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This
printed advertisement for "The Spot" appeared in the New
Business Map of Linlithgowshire, dated 1906. From his name we might
guess that the proprietor, Frank Ezze, was from an Italian family,
like so many cafe owners throughout central Scotland. There are
still a dozen people named Ezze in the current local phone book. |
| We
made this animated advertisement during the Christmas holidays when
there were few visitors around. Firstly we coloured the old engraving
then animated the gas light, the fire and the cook. We then made some
chips, moved them around and photographed them until we were all very
greasy. We took a photograph of Calum (4), wearing a miner's helmet.
We then used the computer to change the shape of his mouth so when
we put these pictures together it looked as if he was talking. We
also painted on red spots. Calum then shouted "Don't forget the
Spot" which we recorded and added to music that we composed using
the keyboard. |
We
can't be sure that the "high class fish supper" served
at The Spot included chips. If so, The Spot would have been one
of the first fish and chip shops in West Lothian. The engraving
might be an Edwardian version of clip art rather than picturing
the the actual "Spot". It shows a room lit by gas chandeliers
and a cook toasting food over an coal-fired grill. There are cakes
or buns under the glass covers and on the wall there are pictures
of birds and animals.
Station
Road, Broxburn looks like this today: |
