{"id":107194,"date":"2025-02-03T21:22:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/?page_id=107194"},"modified":"2025-02-15T04:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T04:22:08","slug":"redbridge-outdoor-arts-ken-aston","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/redbridge-outdoor-arts-ken-aston\/","title":{"rendered":"Redbridge Outdoor Arts &#8211; Ken Aston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-08b6cc370c75ed402858f1e44309c832\">Redbridge Outdoor Arts &#8211; Ken Aston<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken Aston was a local headteacher and a football referee, he can be seen in the centre of the flag. Best known for inventing the red and yellow cards that are used in football games today and that inspired the Redbridge Outdoor Arts branding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The area outside Fullwell Cross Library, where Redbridge Arts hosts its programme of events and shows, is named Ken Aston Square in his honour. This flag celebrates the man, the square and some of the shows seen in both Barkingside and across Redbridge; the Vegetable Nannies, Black British Ballet, Simple Cypher, Museum of the Moon and TEABREAK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:62% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KenAston-Cropped-min-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107049 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KenAston-Cropped-min-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KenAston-Cropped-min-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KenAston-Cropped-min-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KenAston-Cropped-min-1127x1536.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KenAston-Cropped-min-1502x2048.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KenAston-Cropped-min-scaled.jpg 1878w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flag Audio Introduction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Redbridge-Outdoor-arts-Ken-Aston-text.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flag Audio Description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ROA-Ken-Aston-Audio-Description.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Transcript: Underneath the green roof, inside of the arch is painted a bright orange, with red and purple colours on the outside. A small bunch of nine tomatoes on a vine, a pineapple and a coconut are transformed into charming characters with googly eyes. The main image is of a white man with a blue football shirt, his left arm held up and his fingers for a V sign. He holds a whistle in his right hand. A tuk tuk mini lorry is painted green and drives in from the right, on its roof a black ballet dancer is in a dance pose. On either side, red and yellow rectangular shapes represent the football referee cards. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Mark Massey<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107194"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107665,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107194\/revisions\/107665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}