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Sunday, 10 June 2012

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An attractive study in blue and white.  All Saltaire's street signs have recently been restored to copies of the original blue and white ones - see here.  Money for the project was raised by individual sponsorship of the signs - kind of 'adopt-a-street-sign', which I thought was rather fun.  It's nice to see a house number following suit.

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  1. A great mixture of texture and line in this shot. The blue signs must be attractive if this house number is to go by. It is very eye catching.

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  2. Another attractive composition, jennyfreckles.

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  3. Beautiful shot! And a well-chosen number; it immediately reminded me of Rolling Rock Beer!

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  4. Nice shot - but I bet you were relieved that no one came out just as you were framing your picture!

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  5. Oh that is very nice! What a great project!

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  6. Tiled house numbers are quite common here.

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    1. Yes, you get such lovely tiles in your country - in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if our tiled numbers didn't get bought there when someone was on holiday. I've often bought pretty tiles as gifts.

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  7. Thank goodness the sponsorship did not mean that each had a "Sponsored by ...." printed on them

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  8. The blue and white matches the door beautifully!

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  9. It sounds as if Saltaire's residents are quite public-spirited.

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  10. Saltaire must be the only town on earth where its residents peacefully agree to do something ONE way, for the common good. Despite my bent towards individualism and eclecticism, I still appreciate the cohesiveness of elements in urban design -- but prefer it done with elegance (not brainless cookie-cutter), like here in Saltaire. Nice.

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