#ghostsigns — Public Fediverse posts

I've left Instagram, but these folks have put me back on there in the first of what will likely be four or five of these little #Ghostsigns segments:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHVKoEsnHG/

It was fun to get back into tour guide mode and, if you can stand my voice, then the rest of this walk, and my two other London walks (including one that's free) are available from https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours.

#Southwark #London #SE1 #FadingAds

I've left Instagram, but these folks have put me back on there in the first of what will likely be four or five of these little #Ghostsigns segments:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHVKoEsnHG/

It was fun to get back into tour guide mode and, if you can stand my voice, then the rest of this walk, and my two other London walks (including one that's free) are available from https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours.

#Southwark #London #SE1 #FadingAds

I've left Instagram, but these folks have put me back on there in the first of what will likely be four or five of these little #Ghostsigns segments:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHVKoEsnHG/

It was fun to get back into tour guide mode and, if you can stand my voice, then the rest of this walk, and my two other London walks (including one that's free) are available from https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours.

#Southwark #London #SE1 #FadingAds

I've left Instagram, but these folks have put me back on there in the first of what will likely be four or five of these little #Ghostsigns segments:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHVKoEsnHG/

It was fun to get back into tour guide mode and, if you can stand my voice, then the rest of this walk, and my two other London walks (including one that's free) are available from https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours.

#Southwark #London #SE1 #FadingAds

I've left Instagram, but these folks have put me back on there in the first of what will likely be four or five of these little #Ghostsigns segments:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHVKoEsnHG/

It was fun to get back into tour guide mode and, if you can stand my voice, then the rest of this walk, and my two other London walks (including one that's free) are available from https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours.

#Southwark #London #SE1 #FadingAds

@Flaredwaschbar Have the painters kept it exposed out of respect?

Here's some more paper from Bermondsey Street, London SE1.

I've put the accompanying text from the 'Administering the City' chapter of our book into the alt text for the picture.

#Ghostsigns #Bermondsey #London #SE1 #Paper

I've had an enquiry about this fading fascia that has been retained in situ at 74 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1*.

It's a palimpsest for R. Sullivan (Wardrobe Dealer) and what someone once told me were metal workers A. Liechti

Various street directories between 1882–1939 have a tobacconists here, including those prior to 1900 when the house number looks like it was 56. However, the Liechti sign also seems to have the number 58 or 68 on it...

The presence of 74 on the Sullivan layer means that that sign at least is post-1939, unless that business was a short-lived occupancy between two tobacconists.

Can anyone shed any further light on it all?

*Streetview: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kfGNWDu3wV74sQJC8

#Ghostsigns #Southwark #London #SE1 #Shopfronts #Signs #FadingFascias #AskFedi

I'm working with @RoyReed on a reissue of our book, Ghost Signs: A London Story. Sadly this is having to report on some signs lost since it was first published in 2021.

This is one of them, now time-capsuled beneath the new, taller, structure that has been erected on the plot immediately in front of the wall.

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2022/10/new-brands-on-holborns-gillette-palimpsest/

Photo: Roy Reed (https://www.flickr.com/photos/royreed/51660161152/)

#Ghostsigns #Palimpsest #London #Gillette

1001 London Ghost Signs, Mapped

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2024/09/1001-london-ghost-signs-mapped/

The online map that accompanies the book, Ghost Signs: A London Story, now has over 1,000 pinned signs.

#Archway #Bromley #Ghostsigns #Kensington #London #Mapping #UK

I was asked some questions about music, books, and of course ghost signs and BLAG, for the latest Night Beats author interview.

https://nightbeatseu.ca/2023/10/31/behind-the-screens-tuesday-author-interview-76/

Thank you @zillanovikov and @youseeatortoise for inviting me on!

#ghostsigns #blag #NightBeats