soon to be secret sign
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Ashfield Motors long stood as a derelict petrol station in the Jewelery Quarter. That special vintage kind with ye-oldee rustingĀ sqaut shaped petrol pumps that exude a psuedo Americana charm. That is until this year when it was flattened and construction is now in full swing on the site with only the original painted sign clinging on.
I’ve walked past it so many times but foolishly never took a photo and today realised was most likely the day that the sign, the final homage to the station, is about to be smothered up by breezeblocks for good. Sadly not being armed with my camera I was forced to take shots on my iPhone (note the stacked breeze blocks beginning to creep up from the bottom), although others have thankfully captured it better before.
But although its being bricked up part of me is consoled by the way its being secreted away. Like a time capsule. I’d like to imagine that at some point in the future people in silver unitards, operating their hover-bulldozer-laz0r machines will come along and take down the bricks and discover this unexpected gem, then hopefully spend a while cooing over the typography and remembering the history.












