Mike
Ex-London Underground and retired back to "The North" - transport, design history, things industrial, architecture & heritage - all tickle my fancy. Postings often link to my Flickr account for more things!
- One of a series of cotton goods Shippers Tickets - labels designed by Manchester artist Karl Hagedorn for Overmann Ltd & printed in Oldham by Albinson's & seen in Commercial Art 1925. This was the year the artist won a Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition for these ephemeral items. flic.kr/p/2rVeRRH
- OTD, 6 February in 1875 architect Leslie Green was born. Best recalled for the #London Tube stations of 1906/7 for the Underground Group's 3 new tube lines. They are of a generic design, clad in ox-blood Burmantofts faience. Original drawings for Strand/Aldwych station ↘️ flic.kr/p/2km3etL
- Suffolk Street in #Birmingham as the pace of change picked up in the 1960s. Much municipal street furniture, inc. a Revo Prefect street lamp along with, in the distance, a much earlier Revo product. And square 'No Entry" signs. @showmeasign.online @roads.org.uk @sabre-roads.org.uk Found image
- A hint of summer on a grey winter's day : c.1924/5 poster by Gregory Brown, one of a series issued by Bobby's, the drapers & departmental stores owner who at the time commissioned some noted artists & designers for their publicity. Brown was well known for his LNER posters. ↘️ flic.kr/p/2rV7bxt
- Some good heritage news - the restoration of Maritime Hull's Scotch Derrick crane. There are many things to go and see in Hull - a rather underrated city well worth a visit. @c20society.bsky.social @simonhickman.bsky.social youtu.be/qQbm7qLyRKY?...
- Edinburgh - Capital of Scotland. c.1955 tourist leaflet. An evocative view of Princes Street looking west from Calton Hill the then North British Hotel, Register House, the Scott Monument, R.W. Forsyth's shop and, in the far distance, St. Mary's Cathedral. ↘️ flic.kr/p/2rV3h5v
- A remarkably Vorticist press advert for Vim - Lever Bros. scouring powder with 'mighty atoms whizzing away dirt' - from 1924/25. It's by noted artist & designer Edward McKnight Kauffer whose first break came with commissions from the London Underground in post-WW1 years. flic.kr/p/2rUXjzT
- Belgium : cover to a 1938 booklet issued by the Belgian's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade giving details of the country's chief exports. The uncredited artwork, possibly of a guild procession, looks a little familiar as if from a poster. ↘️ flic.kr/p/2rUTSwc
- 1950s/60s view of Acocks Green in #Birmingham capturing a fine City Transport bus thundering past a cyclist - & neatly showing the old style "Ring Road" confirmation plates on the adjacent lamp post. @showmeasign.online @sabre-roads.org.uk @roads.org.uk (Flickr/G Dowling) flic.kr/p/cDFicd
- Cover to the 1956 edition of the Port of Leith Official Handbook giving details of the facilities & charges at "Edinburgh's Gateway to the Sea". An unattributed sketch depicting a busy quayside view of the harbour. @threadinburgh.scot flic.kr/p/2rUTMR1
- Manchester Princess Road 1960. A 'pre-Worboys' direction sign with the "dual carriageway" panel - as well as a fine mercury lantern street lamp, a bakery van & a #Manchester bus. @showmeasign.online @roads.org.uk @sabre-roads.org.uk (Image : Courtesy Manchester Archives)
- Gayer Cakes. That’s what we want. 1950s Stork Margarine recipe booklet for satin icing. #gay #vintage #publicity #cake
- Semaphore signals galore at Manchester Victoria East Junctions in 1957 @semaphoria.co.uk #railways #1950s #manchester #transport (Image courtesy of Manchester Libraries)
- Three transport logotype/symbols in a row at Manchester Piccadilly station in 1986 on a saggy banner. #logo #manchester #transport @doublearrow64.bsky.social @richardprice.bsky.social #transport #manchester
- Traffic signs galore at Trafford park, Manchester, in 1964. The now M60 signed in its original incarnation of the M62 Eccles - Stretford Bypass. I bet that bench on the lest gave scenic views. @showmeasign.online @roads.org.uk @sabre-roads.org.uk (Image courtesy Manchester Libraries)
- I can do tripe. I won't buy from anywhere other than the UCP. And I've 99 ways of preparing & serving tripe & cowheel thanks to this 1929 recipe book. @robertwoolley.bsky.social @tripeuk.bsky.social ↘️ flic.kr/p/UyP8tW
- "Aren't Herrings Delicious" says Merle Oberon, film star. The Herring Industry Board getting celebrity endorsement for their product on a 1935 recipe booklet. #food #fish #vintage ↘️ flic.kr/p/2psLS5q
- Slightly weird to think that this was nearly 50 years ago; farewell trip for #Edinburgh last conventional crew operated bus in Oct 1980 when ASC 665B, built in 1964, was part of the Lothian fleet. The driver, Alan Jamieson, having a wee ciggie break I suspect. @threadinburgh.scot flic.kr/p/2rTNCCB
- It's a wild day out - back home now & time for a cuppa. Hmm - whose tea to have today? A selection from my collection of packaging. #tea #packaging #vintage
- Transport Age 8 - the British Transport Commission's magazine & the cover of the January 1959 issue. By artist Ian Ribbons it shows the then new power signal box at London St. Pancras station, symbol of the Modernisation Programme of British Railways. #transport flic.kr/p/LzUUqH
- Some Allan Fleming CN love here @doublearrow64.bsky.social
