Wadds was here
Morley has its own former theatre at risk, the 1911 New Pavilion. It closed as Puccinos Restaurant nearly three years ago and has stood at the south end of Queen street like a catering version of the Marie Celeste ever since, only half a day (and a window wash) away from re-opening.
However, in recent weeks, we have noticed some low level scratter deterioration of the place, with cracked panes in doors and gradually enlarging holes. Also, one of the side fire exits was looking increasingly warped and vulnerable.
Anyway, this week, the building has been made secure again, as can be seen by the photos (Taken at night whilst waiting for a Pizza).
When I used to live in Newcastle, a 24 hour glazier traded known as Wadds. If a shop window got broken, they used to board it up and stencil on signs saying “Wadds was here”. My mum & dad ran an offy and we had to call them out once. When they arrived, I was delighted to see that Their big van said “Wadds is here!” on it. They are part of a bigger group now but their social impact is acknowledged.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Shades how do you get the pop-up caption on the photos? Is it a Wordpress thing or can anyone do it?
April 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
There’s a double glazing van that I see roundabout locally and on the back it has written, ‘A conservatory is for life not just one summer,’ and ‘We work all day fridays!’ I would employ them for keeping me entertained while on the road.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:49 am
JMB, it is straight-forward title code, square brackets have been curlied here to display the HTML:
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Liz, I once saw a plumbers van somewhere that said “J.Singh Plumbers- Forget the cowboys, use the Indians!”