Signs of old leodis

Si · Post by Si » Mon 29 Aug, 2011 6:37 pm

As promised, here's the painted-over mosaic on the side of Moss'/Fulton's in Otley."DEALERS IN..."Can anyone work out what the next line is?There are some more lines too, but these are obscured by the wooden boards.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 29 Aug, 2011 6:42 pm

Wow you did very well to spot that Si. Nice one.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 29 Aug, 2011 6:44 pm

Cheers, Leodian.

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Mon 29 Aug, 2011 9:07 pm

Si wrote: As promised, here's the painted-over mosaic on the side of Moss'/Fulton's in Otley."DEALERS IN..."Can anyone work out what the next line is?There are some more lines too, but these are obscured by the wooden boards. Game?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 29 Aug, 2011 10:18 pm

Definitely "Groceries" but can't see any other words yet

Si · Post by Si » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 4:58 pm

Hi Blakey. It does appear to say GROCERIES, but there seems to be a second IN before it. Why would it read DEALERS IN IN GROCERIES?Hopefully Fulton's will have a major refit soon (long overdue) and we'll see behind the wooden hoardings.

JW · Post by JW » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 6:57 pm

jim wrote: It's looking good Leodian! A shoe shop and a cafe takes care of no's 4 and 5, all we need is for someone to remember appropriate shops for a loudhailer and an artpot and we've cracked it! Shame there is nothing to tie to the model shop,though. King Charles Street was on my first delivery when I joined Royal Mail in 2000. Thinking back, there was a Beattie's hobby/model shop, Cavendish Travel (who do tickets/travel packages for concerts), a Harry Earnshaw's shoe shop, the Contact Lens Service and the Canton Takeaway.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 10:09 pm

Si wrote: Hi Blakey. It does appear to say GROCERIES, but there seems to be a second IN before it. Why would it read DEALERS IN IN GROCERIES? I can only see one "IN" Si, and that makes the bottom line correctly central with the lettering above for "DEALERS."

Si · Post by Si » Fri 02 Sep, 2011 10:19 am

BLAKEY wrote: Si wrote: Hi Blakey. It does appear to say GROCERIES, but there seems to be a second IN before it. Why would it read DEALERS IN IN GROCERIES? I can only see one "IN" Si, and that makes the bottom line correctly central with the lettering above for "DEALERS." I'll try and get a better photo, Blakey, but it's laid out like this: DEALERS IN IN GROCERIESSee the post below where I've traced the lettering. The second IN can just be seen on the left hand edge. Unfortunately, I cropped-off the I in the original photo!I've since noticed that there's more mosaic lettering. On the corner just around from Fulton's entrance, is the word STORE. There could be more, but they are hard to make out under the blue paint. Letters with curves (O, G, S etc) stand out more.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 02 Sep, 2011 10:27 am

Having traced it out as a second IN, I think I've sussed it. It says: DEALERS IN FINE GROCERIES You can just make out the E. This would make the design symetrical.