Friday, 23 April 2010

Cycle & Motor Works, Catford

At first sight, this is a pretty straightforward sign.

Cycle
&
Motor
Works

But why does it look like they tried to hide the lower half by painting it over? A bit of work in Photoshop shows traces of an earlier sign.
...maker
Jeweller
...
...eaman [written diagonally and cutting the sign in two]
...
...
...

Actually this isn't it. Although it is impossible to read anything, there was even a third sign on this wall.

Location: Stanstead Road / Picture taken on: 23/07/2009

1 comment:

Clarisse Lorieux/Clio said...

Un blog très enrichissant ! Merci de me l'avoir fait découvrir.
Pour le lien vers votre blog pas de problème. J'attends moi aussi les prochains posts...

Cordialement,

Clio