The lost art of hand-written public transport signs
From an exhibition at the Sydney Bus Museum:
"Sign writing was once an important trade. The signs needed to direct bus traffic and provide timetable and destination information for Sydney's bus network were formerly painted by hand at Randwick Depot.
"Many of those employed to do this work considered it to be their job for life. Their skill is evident, but it was time consuming and expensive to produce signs this way, and by the 1980s the writing was on the wall for this trade.
"Various printing techniques have replaced the hand painted sign in almost all situations in the bus and transport industry, but if you look around the museum, you will see many examples of their craft."
🎥🎬 #Trainspotting (Ferrovipathes) est sorti il y a … 28 ans 😅
Film devenu culte à la bande son de rêve : Pulp, Blur, Elastica, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, New Order, Primal Scream, Joy Division etc…
The former George Hotel on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Designed by Niel Duff and built in 1907, I love the way a recessed bow window is used to turn the building round the street's slight corner.
In its day, the George Hotel played host to the likes of Stan Laurel, Cary Grant (when he was still Archie Leach) and Joan Crawford.
By the 1990s, its former glory had very much faded, but it found a second life as a film location, including as a double for the London hotel where Renton and his friends make their drug deal in the film Trainspotting.
The interior was eventually demolished and turned into retail units, but its distinctive facade was thankfully retained.