I can't resist rooting around underneath trade stands. Sometimes you find fascinating things.
This is a sheet of embossed cardboard with 4mm scale bricks. The photos has been tweaked so they show up - the sheet isn't as dirty as it looks.
On the back is:
BALLARD BROS
INDUSTRIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL
MODEL MAKERS
133 SCHOOL ROAD
MOSELEY
BIRMINGHAM, 13
There is no sign any more of Ballard Bros, and 133 School Road might have been a shop once upon a time, it's now a house according to Streetview.
The card is an odd size - 10 inches by 6 1/4 - was that ever a standard size?
Anyway, I have 2 sheets of this stuff and they cost me 50p. No idea what I'll use it for, but maybe I'll need to make a vintage look model and it will come into its own.
1 comment:
Well that takes me back! Ballard Bros was an excellent Model Shop on York Rd, they would put by a copy of RM & MRC for a youngster in the early 1970's and be able to provide a wide variety of "stuff" to the aspiring railway modeller with a train set. Not a big shop in terms of floor spare but what seemed like tall cabinets and a flat serving area. Often the proprietor would come down from the upstairs area when a customer appeared. The other good thing was it was close to Kings Heath station to do a bit of spotting. Happy Days
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