Lynne Truss, for those who do not know or have heard of her, is an English humourist & writer who has a particular obsession with the importance of punctuation. She once stood outside of a shop (I believe that it was in London) with an apostrophe on the end of a stick, holding it up at the place that it was missing from text on the front of the shop. Wonderful; I empathise deeply.

I’m a couple of weeks behind in uploading my surveying; this was in Carnarvon Grove in Carlton and, although it may not be the case, I fantasised that perhaps someone bought the house without an apostrophe and, being infected with the same obsession as Lynne (and myself) could not stop themselves from adding it.

Added Sunday 24 July:

This next housename-plaque also (hopefully) has correct punctuation, which is my miserable excuse for placing it here. However, mostly I’m putting it in because I like it; I think of it as an exemplar in the art of house-names & can join other street-art that I’ve already documented: stone lions; floral display; leaded lights 1; leaded lights 2 + squirrel; plaster boys & girls; leaded lights 3; Bill & Ben + a Silver Salamander; potted displays; house art; brick porn: