tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post7576945940714788753..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Unexpected Alphabets No 8Peter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-65589228190793113632013-04-14T08:40:14.476+01:002013-04-14T08:40:14.476+01:00Remarkable things here. I'm very happy to look...Remarkable things here. I'm very happy to look your article. 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Are the...The secrets of the bedroom are never safe. Are they Toby?Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-48012472677026915852009-02-18T19:32:00.000+00:002009-02-18T19:32:00.000+00:00The first of my crocii are just showing flowers. A...The first of my crocii are just showing flowers. A reminder that Spring is soon to be sprung. 'El Hamdullah' as they say where I've been.<BR/><BR/>Diving off on a tangent, I hear some signs make excellent bases' for worn out double beds ;-)Toby Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982935561221527990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-26946287826533965122009-02-18T18:01:00.000+00:002009-02-18T18:01:00.000+00:00Lovely station and a bookshop to spend hours in. A...Lovely station and a bookshop to spend hours in. And we like crocii.Ron Combohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270358674385406494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-29296835376540189772009-02-18T17:30:00.000+00:002009-02-18T17:30:00.000+00:00Thankyou for that Simon, the thought had never cro...Thankyou for that Simon, the thought had never crossed even my mind.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-2700606172220100172009-02-18T17:25:00.000+00:002009-02-18T17:25:00.000+00:00I bet the Ovaltine girl you had up against a tree ...I bet the Ovaltine girl you had up against a tree is mourning the loss of you, as well...Simon Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15940298436308550183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-11132017329163759792009-02-17T15:06:00.000+00:002009-02-17T15:06:00.000+00:00I have just three words to add to this: 'The', 'Ra...I have just three words to add to this: 'The', 'Railway', and 'Children'.Afferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053428773264067176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-56132931147941637432009-02-17T10:43:00.000+00:002009-02-17T10:43:00.000+00:00I saw that piece of Betjemina. I'd quite forgotten...I saw that piece of Betjemina. I'd quite forgotten the topiary aspect! The hours of care that must have been devoted to these projects. Pride in the job and pride of place I suppose. A relatively recent victim of hedge grubbing accompanied the demolition of the old Caffyns filling station on the A21 out of Eastbourne. This boasted marvellous signage carved from the living box. Now a home for the elderley (like much of Eastbourne), a totally undistinguished computer-generated sign solemnly declares the purpose of the new building. Something ghastly like 'Sunnyview' - ok in fretwork but souless in pvc.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-9335982132613400052009-02-17T10:04:00.000+00:002009-02-17T10:04:00.000+00:00You've got me going now Jon, as always. John Betje...You've got me going now Jon, as always. John Betjeman did a little film about the railway line between Kings Lynn and Hunstanton, and did a piece to camera sitting on a platform seat in front of a hedge that had been very neatly trimmed to read 'Snettisham'.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-20978289292446606222009-02-17T09:12:00.000+00:002009-02-17T09:12:00.000+00:00Excellent! We used to see quite a bit of 'White Br...Excellent! We used to see quite a bit of 'White Brick Sans' back in the days when railway porters in the five or six hour interregnum between goods train arrivals used to hone their gardening and typographical skills. Garages were another source of these vanishing arts and even the occasional AA box had its tiny garden bounded by white-painted stones, the location being spelt out in pebbles as well as being painted on the box itself.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-41013262043362736432009-02-16T22:23:00.000+00:002009-02-16T22:23:00.000+00:00I have often wondered what happened to the Ladybir...I have often wondered what happened to the Ladybird sign. These days one would have no problem selling it at a vast cost to someone with an equally vast wall to put it on. I still mourn the loss of the Ovaltine girl up against a tree next to the railway line at Kings Langley, once the bucolic home of the bedtime beverage.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-26402880545699062522009-02-16T20:43:00.000+00:002009-02-16T20:43:00.000+00:00Hurrah for Stamford and its station. And for the u...Hurrah for Stamford and its station. And for the unexpected signs one finds at such places. I'll never forget the delight of arriving at Loughborough Station to see on the platform a sign saying 'Welcome to Loughborough, home of Ladybird Books' - with large Ladybird of course. Another bit of Unmitigated England. I wonder what happened to the sign.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.com