tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post7080392232305456053..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: On the arterial road...Philip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-6264651936454353832018-07-10T10:27:13.027+01:002018-07-10T10:27:13.027+01:00Interesting information. Interesting information. Nucretehttps://www.nucreteconcretegarages.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-7324347871835781912014-11-02T15:47:18.137+00:002014-11-02T15:47:18.137+00:00Interestingly, because of the objections to unsigh...Interestingly, because of the objections to unsightly buildings, Devon county council adopted a standard for garages. One such is still at Colyford, and until the last couple of years housed a motoring museum. It was also once used in a Levi's television advert. Unfortunately the owner gave up the museum collection due to failing health, but the old pumps are still outside. Oh, and it was also the garage where T. E. Lawrence regularly filled up his motorbike on the way home, including the fateful journey when he died after a road accident. Amazing, the amount of history some of these unassuming little places hold. Eileen Wrighthttp://www.pastremains.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-37936460232269874312014-10-15T12:09:27.318+01:002014-10-15T12:09:27.318+01:00Peter: Yes. I'd forgotten that the lorry bills...Peter: Yes. I'd forgotten that the lorry bills were a way of getting the advertising off the roadside. They were a lovely example of turning a problem into an opportunity.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-39645415391791563612014-10-15T12:03:39.716+01:002014-10-15T12:03:39.716+01:00There was also a call for enamel advertising on bu...There was also a call for enamel advertising on buildings and fences to be restricted, such was the plethora of tin that cascaded down in the period. Shell lead the way in curtailing it, moving their advertising on to the famous lorry bills.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-22400338595034985682014-10-14T16:02:26.800+01:002014-10-14T16:02:26.800+01:00Helena: Many thanks for your comment. Yes, there a...Helena: Many thanks for your comment. Yes, there are still Art Deco garages around, though as you say many have closed because of competition. My impression is that many of these were condemned by commentators (like the Art Deco factories on major roads out of London) because they were seen as part of ribbon development. Also, in the 1930s, a lot of architects and architectural writers saw Modernism as the only true way for architecture, and criticized Art Deco buildings as frivolous.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-11193133359042470242014-10-14T15:14:17.339+01:002014-10-14T15:14:17.339+01:00I've also noticed occasionally what look like ...I've also noticed occasionally what look like Art Decco garages, many of which have become redundant in the last 10 years as supermarket petrol stations result in independent petrol stations closing. I'm assuming from their style that they were built in the 1930s and 40s; were they commented on favourably at the time, or were they also regarded as part of the nuisance ribbon development?Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553503435833467369noreply@blogger.com