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.
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| These next two aren't ghost signs (businesses are still running) but they're good all the same |
Your snaps and your writing are a wondrous and evocative glimpse into 'ol Melbourne. Nice one, Stef! I had no idea were doing this with such passion.
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The Lewis and Skinner book. Is that some sort of loose journal? Are there sketches and photos loose in it? The Wagga 'Waterfall' architecture is what appears in the book as a sketch of a Mobil Garage?
B has just sent your blog to a mate of hers, Anthony Malloy, he snaps Melb history as it fades.
See: http://goo.gl/ynRHU
Mark
Hi there matey.
DeleteWell it's a good reason to do some urban exploring!
Tea wars? The planned radio doco is on the Aust Radio Productions stuff...but yes, on the backburner for now (too much else on)
The Lewis & Skinner records are composed of hundred of signwriting job sheets plus some visual stuff (eg see: http://findingtheradiobook.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/few-images-from-lewis-skinner-stuff.html). Currently putting them all onto a web system :)
Hope you and family are well. (ps had a couple of nice exchangse on youtube from a guy who used to be into the Fuzz...was at the cd launch at the Evelyn in 1994!)
that telesonics shop has been exactly the same since I was 11 years old. Grew up in those streets brings back memories!! great stuff!!
ReplyDelete47 Years ago I worked for Kenneth in 1970, and called him on the phone today. He is still well, and working.
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