Richard Godsell Strips Back 80 Years!

Whilst recently in the process of upgrading the exterior of our Southbourne office a number of layers of former fascia board were stripped away to reveal the original black fascia with 'gold leaf' lettering, which it is believed dates back to the 1930s and evokes the style of Southbourne Grove during that era.

Office Manager, Matt Davey, commented that the original fascia was very impressive, even though it had been covered up for some 70 or 80 years, at a time when today's familiar Richard Godsell logo had yet to take shape.

He went on to say that interestingly enough when the company changed hands in 1992 the long established Southbourne office contained cupboards full of old property details, relating to property all across Southbourne and surrounding areas, which dated back to the early 1930s and were produced on the old black and white Roneo duplicating machine with some of the early manual type set.