1980's shop fronts photo request

[Station]

Looking for some olde schoole 70's/80's photos of shop fronts in the style of this:

 

 

I'm sure some of you have some, but they're extremely thin on the flickr/google images ground.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Do they have to be head on like your example, or just photos of the frontages? Because I've got this...

 

(While we're here, this seemed relevant to the site)

[Guest]

Nicked off my Flickr favourites:

[brammy777]

the basingstoke WHSmith had the old logos in the windows til recentlyim a fan of that logo

[Station]

Thanks all!! Prefer front on, but can bend them about in photoshop. Have you got the Flickr links so I can see 'all sizes'?

I love that old WHS cube logo. I hate the new computer 3D effect logos. Emulsion single colour logos FTW.

 

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/memake/2451985683/

 

Have an 80's street view job to do in 3D.

[brammy777]

i have a carrier bag from 'the paper shop'which was a newsagents in the 80s and 90shas an owl on the front, with the words'wise buys saves you money'from the shop my parents ran in bexleyheath 1991-1998

[Mr H Sceptre]

The long since defunct Fine Fare supermarket

 

[Station]

While we're on 80's brand names, has anyone seen those McVities and Marks & Spencer 'St Michael' trailers in the farmer's field next to the (Runcorn/Warrington) M56 ?

[VWPowered]

i remember one of these on our estate

 

[MrRegieRitmo]

This thread might be of interest;

 

http://www.autoshite.com/forum/viewtopi ... =rumbelows

[Mr H Sceptre]

[Richard]

I wonder if they sell fags.

[Mr H Sceptre]

[MrRegieRitmo]

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/memake/2451985683/

 

Does anyone know how you can save a copy of that picture? I can't find an option to download it?

[Simon M]

I love this thread already!

 

The long since defunct Fine Fare supermarket

 

That's the US Fine Fare - the old Fine Fare in Blackpool is still adorned with this thing of beauty:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fnarf/2094605782/

 

 

the basingstoke WHSmith had the old logos in the windows til recently

im a fan of that logo

So am I - I'm fairly sure the box logo is still on the windows in B'stoke, I'll have to have a look when I walk past tomorrow! The M&S in Festival Place still had a 1970s green and yellow logo at the end facing Church Street until a couple of years ago. And the early 1970s Woolworth's logo lived on in Basingstoke well into the following decade - I think we missed out on the Winfield 'W' completely!

[Guest]

While we're on 80's brand names, has anyone seen those McVities and Marks & Spencer 'St Michael' trailers in the farmer's field next to the (Runcorn/Warrington) M56 ?

I've seen the knackered McVities one but not the Mark's one. I used to pass it on the way back from Daresbury.

[MrRegieRitmo]

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/memake/2451985683/

 

Does anyone know how you can save a copy of that picture? I can't find an option to download it?

Ok, thanks for your answers everyone, I've defeated it now!

 

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/down ... ed-by.html

 

Written on 6/8/07 8:28 PM

 

There is an even simpler way: So simple - it's unbelievable. You just change the place where you right click to the absolute bottom of the image. Seriously.If you want to know why it seems to work, use the web developer extension for Firefox and outline all images, the spaceball image seems to lie at an offset of a couple of pixels from the bottom.

 

Written on 7/8/07 1:32 PM

 

yes Ashish..that was really unbelievable, but so simple...just right click on the bottommost edge of the image and save..!!

 

Written on 23/8/07 8:29 PM

 

hey thanks for the tip on getting pics with spaceball protection, firefox is my new best friend

Finally 'spaceball' thwarted!

[MrRegieRitmo]

There's also ways to get around it using the add ons for Firefox

 

I've found the very last option 'nuke' to be the most useful!

 

http://doc.infosnel.nl/flickr_photo_download.html#nuke

 

Jobs a good'un

[hammy]

This surely is covered by the obscene publications act 2008? This would be a proud display in my autoshite museum.

 

This is exactly the same as the version my Dad had, although without the pumped up tyres and Wolfrace slots. I get the feeling Mr Hairychestwig who owned this car probably couldn't afford to run a Boss Mustang so had to settle for this and pretend to have 4 extra cylinders.

 

 

John Menzies (is it to be pronounced John Mings) was the 2nd outfit to make me redundant at the age of 16. I had a paper round with them but after WHSmiths took over and closed the Biggleswade shop down

[Station]

In firefox, just use the AdBlock extension addon and just 'adblock' spaceball.gif

[Station]

I've seen the knackered McVities one but not the Mark's one. I used to pass it on the way back from Daresbury.

I think it's on the other side, the sheep are always under it.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I installed the adblocker but I couldn't see where you 'block' anything!

[Guest]

i like old shops could be what you are looking for ?

 

[Mr H Sceptre]

i like old shops could be what you are looking for ?

 

Wow - what a great site Jonny!

 

Oh, & welcome to the site.

[Torsten2001]

what a brilliant site! I want to own it!

[seth]

Wow!

 

 

[pompei]

I thought that said Takeaway Slippers at first glance.Now there's a gap in the market ...

[Guest]

it's great to see that some of these shops are still in existence. particularly like the 'laughing cavalier' pub sign !

 

 

also check out the link to the post office tower too - i visited london as a kid and missed out on going up the tower by only a few weeks of it closing to the public. i was amazed to read that billy butlin ran the restaurant !

 

[Richard]

it's great to see that some of these shops are still in existence. particularly like the 'laughing cavalier' pub sign !

 

When I was a boy all pubs in Scotland had a sign like that (all the major breweries had their own equivalent), with the pub's name on it. They must be due for a revival soon surely.

[garycox]

i have a carrier bag from 'the paper shop'which was a newsagents in the 80s and 90shas an owl on the front, with the words'wise buys saves you money'from the shop my parents ran in bexleyheath 1991-1998

Where was that? I remember those bags...