Finding the radio book

In February 2012 I stumbled upon a trove of company documents from the 1940s and 1950s at a demolition site in Footscray, Melbourne. Here I tell the stories associated with those documents: the records of signwriting company Lewis & Skinner, and the tattered books of correspondence connected with writer Morris West and the radio serial company he started and ran, Australasian Radio Productions. Plus the more general exploration of 'ghost signs' that my discovery has sparked.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Milk bar in Seddon, with hints of its former Bushells Tea sign (plus a few others)

The results of my lunchtime walk today:

See the 'h' of the former Bushells sign?

And down the road:

Repainted sign for the now-Western Bulldogs on the former Rising Sun Hotel

2 comments:

Marcus WMay 15, 2014 at 6:57 PM
Here is a photo of the original Rising Sun Hotel mural, taken back in 2009:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/legoblock/5109620144
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