Preston Pub Sign Studies – The Roper Hall / Dark Room

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A pub that is probably named after Robert Roper, an 18th century architect from Preston. The pub is part of a chain of bars initiated by the Bass Brewery and primarily aimed squarely at the student campuses of our fair cities – these pubs are known as Scream Bars, a name apparently inspired by Edvard Munch’s famous painting, The Scream. The Adelphi pub nearby is also a Scream bar. The Roper Hall/Dark Room signs don’t really reflect their origins. The Dark Room upstairs area is often a venue for dark edged cutting edge cabaret and other live performance, including burlesque shows. The sign is just the words and a minor graphic, obscured by its own night-light. This is sadly common with signs nowadays. Arthur Chappell