Static Water ... : Oldham
As a child in the 1960s these, and similar, fading signs were still relatively commonplace but now, over 80 years after they were painted on walls and buildings across the country they're relatively rare. "Static Water", and with an arrow pointing right, was a direction for a fire fighting water source during the Second World War. Static tanks, marked "EWS" for Emergency Water Supplies, were constructed but often other water features such as, here in Lancashire, cotton mill lodges or reservoirs were utilised. This stands on a surviving building amidst the desolation of Mumps in Oldham and points up towards Garden St and Bell St where there once stood Paradise Mills and its associated reservoirs and so this sign may relate to something similar.
This fine building, almost a lone survivor now amidst the desolation of Mumps, was once home to the Mumps Bazaar, an early 'department' store.
Static Water ... : Oldham
As a child in the 1960s these, and similar, fading signs were still relatively commonplace but now, over 80 years after they were painted on walls and buildings across the country they're relatively rare. "Static Water", and with an arrow pointing right, was a direction for a fire fighting water source during the Second World War. Static tanks, marked "EWS" for Emergency Water Supplies, were constructed but often other water features such as, here in Lancashire, cotton mill lodges or reservoirs were utilised. This stands on a surviving building amidst the desolation of Mumps in Oldham and points up towards Garden St and Bell St where there once stood Paradise Mills and its associated reservoirs and so this sign may relate to something similar.
This fine building, almost a lone survivor now amidst the desolation of Mumps, was once home to the Mumps Bazaar, an early 'department' store.