 
They don't make 'em like this anymore!  This pediment over Coleham Primary School is as ornate as you can get. Not only is there this huge effort but miniature versions over three doors.
Shrewsbury & Atcham Council seemed to have had a determination around 1900 to really stamp a civic look (including its loggerheads device) on the town.
You can find the school easily, just five minutes walk from the town centre and over Greyfriars foot-bridge.

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