Old 01 dialling code - photos needed

[hiccup]

I'm sure there is a story to be told about "Continental Motors" of Canning Town.

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Yeah that's quite an evocative photo isn't it?

 

[blossie33]

I've just had a Google but I can't find anything about them

 

[skyscraper101]

I've just had a Google but I can't find anything about them

Try Gold Seal Garage. Even their website looks like something from the 90s

Welcome to Gold Seal International Trading Co. Ltd

this is my site

www.goldsealgarage.com

Another image from Google Street View.

Google Maps

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www.google.co.uk

 

[blossie33]

Thanks

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Great font on the Gold Seal Garage signage

 

[stdP]

Another terrible pic, snapped with an inadequate tele from the top deck of a moving bus in the rain, but here's an old alarm bell on someone's house still showing the number of the company:

 

[Pickman's model]

Another terrible pic, snapped with an inadequate tele from the top deck of a moving bus in the rain, but here's an old alarm bell on someone's house still showing the number of the company:

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I always like seeing the afa alarms

 

[hiccup]

Another terrible pic, snapped with an inadequate tele from the top deck of a moving bus in the rain, but here's an old alarm bell on someone's house still showing the number of the company:

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Ace, cheers. Really really need to update the blog

 

[hiccup]

Another terrible pic, snapped with an inadequate tele from the top deck of a moving bus in the rain, but here's an old alarm bell on someone's house still showing the number of the company:

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Whereabouts was the photo taken stdP ?

 

[stdP]

Whereabouts was the photo taken stdP ?

One of the houses on the west side of Croxted Road close to Brockwell Park, just a wee bit under the bridge and up the hill, taken from the top deck of the Number 3. If I find myself walking around the area I'll try and bag a better shot.

Approximate location: OpenStreetMap

 

[hiccup]

One of the houses on the west side of Croxted Road close to Brockwell Park, just a wee bit under the bridge and up the hill, taken from the top deck of the Number 3. If I find myself walking around the area I'll try and bag a better shot.

Approximate location: OpenStreetMap

Thank you

 

[hiccup]

I'm sure there is a story to be told about "Continental Motors" of Canning Town.

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Slowly working through my backlog: Gold Seal Garage, Canning Town

 

[stdP]

Thank you

You're very welcome, it's a great wee subject for a blog. My partner's now also on the lookout for them...

 

[Puddy_Tat]

implied 01 in beautiful downtown catford earlier today



(if you want a different size / shape photo edit, let me know)

 

[plurker]

Clocked this one in Crystal Palace this week, as I bought a Christmas present for our tortoise.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

two pre-1966 CLErkenwell exchange numbers next to each other in Goswell Road





('state of london' on tweeter put me on to it)

 

[Throbbing Angel]

two pre-1966 CLErkenwell exchange numbers next to each other in Goswell Road

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('state of london' on tweeter put me on to it)

"Whaddya mean 'Buy a new sign!' ?"

 

[ddraig]

Still got a Shakin Stevens poster in the window

I know it's not really

 

[stdP]

Clocked this one in Crystal Palace this week, as I bought a Christmas present for our tortoise.

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I go past this at least once a week but didn't post any pics on the basis that it was already included on the blog

In similarly whelming news, I scooted past an 01 on what I think was Portland Road in the approximately Selhurst area, but failed to bring the camera to bear in time.

 

[blossie33]

Here's one I saw earlier this week...



It's not a actually a real place though, it was an installation in the Beyond the Streets exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery I did check the name and number to see if the sign had belonged anywhere before but can't find anything!

 

[newme]

We have one down the road thats the opposite, we were on 02 and they added a 1 to make it 012. Signs still up with original number on the local shop.

 

[plurker]

I go past this at least once a week but didn't post any pics on the basis that it was already included on the blog

12 years seemed a reasonable period for me to offer an update on the status

It's not a actually a real place though, it was an installation in the Beyond the Streets exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery

Haha, you sod. I took the same picture yesterday with the intention of posting here. Grrr. What a great exhibition though.

 

[blossie33]

12 years seemed a reasonable period for me to offer an update on the status


Haha, you sod. I took the same picture yesterday with the intention of posting here. Grrr. What a great exhibition though.

Yes indeed!
You were unlucky there, I had an E ticket on my phone or I wouldn't have otherwise had access to a camera as I don't normally take it out

 

[stdP]

Some rich pickings in West Ealing this weekend. First a couple of not-so-impressive 0181's:



What I think is an implicit 01 on another well-worn shopfront:


And finally, we hit paydirt on some paving slabs.

 

[hiccup]

Here's one I saw earlier this week...

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It's not a actually a real place though, it was an installation in the Beyond the Streets exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery I did check the name and number to see if the sign had belonged anywhere before but can't find anything!

12 years seemed a reasonable period for me to offer an update on the status


Haha, you sod. I took the same picture yesterday with the intention of posting here. Grrr. What a great exhibition though.

I've been planning a trip down south to see that exhibition

 

[hiccup]

Some rich pickings in West Ealing this weekend. First a couple of not-so-impressive 0181's:
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What I think is an implicit 01 on another well-worn shopfront:
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And finally, we hit paydirt on some paving slabs.
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Ooh, west Ealing, that's my old manor. Surprised I'd not spotted the jewellers before. Cheers Will try to do a bunch of updates this week...

 

[stdP]

Ooh, west Ealing, that's my old manor.

I've since retraced my steps, and the 01 is a bit off the beaten track - here on Endsleigh Road to be precise.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Interesting thread, I’ll keep a look out. Although I guess they’re far harder to find than when the thread was started.

 

[hiccup]

One down, many more to go.

Goldmine Discount Jewellers

A beautiful, text book example of an implicit 01, from my old manor of West Ealing. Surprised I’d not nabbed this one years ago, but I hadn’t, so thanks to stdP on the urban75 forums fo…

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Thanks again stdP

 

[hiccup]

OK, two down:

Square Deal Pavings, West Ealing

Well would you look at that. Truly a thing of beauty. Another snap courtesy of stdP on the urban75 boards, and it’s a belter. The varied, artful (hand-painted?) lettering. The clarity and det…

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