Comments on: Custom Signs – The Power of Attraction http://cloversignsblog.com/2008/04/custom-signs-the-power-of-attraction/ Where Tradition and Technology Meet Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:07:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simeon http://cloversignsblog.com/2008/04/custom-signs-the-power-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-22356 Simeon Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:08:05 +0000 http://cloversignsblog.com/2008/04/custom-signs-the-power-of-attraction/#comment-22356 Sign making is a real art to be sure! I sort of secretly always wanted to make signs. These days there are so many types of signs its truly mind boggling and I truly admire those of you who tackle the immense possibilities. Folks here in Denver feel that Denver Sign Makers are some of the best in the world. You can check out some of their work at: http://www.denversignmakers.com Sign making is a real art to be sure! I sort of secretly always wanted to make signs.

These days there are so many types of signs its truly mind boggling and I truly admire those of you who tackle the immense possibilities.

Folks here in Denver feel that Denver Sign Makers are some of the best in the world.

You can check out some of their work at:

http://www.denversignmakers.com

]]> By: Elaine Saunders http://cloversignsblog.com/2008/04/custom-signs-the-power-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Elaine Saunders Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:11:29 +0000 http://cloversignsblog.com/2008/04/custom-signs-the-power-of-attraction/#comment-899 Few of us realise that pub signs as advertising have been around for almost 2000 years. The Romans brought the first pub sign to Britain in AD43 - a bunch of evergreens hung outside a tavern. We still have pubs called the Hollybush. Thereafter, pub signs were used to advertise to the largely illiterate population. Fighting Cocks advertised the sport on offer inside whilst Coach & Horses told travellers that the inn was a convenient place to stop. Pubs signs commemorate famous battles, people in history and the odd scandal and, if you know how to interpret them, they tell a world of stories. It's great these ancient trades are being kept alive and reproduced so beautifully. Elaine Saunders Author: A Book About Pub Names www.completetext.com Few of us realise that pub signs as advertising have been around for almost 2000 years. The Romans brought the first pub sign to Britain in AD43 – a bunch of evergreens hung outside a tavern. We still have pubs called the Hollybush.

Thereafter, pub signs were used to advertise to the largely illiterate population. Fighting Cocks advertised the sport on offer inside whilst Coach & Horses told travellers that the inn was a convenient place to stop.

Pubs signs commemorate famous battles, people in history and the odd scandal and, if you know how to interpret them, they tell a world of stories.

It’s great these ancient trades are being kept alive and reproduced so beautifully.

Elaine Saunders
Author: A Book About Pub Names
http://www.completetext.com

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