With Scotland’s
oldest rail bridge shut to traffic for a week to allow repainting, the unusual choice of
contractor for the work is promising a fresh, brave look for the Forth railway bridge.Gavin,
of Stockbridge based Interior design house "Camp As A Row Of Pink Tents" is
promising to work from an adventurous palette when daubing colour on to the 115 year-old
structure as he now tells the JT : "That rusty look, it's just so Victorian.
There’s so many new shades around now that we’ll be going for a more restful yet
zingy colourway. I’m thinking burnt sienna for the steel and perhaps something in
light-blue pastel for the stonework."
Not content with freshening up the bridge itself, Gavin will also be making sure that
intending rail passengers complement the new colour scheme.
"We’ll have a team of consultants placed at every station on the route,
advising commuters on whether the clothes they’re wearing really work for them. Our
consultants aren’t looking to embarrass anyone, really badly dressed people will be
quietly led off to continue their journey by bus.
We don’t care about buses, we don’t do buses."
