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Wayne had the GRIN letters on the balcony of his flat in Putney. I always wondered where they came from and oddly I never asked him. He also had some letters which came from another shop sign, (i think it was an old taxi cab firm) in his kitchen that said PIE. They always made me laugh, as I knew what his post ride "recovery foods" were like !
in my mind i'm trying to work out how Wayne salvaged these letters, hanging round Putney and going through builders skips and then loading them up into his messenger bag perhaps @hippy or Ricky know more...
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So sorry to hear. I met Wayne in about 2009 when I went round to his place to buy the "B" off the burger king sign in Putney which he'd salvaged (he'd kept the letters "GRIN").
We drank excellent coffee and pored over rare design books. Wayne then helped me expertly tie the letter onto my bag with old inner tubes.
The "B" has meant "Baby", then when my daughter turned into a toddler it's come to mean "Bathroom" - I suppose it will now always mean "Big Daddy Wayne" - if there's somewhere this can now be put as a memorial to him (bike/coffee shop), i'd be more than happy to donate it...
RIP