I temporarily left thoughts of burgers behind me whilst I continued to the Bus Station car park, which triggered another signage fact somewhere within my memory.
Perhaps it was my train, rather than motorway, journeys over to Preston which led me to forget possibly the biggest connection between Preston and Sign Design?
The outstanding motorway signage designed by Jock Kinneir and Maraget Calvert had it's premiere on Britain's first motorway: the Preston By-pass in 1958, which then became the M6.
I've made a few motorway signs myself, when I worked for a large sign company, so it's surprising this slipped my mind, although there are many memories of that company I like to forget this isn't one of them. The 'Transport' typeface used to this day (although revised) is outstanding, due to Kinneir and Calvert's study of the Grandfather of sans-serif type Akzidenz-Grotesk (The Berthold type foundry version). This definitely needs further delving into. I'd like to find the original site of the first sign and what is there now.
At this point it became clear that I should promptly transport myself home and start to research this further.
