Hello

[Phil Zita Speight]

Hello everyone. My names Phil ( the Zita bit of my i.d. is the missis ).
I`m a coach painter and writer/decorator of traditional canal boats and the occasional vintage lorry ) working with two staff in our own dock (unless of course it`s a lorry ! ) in the West Midlands. Significantly I also have a paint company , Craftmaster, that`s gradually turning me into an office person. I`m fighting back - I`m still happiest painting. Not much to say just now - except that in such a traditional side of the industry I never use vynil - I really did just want to say hello!
Cheers
Phil
err ps - maybe I should delete the Zita bit - Phil Zita is a strange name for a Yorkshireman.

[Chunkie]

Not sure if we can accept Yorkshiremen here sorry.

Only joking, welcome to the site even if you are from the wrong side of the pennines! :lol:

[Wayne]

Hey Phil , welcome along- Hows the paint range coming along?

[paulp]

Welcom Phil from another yorkshireman

[Chunkie]

Oh god, there's 2 of them! Quick Lads they're multiplying! :lol:

[paulp]

HEY

[Chunkie]

Sorry I should be nice really, at least your Northerners.

You know, I might be getting further into trouble here so I'll shut up! :wink: :lol:

[paulp]

By the way Phil heard some pretty good reports about your paint, tell us more.

[Jillbeans]

Hi Phil.
Pleased to meet you.
I saw Tim Bird learning narrowboat roses at the Tickle, and became intrigued.
Mine still look like ****, but I did get a firsthand lesson from Allen (I forget his last name but he was a great fellow)
and Terry Colley got me the Roses & Castles book at the Dixie meet.
It's such a neat thing to do.
I'd love to see some pix of your work.
Love....Jill

[Signoholic]

Phil & Zita Welcome to your 2nd home, told you this place was buzzing with fine time sign painting folk - Jill think your roses look something else, sorta got some sort of fix to them, cant put my finger on it. Brilliant work.

[Jillbeans]

That's cuz they are Yankee Roses.
:)
Remember I only painted the wonky ones on the top.
Tim and Allen did the others.
(the good looking ones)
Love....Jill

[Signoholic]

well they look wicked thoes their Yankee roses im putting some on my van, quite sure could blend some radical design with yankee roses.......

[Phil Zita Speight]

Thanks for the welcome . I`ve even managed to translate the Lancashire ones.Actually I think we should bury the hatchet - hands across the Pennines as it were - after all me dad was a missionary in Wigan for years and I`ve still got his phrase book somewhere.................
I`d be happy to put some images on but I really am a disaster with computers. I`ll get my mate to do it on Friday - he is able to communicate with the damn things.Otherwise the websites ( there`s a link between them ) have got plenty of pictures.
I don`t know wether or not it`s allowable to go on about our paint range here - so suffice to say it`s going well and I hope you`ll all give it a try one day.
Like the colonial roses - specially the "knobstick" ones - those are the ones that look more like actual flowers - why "knobstick" ? It`s a long story and of interest only to rabid canal persons I should think.
Cheers
Phil

[paulp]

Jill, would that have been Alan Brindle who does the fairground work.

[Chunkie]

Jill, they're lovely pieces what ever ammount of them you did, you should be proud of them.

Phil, I'm only messing, I dislike Wiganners more than Youkshiremen! Ha ha ha no seriously, I'm only jibing you. No harm meant.

I will go and take a look at your site now but I look forward to seeing your pics on the board.