tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post5283816978329511231..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: This WayPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-8018057787659528172011-05-21T22:30:09.220+01:002011-05-21T22:30:09.220+01:00I know what you mean Mr.Gregory, but it really is ...I know what you mean Mr.Gregory, but it really is only a tad. Perhaps photographing it through armour plated glass hasn't helped.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-51773131243108094342011-05-21T11:43:32.091+01:002011-05-21T11:43:32.091+01:00Nice use of orange – I wonder if this has faded mu...Nice use of orange – I wonder if this has faded much? A very lovely thing indeed.<br /><br />There's a deeply buried bit of me that wants to get in there and open up the letterspacing. Just a tad. Can't help it.richard gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247105979074919990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-14654924879579415642011-05-20T12:01:47.905+01:002011-05-20T12:01:47.905+01:00Thankyou Stephen for pointing me towards the CPRE ...Thankyou Stephen for pointing me towards the CPRE book.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-79759487784602528332011-05-20T06:47:55.586+01:002011-05-20T06:47:55.586+01:00Thank you Peter. Please do use your own inimitabl...Thank you Peter. Please do use your own inimitable style!Rate My Sausagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447070967547801383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-43450955995960900872011-05-18T18:03:33.300+01:002011-05-18T18:03:33.300+01:00For examples of how unsightly enamel advertising s...For examples of how unsightly enamel advertising signs and roadside posters could look, there are some interesting examples in a book produced by the Leicestershire branch of the CPRE entitled 'Save Leicestershire's Countryside' Suggestions for small house building. It dates from the end of the 1930s. It has photos of good and bad development, many of the points it makes are equally relevent today, looking at the quality and design of new housing in south Leicestershire.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-71974382170768764292011-05-17T22:40:21.319+01:002011-05-17T22:40:21.319+01:00I will certainly do this. Thankyou for the invite....I will certainly do this. Thankyou for the invite.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-11892997981631369412011-05-17T19:32:10.500+01:002011-05-17T19:32:10.500+01:00Guest sausage review?
Greetings esteemed blog wr...Guest sausage review?<br /><br /><br />Greetings esteemed blog writer. As the custodian of Rate My Sausage, I would like to invite you to write a guest sausage review, to be published soon. Of course, we will link back to your blog, unless you ask us not to.<br /><br />All we need is: Minimum 200 words, at least two digital images. That’s it. Write it how you want to, feel free to put the boot into the supermarkets if you want, but have fun!<br /><br />Contact me at sausage-blog@live.com with your review, or for more info.<br /><br /><br />Go on, you know you want to!Rate My Sausagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447070967547801383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-16478341350033508702011-05-17T16:54:16.952+01:002011-05-17T16:54:16.952+01:00You're right Phil. There had been a great prol...You're right Phil. There had been a great proliferation of all kinds of signs by the early thirties, most notably enamel advertising. Shell lead the way to tidying up the environment by putting those fabulous posters on the sides of their delivery trucks.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-38962620488904444832011-05-17T09:08:42.703+01:002011-05-17T09:08:42.703+01:00I'd have thought 1920s is quite likely. I'...I'd have thought 1920s is quite likely. I'm no expert on this but weren't the 1930s the first great era of standardized signs, when a lot of the ones put up locally, and also by the AA, disappeared?Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-29684915518010911562011-05-16T23:09:59.226+01:002011-05-16T23:09:59.226+01:00I'm not certain how old it is, but judging by ...I'm not certain how old it is, but judging by the graphics my guess would be the 1920s.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-55084414422156936862011-05-16T05:58:07.311+01:002011-05-16T05:58:07.311+01:00Very lovely. Interesting how it uses the basic &#...Very lovely. Interesting how it uses the basic 'roundel' device experimented with and then perfected by London Transport. See the bottom of this page:<br /><br />http://www.ltmcollection.org/roundel/about/detailedhistory.html<br /><br />for the Metropolitan Railway's own 'diamond' roundel. <br /><br />Any idea on its age?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-19345631440497194582011-05-16T02:36:21.259+01:002011-05-16T02:36:21.259+01:00I wonder if people appreciated the simple, elegant...I wonder if people appreciated the simple, elegant design and great typography of the early 20th century. We had an old telephone exchange for an office, and I loved the cream and green tile plaque with Moderne typeface saying TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. It was timeless.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451134989199249673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-91462438024736464132011-05-15T22:42:17.641+01:002011-05-15T22:42:17.641+01:00It does indeed look like a 1950 'special' ...It does indeed look like a 1950 'special' Ordnance cover, with a proper crest and chequered border. And yes, it would be good if they did repros of things like this instead of the usual cheapo merchandise that fills the shelves of a lot of museums. The Imperial War Museum and the V&A are great exceptions.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-36887430171841605512011-05-15T18:00:29.654+01:002011-05-15T18:00:29.654+01:00Beautiful clear elegant lettering: thanks for shar...Beautiful clear elegant lettering: thanks for sharing it.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-45881865537835679952011-05-15T15:49:31.283+01:002011-05-15T15:49:31.283+01:00Lovely find. Leicester does not do enough to celeb...Lovely find. Leicester does not do enough to celebrate its history, in my view. They ought to make reproductions and sell them.Cooks Lane Herbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619018143628588847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-74569807045911951692011-05-15T14:10:47.539+01:002011-05-15T14:10:47.539+01:00It has the look of an old map cover, somehowIt has the look of an old map cover, somehowSue Imgrundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561248973128136601noreply@blogger.com