Things Made

A wonderful tribute to those who made this park top-notch.

This week, the Township of Russell unveiled two new bronze plaques in their historical landmark series. One is at Saint Jacques Catholic Church in Embrun, and the other is on the recreational trail near the Embrun Train Station. Things Made created the design and supplied the plaques.

Two new bronze plaques were released at the Russell Heritage Festival on September 14, 2021, as part of the Russell Township Historical Plaque Program. The plaques were supplied by Things Made. John Jackson (left) from Things Made and Pierre Leroux, Mayor of the Township of Russell shown in the picture. Look for more plaques in this series later this year!

"Ghost Signs" are the faded relics on buildings and trucks that are almost gone, but not quite. This is back when signs were painted with a paintbrush and considerable skill. Today the digital art comes out of a large format printer, I came across a link to a blog that talks about a sign painter who travels in the US restoring some of these old Ghost Signs. He also has written a song about his adventures which is on YouTube, linked in the story.

It is not a long read but it makes you think when driving past an old building where a sign is still visible, that decades ago a sign painter spent a few days on a ladder creating it without all the technology used today.

Ghost Signs There is a deep thought expressed in a late eighties song that goes “Ashes to ashes, dust into dust, buildings will crumble, bridges will rust . . . and so it goes with everything but love.”