At the end of a Thornbury street where I lived some years ago, a Bushell's Tea sign survived on a milk bar's side wall for some 60-odd years. I snapped the gradually fading sign in July last year and posted to this blog:
Here's the same sign in Google Street View:
But today I drove past and the whole thing had been painted over, along with a newly rebuilt fence, in a particularly dull and unimaginative dark grey. Another sign succumbs, still there but hidden, probably for good.
Here is the wall now (added a little later):
Here's the same sign in Google Street View:
Here's a photo of the sign taken back in 2005, when it was less faded and you can still see the teacup in the middle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctor_keats/166423165/. And here's one from 2009, the gradual weathering taking its toll: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mavroumati/3444635920/.
But today I drove past and the whole thing had been painted over, along with a newly rebuilt fence, in a particularly dull and unimaginative dark grey. Another sign succumbs, still there but hidden, probably for good.
Here is the wall now (added a little later):
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