Of course, plenty of iconic Lisbon trams as well!
A trip to the Carris Museum today (the Lisbon municipal bus and tram operator) and a reminder of how important Portugal was for the British bus export trade in the 1950s and 60s. Here is an AEC Regent III and two Daimler Fleetlines, all looking resplendent in preservation.
#Lisbon #Lisboa #CarrisThe logos of the four lines of the Lisbon Metro. Green = sailing boat; Yellow = sunflower; Red = compass pointing east; Blue = seagull
#Lisbon #Lisboa #MunicipalI’ve posted a number of 1980s anti-rate capping and anti-cuts badges from London boroughs, but here is an example from Leicester. The Council ultimately backed down from setting what would have been an illegal budget:
Today’s municipal treasure: a cap badge from the London Borough of Havering.
#municipal #HaveringIt’s Saturday Morning Municipal Street Lighting Nerd Club. The City of London has tended to affix much of its street lighting to buildings, and here are two examples of the kit it has used. I’m not sure the rather odd and ornate extension on the newer one on the right ever saw any action…
Municipal guide cover of the day: this is an early Haringey guide produced by Burrows in around 1970. The spectacular cover appears to be pure abstraction unless you can see something I can’t! Artist uncredited.
I’ve posted some of these before, but the collection grows incrementally every now & then, so here they all are: 1980s badges protesting against the Thatcher government’s rate capping policies and the consequent threat to local services. Examples from Haringey, Lambeth, Hackney, Camden and Lewisham.
Municipal guide of the day (non-London edition): a rather eccentric typeface for Wigan.
Today’s municipal treasure: a non-London example here…. A badge celebrating 50 years of Morecambe & Heysham Borough in 1952. The authority disappeared in 1974 with the local government reorganisation.
#municipal #Morecambe #Heysham
