#yeoldesignshoppe — Public Fediverse posts

An interesting juxtaposition of ‘Ye Olde Sign Shoppe’ photography and geopolitical comment in this Shropshire Star piece?

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/voices/readers-letters/2026/01/22/childlike-leaders-ruining-the-world-your-letters-plus-signwriter-remembered-in-a-picture-from-the-archives/

The man at work is Charles (Charlie) Harrington and when I saw the picture the name rang a bell. And then it dawned on me: he's the man photographed alongside his recently painted Bile Beans sign in this piece on the restoration of a ghost sign in Leeds:

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2021/07/council-funds-bile-beans-repainting-in-leeds/

#SignPainters #YeOldeSignShoppe #Wolverhampton #Ghostsigns #Leeds

New at bl.ag online, 'Glorious Gilding Samples at the American Sign Museum', with some exclusive cutting room floor content from the Museum's new book:

https://bl.ag/glorious-gilding-samples-at-the-american-sign-museum/

More on the book here:

https://bl.ag/a-sneak-peek-inside-the-american-sign-museum-book/

#Gilding #GoldLeaf #Letters #AmericanSignMuseum #SignPainting #Signwriting #YeOldeSignShoppe #Lettering #Craft