Red Lion - Digswell Hill, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, UK.
N 51° 48.754 W 000° 13.533
30U E 691244 N 5743832
This sign in the traditional style replaces a modern jokey one.
Waymark Code: WM9ZAH
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/21/2010
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Happily, at least to my way of thinking, this replacement sign shows a red lion 'rampant'. The replaced sign showed a cartoon-like lion looking at the viewer, having removed his sunglasses, to reveal a pale outline of glasses and the reason that he is red, is that he has been sunbathing without sun block.
This portrayal is echoed by a large copy of the motif painted onto the wall of the pub (also photographed).
The red lion is a heraldic device, often referring to Scotland. This may be the reference here, although the earliest use of the red lion is thought to have been a tribute to John of Gaunt.
Name of Artist: Not known.
Date of current sign: Less than 3 years old?
Date of first pub on site: 1746
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