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Category Archives: UK letters

UK letters #17

June 21, 2013 by Becca

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Detail of a 200-year-old grave marker at St Giles’s church in Reading, Berkshire.

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged carving, cemetery, elaborate, england, gravestone, lichen, reading, s

UK letters #16

May 10, 2013 by Becca

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Inscription on George II statue, Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged carving, george ii, greenwich, inscription, london, royal naval college, sharp serifs, stone

UK letters #15

April 11, 2013 by Becca

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UK letters-15 Large wooden B on the south side of the River Thames in London, near the Millenium Bridge. I guessing that it is only visible during low tide. Below is a picture of the whole sign (sorry about the photo quality).

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Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged algae, B, bankside, letters, london, low tide, river thames, UK, wooden

UK letters #14

April 7, 2013 by Becca

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Restaurant sign near St Pancras Station in London. This is one of those instances where punctuation would be helpful…

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged chalkboard, chicken, eating, funny, gloppy, lettering, letters, man, punctuation needed, UK, white on black

UK letters #13

March 15, 2013 by Becca

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UK letters-13Memorial marker, St John the Baptist Parish Church in Windsor

 

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged ball terminal, carving, church, engraved, hand carved, marble, marker, memorial, parish, st john the baptist, tomb, windsor

UK letters #12

March 1, 2013 by Becca

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UK-letters_12On the wall next to the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged black on white, eagle and child, exhibitions, hand painted, lettered, oxford, pub, serif, sign, smeared, wall

UK letters #11

October 30, 2012 by Becca

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Sandwich board on High Street, Oxford

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged board, chalkboard, hand lettered, high street, lettered, oxford, sandwich, white on black

UK letters #10

October 17, 2012 by Becca

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Detail of a plaque displaying C.S. Lewis’ poem “What the Bird Said Early in the Year” along Addison’s Walk in Magdalen College, Oxford

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged addison's, bird, carving, cs lewis, early, plaque, poem, stone, walk, year

UK letters #9

October 11, 2012 by Becca

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Sandwich board on High Street in Oxford, Oxfordshire

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged chalk, high street, kitchen, lettering, oxford, sandwich board, script, thai, white on black

UK letters #8

September 26, 2012 by Becca

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Shop sign, Great Russel Street, London

Posted in pictures, UK letters. Tagged antiques, black, coins, custom, hand painted, lettering, sign, UK, yellow

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