Missed this bit of festive cheer last month: ‘Schoolboy behind the Watten Christmas penguin inspired by signwriter grandad’.
The article includes a lovely 1965 press clipping showing that Alex Paterson (the grandad) was the Scottish apprentices competition held in Glasgow that year.
I walk, cycle and run past this mural between #BroughtyFerry and #Monifieth quite frequently.
"We come to a river we always knew we had to cross"
I had looked up the beautiful poem by John Glenday before, you can listen to him read it here:
https://poetryarchive.org/poem/river-3/
But looking it up once again, I found this piece by the #SignWriter Barry Robertson describing how it came about:
https://robertsign.com/project/dighty-mural/
London folk, you are invited to the world premiere of 'When Better Letters Met Brian Walker' next Tuesday, 29 July.
Find the full listing at https://bl.ag/brian and please pass along details of this free event to friends and family.
#SignPainting #SignPainter #Signwriting #Signwriter #ShortFilm #Hackney #London #Boost #BoostsAppreciated
The Boyd is Back in Town
https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2025/05/the-boyd-is-back-in-town/
Boyd Pianos’ ghost sign on Shaklewell Lane, London E8, revealed again after 13 years’ hibernation.
#BoydPianos #GhostSigns #Ghostsigns #Hackney #London #Palimpsest #Pianos #Preservation #Protection #Reveal #Signwriter #Signwriting #StreetArt #Theatre #UK
Thank you to everyone that has already backed this Kickstarter to get signwriter Brian Walker's story told in a short biopic.
You can back the project from as little as £1 here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg
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