CO-OP mosaic, Bedford Road. This is the one I mentioned on another thread. I thought it was hidden by a door when I passed, but it turns out I crossed the road one door too soon, and missed it.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...-OP_mosaic.jpg
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CO-OP mosaic, Bedford Road. This is the one I mentioned on another thread. I thought it was hidden by a door when I passed, but it turns out I crossed the road one door too soon, and missed it.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...-OP_mosaic.jpg
that's fab, :handclap: must go and get a pic for my own collection.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
I took these yesterday whilst waiting for hubby in the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1386.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1452.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1453.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1455.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1456.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1457.jpg
Moorfields station
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1765.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1759.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1760.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1762.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1763.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1766.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1767.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1768.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1769.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1770.jpg
Vauxhall Rd
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1026.jpg
Mount Pleasant
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1183.jpg
Good pics Q. Am suprised you didn't bump into Debz as she's been photographing the same kinda stuff. The Italian stuff:PDT11
That Threlfalls one is ace! Yet more good shots,quincy!
Edit-here's one I ran across in Durning Rd,spelling mistake as well!
Dave.
Bump-thought editing the post would pull the topic up but not so.
Dave.
Thanks, but what's the spelling mistake?Quote:
Originally Posted by skgogosfan
No "u" in "labour" ; no problem for a Latin motto but it's in English.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
Dave.
Okay, Dave, but it looks to me as if the slogan for the Co-operative may have been officially spelled "Labor and Wait"
Look at this Google search.
Chris
I had a google too,looks like they were going to spell it properly but decided to adopt the American way due to the impact of the Civil War...more here...
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...ty+motto&hl=en
[page 7/8]
...mystery solved!
Dave.
Thanks, Dave.
Chris
I found one reference for "Labor and Wait"
Text quoted from here.
"A wheatsheaf with a spade, a sickle, and the motto 'Labor and Wait'.
The wheatsheaf and the motto Labor and Wait is a symbol of the Co-operative society. Apparently labour was deliberately spelt in the American manner to express support for American anti-slavery campaigners.
Broad Quay House is on the site of the old headquarters of the Bristol Cooperative Society."
Attachment 18192
I only found one slavery reference attributed to Frederick Douglass saying "I will continue to pray, labor, and wait, believing that she cannot always be insensible to the dictates of justice, or deaf to the voice of humanity."
"Labor and Wait" I suspect has more to do with labouring under the suspression of what was deemed god given rights; labouring until the final judgement under god, is perhaps more a religious slogan, and I dare say an agricultural one which may have been taken up by the abolitionist movement, but would've been exclusive to them alone. This explanation is more labouring, whilst biting one's tongue. Perhaps the case with injustices.
Of course, it can also mean 'labor and wait' for your reward; a share of the harvest, which is perhaps the more likely origin?