Padlocks on Ha Penny Bridge

Rodger_Muir

Anyone know anything about the padlocks hanging on the Ha Penny Bridge. Some times there are loads, and other times none.

tony 2 tone

There are a few on the Millenium bridge too. They seem to have initials and a date on them, I know there is a Polish tradition of doing that when people get married. Could be that.

Dick Turnip

Could be an eastern european thing. Visited Riga in Latvia a few years back and there was a bridge in a park where newly weds put locks.

WindSock

Ah no, don't tell me people have started doing that shite here

It's a lovely idea and all but the Ha'penny Bridge is beautiful enough without people messing it up with their padlocks and starting traditions that took off elsewhere.

seandeas

It's for couples. I first saw it in Paris a few years ago where there were millions of the attached to the railings on a bridge. The idea is you lock the padlock and throw the key into the river and your love will last forever.

Paparazzo

Definitely not the bridge for it. Saw it on a railway bridge in Koln

Wertz

Brass and steel are fetching good prices these days...time to invest in a set of boltcutters

Esel

seandeas wrote: »

The idea is you lock the padlock and throw the key into the river and your love will last forever.

...while keeping the second key in a safe place in case things go pear-shaped.

Maybe they are chastity belt locks that are no longer needed?

Dawn Rider

seandeas wrote: »

It's for couples. I first saw it in Paris a few years ago where there were millions of the attached to the railings on a bridge. The idea is you lock the padlock and throw the key into the river and your love will last forever.

Wertz wrote: »

Brass and steel are fetching good prices these days...time to invest in a set of boltcutters

Esel wrote: »

...while keeping the second key in a safe place in case things go pear-shaped.

Maybe they are chastity belt locks that are no longer needed?

You'll see them at loads of 'sacred' tourist sites in China too.

The Scientician

Never heard of this 'tradition', faskinating.

oppenheimer1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_padlocks

They are love padlocks. Couples put the date and their initials on the lock and throw the keys into the rivet forever. It symbolises that their love is forever I guess. The tradition comes from the book "I want you". It has been a problem in other cities as well particularly The Pont des Arts in paris.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8679132.stm

Rodger_Muir

The Scientician wrote: »

Never heard of this 'tradition', faskinating.

Its bizzare isnt it. But makes a awful eyesore.

WindSock

Was on the bridge last night and had a look, there are quite a few more than I expected...

saa

Interesting, certainly nothing I'm going to get my knickers in a twist about.

The Sparrow

It's a nice enough idea, I suppose. But just not on the Ha'penny bridge. It's a lovely old bridge and it doesn't need to be defaced in this way. Hopefully the council or someone will cut them down.

WindSock

saa wrote: »

Interesting, certainly nothing I'm going to get my knickers in a twist about.

So we should just build a bridge and get over it?

kumate_champ07

Dey tuk or... bridges!!

GhostInTheRuins

I saw loads of them in Budapest, all over the place.

Cute and all, but leave the poor Ha'penny bridge alone.

neris

Newly weds do that in lithuania and then the groom has to carry the bride over the bridge can imagine the abuse a couple would get doing that in dublin

Richard Hillman

neris wrote: »

Newly weds do that in lithuania and then the groom has to carry the bride over the bridge can imagine the abuse a couple would get doing that in dublin

Whilst being asked for spare change a couple of time :pac:

Happyman42

There's one by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

Sunnyisland

Ghost In The Ruins wrote: »

I saw loads of them in Budapest, all over the place.

Cute and all, but leave the poor Ha'penny bridge alone.

Tony & mette above must have a little baby as they have a little lock attached to there's. Wonder is her/his name goldie

Fuinseog

Rodger_Muir wrote: »

Anyone know anything about the padlocks hanging on the Ha Penny Bridge. Some times there are loads, and other times none.

italians do it as sign of love

The Scientician

Here's an image I found when a-googling: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6uSrlX21zAk/To2NzG0u0kI/AAAAAAAAALA/GRWAn9iM-Z0/photo.jpg

lord lucan

The Sparrow wrote: »

It's a lovely old bridge and it doesn't need to be defaced in this way. Hopefully the council or someone will cut them down.

And that's what DCC have done today.

http://www.thejournal.ie/wheres-the-love-council-removes-love-padlocks-from-dublins-hapenny-bridge-327300-Jan2012/

I am pie

Fair play DCC. A chubb lock with names scrawled in marker pen is a eyesore, and not particularly romantic to boot. I see the lock in the photo had 'liam' as the fellas name, i don't think we can blame the furrrrinners for this one !

LLU

god they look crap. bloody skangers again, guess its cheaper than getting a tattoo.

That's a shame, I quite enjoyed them.

vicwatson

WindSock wrote: »

Ah no, don't tell me people have started doing that shite here

It's a lovely idea and all but the Ha'penny Bridge is beautiful enough without people messing it up with their padlocks and starting traditions that took off elsewhere.

Wanton Vandalism.:mad:

CyberJuice

LLU wrote: »

god they look crap. bloody skangers again, guess its cheaper than getting a tattoo.

a few locks on a bridge its hardly the end of the world

i dont personally see the problem,if there was a genuine reason for removing them other than "it doesnt look good" then fair enough, like if thousands of them were causin the bridge to warp or buckle or something affecting the structure.. its certainly not as bad as graffiti or rubbish on the streets

Esel

Cut the ball locks off them, I say. Harrumph!

lord lucan

CyberJuice wrote: »

i dont personally see the problem,if there was a genuine reason for removing them other than "it doesnt look good" then fair enough, like if thousands of them were causin the bridge to warp or buckle or something affecting the structure.. its certainly not as bad as graffiti or rubbish on the streets

I'd have thought that their biggest worry was all the weight from the locks over time would lead to weakening of the structure.

Coriolanus

CyberJuice wrote: »

a few locks on a bridge its hardly the end of the world

i dont personally see the problem,if there was a genuine reason for removing them other than "it doesnt look good" then fair enough, like if thousands of them were causin the bridge to warp or buckle or something affecting the structure.. its certainly not as bad as graffiti or rubbish on the streets

But sure that's all graffiti is, a bit of paint on a wall that "doesn't look good". :rolleyes: