Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby minxy » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:15 pm

...and a car antenna that always gets in the way in your pic :)
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Lucky Poet » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:21 pm

And a tram rosette :D

It is indeed the Ben Nevis, btw.
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Postby jmmullarkey1 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:27 pm

JamesMc wrote:Craigton rd, Govan - William Currie

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Close up William, notice nice pattern detail below name

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Close up Currie

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You can just about see 2 different versions painted over each other.

JamesMc.


Possibly the oldest 'Currie' shop in Glasgow?! (:))
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby shuttle534 » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:11 pm

Mori wrote:Argyle St

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I have to pass this sign on the way to work every day and it gives me a sad every time.
Sad that the sign has been sawn through now when it could have easily been taken down or covered over again.
When it was uncovered and I saw it said est 1880 above the door it gave me an odd sense of connection or wonderment of the past in a global sense,
1880 was the year someone was setting up this cafe.
1880 was also the year (mostly taken from wikipedia)
U.S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock
Australian bushranger and bank robber Ned Kelly is hanged in Melbourne
Piezoelectricity is discovered by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie
Manchester City F.C. founded
"Boycotting" of Captain Charles Boycott from which the Verb Boycotting is derived
Elementary Education Act 1880 (The act extended the compulsory age of attendance at school until the age of 10)
The Labour Party did not exist

People like Wild Bill Hickok had died four years earlier and things like Buffalo Bills Wild West Show were to come in the next decade.

I wonder if these topics were being discussed in this cafe at the time? Under the sign someone had hand painted.
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby dazza » Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:17 pm

Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Dexter St. Clair » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:18 pm

dazzababes wrote:Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.


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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Delmont St Xavier » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:35 pm

Dexter St. Clair wrote:
dazzababes wrote:Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.


You cruel Bastard, But Yesssssss!



Evidence please!
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby dazza » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:23 pm

As these signs become faded with age it becomes increasingly difficult to read them, so if Shuttle534 is incorrect then I think it's perfectly understandable.
I first checked the last photos I had taken in 2006, then searched to see if the sign had previously been uploaded on this thread, which it has:
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7272&p=99348#p99348

Looks like 1896 to me, but I could be wrong.
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby shuttle534 » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:31 pm

:) only 16 years out this time.
Might be time to go to specsavers
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Vinegar Tom » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:40 pm

shuttle534 wrote:Sad that the sign has been sawn through now when it could have easily been taken down or covered over again.


That is sad. I was hoping that it would be preserved.
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby HollowHorn » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:34 am

dazzababes wrote:Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.

I couldn't give a toss, I loved the post and the sentiment behind it. 8)
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby banjo » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:13 am

ditto
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby mjw » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:25 pm

On Great Western Road at Anniesland, surely it isn't lunch from Jordan?


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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby MungoDundas » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:02 pm

"Bradley's"


near 1022 Shettleston Road?

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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Vinegar Tom » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:38 pm

Here's a couple from Greenock:

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West End Bazaar & News Agency by vinegartom40, on Flickr

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