Every picture tells a
story. There once was a time, o best beloved, when every house and flat
in a town the size of Ipswich was within walking distance of something
called a "Post Office". This is where a wonderful invention by the
Victorians whereby a service was provided for the whole population,
whether you had a motorised jalopy or not, was situated. People bought
stamps, drew their pensions, used GiroBank and everything. One such
fine emporium stood on the corner of Foxhall Road and Ruskin Road until
about 2006 and its extinction as a place of business revealed a classic
piece of Lettering Vandalism.
In order to build the shop extension which used to front Foxhall Road, they cut the late Victorian brickwork right through the recessed panel bearing the name 'RUSKIN HOUSE' to accomodate the lead flashing. Now removed as part of its conversion into a dwelling, the butchered sign remains. (The lintel below doesn't look up to much, either)
For more Foxhall Road signs, see the Felixstowe Road page and the Co-op page.
In order to build the shop extension which used to front Foxhall Road, they cut the late Victorian brickwork right through the recessed panel bearing the name 'RUSKIN HOUSE' to accomodate the lead flashing. Now removed as part of its conversion into a dwelling, the butchered sign remains. (The lintel below doesn't look up to much, either)
For more Foxhall Road signs, see the Felixstowe Road page and the Co-op page.
Home
Copyright throughout this site belongs to Borin Van Loon, 2003.
Copyright throughout this site belongs to Borin Van Loon, 2003.