The year is 1963 somewhere in Victoria, Australia

Claus Ellef said

 

Claus Ellef said

Leaky's Plumbing Service

My third project during my stay-at-home holidays dealt – like the horse stables – with an odd shaped area. This time it is next to the ‘Mug Punter Hotel’. I often search the internet for images I can use as inspiration for future buildings. I came across a few photos of a South Australian blacksmith shop advertising horseshoeing. They gave me the idea to construct this small building. Due to the size of the spot the proportions of the building is much smaller the original, but the features are pretty much right.

  The corrugated iron cladding is vertical on the front and back, but horizontal on the sides. One of out-buildings to the side is with stonewalls re-enforced with steel beams. The very vigorous plant near the front is also found at the original building. I haven’t worked out how to write/paint ‘Blacksmith’ and ‘Horseshoeing’ on the corrugated front, so I may end up with a sign above the door. Another challenge is the interior. The building was design to have the front towards the street and you wouldn’t be able to see inside, but it works better being turned 90 degrees.

  The fence looks a bit worn down, but what else would you expect after the business was taken over by ‘Oscar Leaky’s Plumbing Service’! Oscar is so slack he hasn’t bothered to put up his business sign. To be true the signage is delayed because of COVID-19. I get my signs etc. printed at Officeworks on high-quality paper, but I don’t think a trip to Officeworks will qualify as ‘essential travel’.

From “Post #249,380”, 13th April 2020, 3:53 am

Six years ago I published an image of Oscar Leaky's Plumbing with a caption of a sign coming soon. Well, the sign writer took a long time to finish the job. In the meantime the business has been taken over by Oscar's son Max (The truth is, I forgot I had named the owner Oscar).

Worth the wait  

Signals for the signal box



After years of standing obsolete the signal box has commenced operating. Two red/green signals have been erected. Their purpose is to guard against collisions between trams on the Bride Road line and trams coming from the Explosives Factory.

The signals are linked to the chosen direction of the Explosives line. If a tram runs towards the Factory, the signal next to the signal box will be 'red' and the signal in Bridge Road will be 'green'. A tram leaving the Factory will reverse the signals.

The signal in Bridge Road only applies to trams. A sign will be put up, telling ordinary road users to ignore the signal.

Nice.

Are the signals automatic or does the operator have to remember who's going where ?

Love the fencing on Leaky's yard.