Melbourne Brewery Signs

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Tue 15 May, 2007 11:18 pm

a 'lefty' in leaded light at The Fountain Head - one of a group of 5 (2 righties, 3 lefties) [ or t'other way round from inside!]

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Tue 15 May, 2007 11:21 pm

Wow !!! I wonder if any other mirrors survive?Difficult to photograph but still...Wow!!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 18 May, 2007 4:45 pm

The Woodside tavern in Horsforth - 1 of 3 windows that contain a pair of 'courtiers' [Subsequently destroyed]

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 18 May, 2007 4:51 pm

A close up of the best-preserved of the Woodside 'courtiers'[Subsequently destroyed]

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sun 20 May, 2007 12:48 am

stevief wrote: There's a Melbourne Brewery window sign inside the Rising Sun on Kirkstall Road.Have you ever seen Strattons or Strettons on your travels?There used to be a pub on Stanningley Road called the HuddersfieldArms which had that name on one of the windows.The pub is now re-named and the window proberbly long gone. Stevie - I scoured the Rising Sun tonight - but although there are some interesting etched windows and a very good mosaic floor (which I'll post on the signs of old Leodis thread) I couldn't find any trace of melbourne - are you sure there's anything there?

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Wed 23 May, 2007 6:31 pm

A close up of the sign outside the Templar - sadly this seems to be the only evidence of Melbourne at the Templar - no courtier windows.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sat 26 May, 2007 12:44 am

Mosaic floor at the Cranmer Bank.This is in a different style to the wall-mounted courtier mosaics at the Fforde Grene and the Golden Fleece (which are almost identical).Note how the person who made it has used special smaller tiles to pick out the 2 rolls of hair on the side of the wig.An amazing piece of craftsmanship.[Subsequently destroyed]

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sat 26 May, 2007 1:02 am

Another shot of the Cranmer Bank Courtier - I've included this as you can get some idea of the scale by the base of the doors at the top of the picture. - it's about a 3 foot diameter.I believe the Shaftesbury on York Road has a mosaic floor like this- but frustratingly I can't seem to get access at the moment as its closed - hopefully only temporarily[Subsequently destroyed]

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Thu 31 May, 2007 12:40 pm

The Old golden Fleece at Churwell again - I overlooked these at first - they're hard to spot and even harder to photo! They are 'silhouette' courtiers etched on glass( perhaps they were once painted I wonder??? I suspect probably not)). there are 3 in total, presumably originally 4.

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Fri 01 Jun, 2007 11:13 pm

Have a look at www.breweryhistory.com select the link 'defunct brewery livery' and plan a trip to Bradford!