jhb171achill Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) From the Catacombs, which are being thinned out at that moment: ULSTER TRANSPORT AUTHORITY STATION ETC. PAINTING 1964 STANDARD COLOURS Timber Buildings EXTERIOR Framing Grey Sheeting grey Windows Ivory INTERIOR Ceilings Flat White Walls Ivory 61. Dados - where essential, grey. Skirtings Black Doors Grey Door Frames Grey. Masonry, etc. EXTERIOR Windows Ivory Woodwork Grey Doors Grey INTERIOR Woodwork Grey Doors Grey Notice Boards & Signs Black letters on yellow background Cranes, Lamp Posts, Water Columns, tanks, etc.; Downpipes and all steelwork Silver grey Ferodor inside and out Roofs EXTERIOR Sheeting Grey INTERIOR Sheeting Ivory Trusses - Steel Ferodor Silver Grey. Timber - Ivory Columns Grey Bases Black Signal Posts White or creosoted. Steelwork Silver Grey Ferodor NOTE: All steelwork to be silver grey Ferodor, "woodwork" door frames and window surrounds to be grey. Lavatories, etc., if whitewashed to be treated on a "like for like" basis. Ladies Waiting Rooms dados to be Peach British Standard B.S.1/021 instead of Grey as above. Green is not to be used for any purpose. ________ EC / HCAB 18.2.64 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notes by jhb171: 1. Ferodor was a metallic silvery paint. 2. The prohibition of green was nothing to do with northern political sensitivities (the green was a dark one, anyway). It was to eliminate the "old" image and herald in the new; a new "corporate image" culture. Despite this, the fact that both the UTA and GNR had used a mid-dark-green in station paint (as did the GSR and CIE!) meant that as late as the 1980s (Antrim and Ballymoney), UTA green paint was to be seen in many places. I remember it in Lisburn when that station was being repainted extensively in 1974. 3. I don't know who "EC" is in the signature line; "HCAB" is jhb171Senior, who was then the UTA's railway civil engineer. I am beginning to thin out the Catacombs, so goodness knows what will turn up! I will retain some stuff, and send other material to various archives where they are most appropriate, and where they will be displayed for public view. Edited March 9, 2017 by jhb171achill Quote
Kirley Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Thanks JHB, great to have that accurate information. I was at the RPSI last night at a talk about the acquiring and development of Whitehead. There was a picture of you with others with a Mobile Shop at Whitehead and also one of your Father being interviewed for a TV documentary. Can you recall what the programme was called and which TV channel showed it? Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 9, 2017 Author Posted March 9, 2017 No - I'd love to see it! I'm hoping to visit Whitehead on Sunday coming - is this something on display? Quote
Kirley Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 is this something on display? It was one of the pictures shown during a talk by Charles Friel. Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 9, 2017 Author Posted March 9, 2017 Ah! I'm currently swopping info on another matter with Charles - must ask him! Quote
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