Sitting at traffic lights a few days ago, I looked at this sign and thought you don't often see that blue and yellow logo with the Rx any more. Then I thought about how this sign has been on this bubilding for as long as I can remember, probably longer than I have been alive. Then I thought I must photograph it because one day it will be gone and nobody will remember Boians Pharmacy though any local will probably have been there for a late night medication purchase.
So, it's a poor quality photo through my windscreen and not particularly well framed but it's here and I will remember.
You probably aren't the only one who has taken a photo of the sign but it is important that such things are captured for future historians and just the curious and nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteWe think of our every day surroundings as so ordinary that we don't take photos but 20 or 30 years on, it's fascinating to see the changes
DeleteI have similar pictures. Someday, I will miss the real thing. I have never heard of that tree. But, it looks to have an abundance of blossoms.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I expect you know the tree because it should grow well in the south but maybe you call it another name. The scientific name is Plumeria
DeleteThe little things are huge in my world and I try to capture them before they slip away from me...
ReplyDeleteYes, maybe I should think more about what I want to capture
DeleteThings do pass away so I can understand entirely why you snapped that picture of the chemist's sign. I have taken many pictures of old red phone boxes that were later removed.
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DeleteThere was a bank of phones on the wall at Central station which I used a lot as a young woman. I had a rush of nostalgia when I saw a photo of them recently. Ordinary things nobody thinks about
A good jog to me for capturing the small stuff which is the most important of all. Thanks Kylie!
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Unfortunately I can't smell frangipani or anything else as I've totally lost my sense of smell. But I well remember long-gone shops and buildings like Boian. I must say it would be hard to find late-night medication in this neighbourhood. Pharmacies shut late afternoon and that's that!
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DeleteBoian has been there a long long time. It must have been a revolution in its day and it's still hard to find a late opening pharmacy
I simply lost it. I'm not even sure when it happened, except that it was definitely before covid so it wasn't that. Something happening in the smell part of my brain, I guess.
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