The Tuesday Tease
Okay, this will test your eyesight... (no kidding!)
This old signage was uncovered during renovations to the Ipswich building which is now a bistro and retail outlet. Thankfully, it was considered worth preserving and now makes a lovely, stop and stare article for interested passers by.
Taken with the 'Nik' on auto everything.
Post Script - 'Aitch' has found this article telling it's tale!!
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Okay, this will test your eyesight... (no kidding!)
This old signage was uncovered during renovations to the Ipswich building which is now a bistro and retail outlet. Thankfully, it was considered worth preserving and now makes a lovely, stop and stare article for interested passers by.
Taken with the 'Nik' on auto everything.
Post Script - 'Aitch' has found this article telling it's tale!!
I can read the last three lines, and I see the word "specialist" up near the top, and "by" of course, but... oh, okay...that's "spectacle specialist optician by something-or-other to the" and I guess I could say I also did it with my eyes on auto-everything!
ReplyDeleteIn North America, so many old places get completely destroyed. For two young countries, we're not going to have a whole lot of historical buildings if we persist in pulling them down.
Sigh.
Love, K
A wonderful find; so glad it was preserved.
ReplyDeleteAh a ghost sign you should see plenty over here
ReplyDeleteHari Om
ReplyDeleteKay - kudos!! "OPTHALMOLOGIST AND SPECTACLE SPECIALIST BY APPOINTMENT TO THE..." and you can read the rest.
Joanne - yes indeed. As Bill says below, in the UK more and more of these are being discovered and preserved.
Bill - what amazes me is that nobody destroyed them in the first place when rendering or painting over them!!
Mum knew she had read something about this sign in the paper a little whiel ago and here is a link to it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-24623611 Interesting reading.
ReplyDeleteI could pick out spectacle specialist but thought I had it wrong until I saw your comment about Ophthalmologist. I'm glad they decided to keep the sign.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteLike Kay I could just read the last 3 lines clearly and thanks to you now I know what it says!