Herbal Demolition

Posted on December 20, 2007 by AHC McDonald

A piece of home made signery well known to anyone who has travelled down Newcastle Street Northbridge during the last decade or so is about to be lost to the world, as demolishers and revampers have moved in. The colour, the lettering, it’s got it all. I’ll miss it, but at least it will be remembered here. The “I’s” are classic home made.

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About AHC McDonald

Comedian, artist, photographer and critic. From 2007 to 2017 ran the culture and satire site The Worst of Perth
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9 Responses to Herbal Demolition

  1. tomthrett says:
    December 20, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    this will be sad to see go.

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  2. gaugepin says:
    December 20, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    We have something similar here in Sydney for a bathroom fittings retailer, not a bile green though, more of a flesh wound red. Where do they find these colours?

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  3. The Lazy Aussie says:
    December 20, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    I’m not confident it will be replaced with something better.

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  4. CK says:
    December 21, 2007 at 1:20 am

    Oh, come on gaugepin, give us a pic.

    I would love to deliver the famous “Real punks can’t spell cappuccino” from a wall in Paddington, or the even more even famouser “Darling it hurts” from Darlinghurst before the expressway.

    Sadly nothing on Google images, but both classics.

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  5. gaugepin says:
    December 21, 2007 at 8:04 am

    CK, I’ll do my best. Can’t promise the ‘classics’, but we’ve got a brilliant linoleum shop along Parramatta Rd that I’ve wanted to take a pic of, and now I have a purpose!

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  6. tomthrett says:
    December 21, 2007 at 10:24 am

    theyve already begun to bolt on some god awful steel ‘fashion’ brackets, like with those circles that get smaller. ugh. vom

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  7. Mazarina says:
    December 21, 2007 at 11:02 am

    So what’s going up instead? Hopefully not another set of those god-awful apartments that seem to be invading the whole CBD. I’ll miss the herbalist shops :(

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  8. Barry Nong says:
    December 21, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    Hey on the topic of Northbridge. What do they call the Red Parrot now?

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  9. Ryan says:
    February 8, 2008 at 11:24 am

    That guy got into some trouble years ago for something, but I cant remember what…
    Yes Ryan right I think what you wrote is correct, although to be careful, I had to edit edit this comment a little. LA

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