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London’s “Ghost Signs” – Pt 1

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Geoff Clements Posted in Street - Fixtures & Fittings, Streets .

This week’s ‘culture’ day was more of a quest/challenge to locate some of London’s “Ghost Signs” –

Ghost Signs are the faded remains of hand-painted wall adverts that still adorn the fronts and sides of buildings in London.

Long before Banksy’s artwork graced the walls of Bristol and beyond, another type of street art was popular throughout London (and across the country), and its remnants can still be seen today – and I covered quite a few miles on me ‘plates’ today trawling the streets of north, south and east London, searching for these long lost historical examples of ‘street art’ from a different era.

There are loads of examples still on display and scattered across London – these are just some of the ones that I discovered.

A Percy Dalton Peanuts ghost sign – Shoreditch

A large Salvation Army ghost sign – on the side of a building nr Old Street tube station

A close up of the Salvation Army ghost sign nr Old Street tube station

Ghost signage at the end of a residential street in Wandsworth

A close-up of an old ghost signage – in a residential street in Wandsworth

An old ghost signage – in a residential street in Wandsworth

The prominent Ghost Sign relating to what was the old Courage Brewery – nr London Bridge

The signage of an old garage that was located in Soho, London W1

An example of an old Ghost Sign on display nr Kings Cross station

Another view of the Ghost Sign on display nr Kings Cross station

An example of a Ghost Sign shop frontage – located in and around Spitalfields

Not a very clear photo – but an example of a Ghost Sign on display in Shoreditch

The intrepid explorer – on Wandsworth Road station platform, waiting for the next connection in search of more ‘Ghost Signs’

Me – necking down a ‘cheeky’ one – at the Hamilton Hall pub – Liverpool Street

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