Geotype Submission

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How does this letter-form communicate its location?

This train cart stood out to me in an area which seemed pretty out of place given the situation in which it was surrounded within. The situation in which the train cart is sat within changes as soon as you turn around to see the bigger picture at Bristol’s Harbourside area. The letterforms are still visible on this visibly old cart which indicates where the cart could be from or where it is heading towards. There are other kinds of letterforms seen on the cart in more of a handwritten approach in keeping with the traditional style that the cart seems to come from – which I’d speculate to be from the 1950’s.

Location

1 Canon’s Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX, UK