A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)
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RS2KOHC said:
Nobody welcomes a smart alec of course, but it's Market Street, Kidsgrove (adjacent to, but not part of, Stoke-on-Trent), actually. Featuring a building in which I spent some years of my former professional life.
That was something that always used to annoy my Potteries-based colleagues - I would use the term "Stoke" for anywhere in that area, when I shouldn't have. At that point I wasn't do it to be annoying, I just didn't know any better.That italic font was used quite widely, wasn't it? Must have been some easy-to-obtain plastic letters to save having to have a proper sign made, like those printed on silver or gold backgrounds that DIY shops used to sell to make your own house numbers.
I thought it was called Stymie Bold Italic. There’s a Flickr group devoted to it.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/stymie/pool/
https://www.flickr.com/groups/stymie/pool/
OptionalExtra said:
I thought it was called Stymie Bold Italic. There’s a Flickr group devoted to it.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/stymie/pool/
I’m not sure that’s Stymie in the original pic, but it’s very similar, same sort of thing.https://www.flickr.com/groups/stymie/pool/
In the early 80's, 'computerised' sign options would have been in their infancy so there weren't as many design choices for fascias on high street shops.
Cut Vinyl letters came in just a handful of fonts and limited range of sizes.
The Steele Bros letters would have been quite up-market. Either a metal perimeter with a perspex insert or moulded plastic letters on concealed mounting lugs. Yes, I remember the propensity for cladding the shop facade with mosaics too!
Traditional signwriting was still in demand or there was screen printing onto the back of a glass or perspex, maybe even incorporating a lightbox!
Cut Vinyl letters came in just a handful of fonts and limited range of sizes.
The Steele Bros letters would have been quite up-market. Either a metal perimeter with a perspex insert or moulded plastic letters on concealed mounting lugs. Yes, I remember the propensity for cladding the shop facade with mosaics too!
Traditional signwriting was still in demand or there was screen printing onto the back of a glass or perspex, maybe even incorporating a lightbox!
Enu koro said:
Some interesting stuff here on Brighton seafront in the late 80s: Toledo, Opel Rekord / Ascona (?), Mk I Golf, MB 190. My favourite though is the Honda Legend coupe, the one that's like a properly built version of a Rover 800. Nice sunny day too...
Hugo a Gogo said:
I used to deliver milk off the back of a Sherpa just like that one in the 80s
Child labour, 2 quid a morning, 4.30 to 7am
Christ that must have been the affluent south, I got a quid for the same hours 1981-83 Child labour, 2 quid a morning, 4.30 to 7am
The farmer I worked for was such a tight t
t, he'd collect christmas tips for the lads off customers and give us a box of Dairy Milk with 4 (yes four...) chocolates in it instead. Christ knows where he bought them from, never seen that size of box on sale since.aeropilot said:
soxboy said:
rjg48 said:
1970s Southampn.
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