banjo boy
The Tatfather
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| 19 Dec 2014 06:37 PM |
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Fantastic collection you got there Marcus...I keep looking at it an clocking different things..Couple of bits i really like....Blue to white Stephens ink,,Slim nut brown and the small Cadburys with coat of arms...Great stuff.. |
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Jezmond
Guru Tat
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| 19 Dec 2014 06:55 PM |
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Hi Ossie,
Not a huge story but here it is: about 12 or so years back we had a junk shop here in Kendal run by a guy called Barry Cross. Barry got loads of interesting stuff in and he was never greedy on price - in fact his upstairs cheap rooms were the source of many a bargain.
The story was they had been used to block up a window, all were facing in and all had the backs painted with white gloss. I bought about 8 the last few were a bit raggier and one or two had holes through. That said as a small pictorial about 10 x 12 they were desirable. I wish I had kept one. Stopped collecting about 10-12 years ago and just about got rid of all my stuff including these. More recently I found the one I gave my late Father and sold that too (probably 7 years ago) ARGH! |
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ossie
Mad Keen Collector
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| 19 Dec 2014 08:36 PM |
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hi jez,
still a great story & they are a very nice sign, might have seen one on e bay for sale a long time ago. once found 5 frasers removal signs on an alottment, removed 4 as you do, one had a tree growing in front of it making it hard to remove, so i thought go back the next night with saw & remove tree, sadly the allotment holder had took a pickaxe to the sign. |
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Advertising Antiques Ltd
Guru Tat
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| 20 Dec 2014 05:48 PM |
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Hi Ossie, it really makes me wonder about allotment holder's mentality. I have seen 3 grands worth of bottle dug up 12" below the surface of an old allotment.
Al. |
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Advertising Antiques Ltd
Guru Tat
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| 20 Dec 2014 08:46 PM |
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I like the Funeral Outfits made at short notice! |
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trixon telstar
Guru Tat
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| 11 Nov 2017 11:54 PM |
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Second time round the block I know , but you might think they're worth another look . Nigel posted them on my behalf at the time . |
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SteveTheTyke
Guru Tat
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| 12 Nov 2017 02:10 PM |
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I'm just very glad your garage roof is quite high, looking at all those exposed sign corners!!!! A slendid array of subjects I must say. |
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banjo boy
The Tatfather
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| 12 Nov 2017 02:29 PM |
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Spelling mistake there by mr.tyke...no member breaks his nutts or pulls him about it..load of bollox!! |
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hinkslamps
Tat Addict
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| 12 Nov 2017 03:32 PM |
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That's a typo rather than a spelling mistake. Not the same! |
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banjo boy
The Tatfather
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| 12 Nov 2017 07:19 PM |
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114 posts hinkslamps you fukking Tool... |
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Mick G
Guru Tat
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albion68
Mad Keen Collector
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| 12 Nov 2017 07:57 PM |
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Quite Fantastic !! forget the lounge i would live in the garage. Hard to spot but i like the
" we are closed on Thursday ...... sign, hard to make out what it is thought.
Thanks for sharing. Keith |
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hinkslamps
Tat Addict
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| 13 Nov 2017 09:54 AM |
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There are two versions of the Strange's Crystal Oil sign. Same eye but completely different lettering. |
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CARTERS
Mad Keen Collector
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| 13 Nov 2017 05:15 PM |
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Just for you Jez |
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Jezmond
Guru Tat
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| 13 Nov 2017 05:33 PM |
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Thanks Carters! thats an Alan Minter! |
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