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RE: https://c.im/@Stuck_Here/117190679305979256
Do you think the appreciation of, and fascination with, ghost signs is a form of 'nagori' as explained here?
Reminds me of the artist, whose name I can't remember, who installed a frame filled with freshly cut roses — the beauty was to be found in the decay/transition, much like the turning of the leaves in autumn.
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Today @royreed.bsky.social and I got our advance author copies of 'London's Ghost Signs', the reissue of our 2021 book, 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.
Our new publisher, Metro, has done a great job of reproducing all the original content (with updates) in the new compact format, and the book goes on general sale in October/November.
There's more about the book at https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book and it'll be on sale in the BLAG shop (https://bl.ag/shop) when the time comes.
[Happy Emoji] 😊
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Today @royreed.bsky.social and I got our advance author copies of 'London's Ghost Signs', the reissue of our 2021 book, 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.
Our new publisher, Metro, has done a great job of reproducing all the original content (with updates) in the new compact format, and the book goes on general sale in October/November.
There's more about the book at https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book and it'll be on sale in the BLAG shop (https://bl.ag/shop) when the time comes.
[Happy Emoji] 😊
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Today @royreed.bsky.social and I got our advance author copies of 'London's Ghost Signs', the reissue of our 2021 book, 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.
Our new publisher, Metro, has done a great job of reproducing all the original content (with updates) in the new compact format, and the book goes on general sale in October/November.
There's more about the book at https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book and it'll be on sale in the BLAG shop (https://bl.ag/shop) when the time comes.
[Happy Emoji] 😊
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Today @royreed.bsky.social and I got our advance author copies of 'London's Ghost Signs', the reissue of our 2021 book, 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.
Our new publisher, Metro, has done a great job of reproducing all the original content (with updates) in the new compact format, and the book goes on general sale in October/November.
There's more about the book at https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book and it'll be on sale in the BLAG shop (https://bl.ag/shop) when the time comes.
[Happy Emoji] 😊
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Today @royreed.bsky.social and I got our advance author copies of 'London's Ghost Signs', the reissue of our 2021 book, 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.
Our new publisher, Metro, has done a great job of reproducing all the original content (with updates) in the new compact format, and the book goes on general sale in October/November.
There's more about the book at https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book and it'll be on sale in the BLAG shop (https://bl.ag/shop) when the time comes.
[Happy Emoji] 😊
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The two 'Commit No Nuisance' #ghostsigns on the corner of Great Guildford Street and Doyce Street, Southwark just south of the River Thames in London. They are a euphemism for "don't urinate against this wall".
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The two 'Commit No Nuisance' #ghostsigns on the corner of Great Guildford Street and Doyce Street, Southwark just south of the River Thames in London. They are a euphemism for "don't urinate against this wall".
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The two 'Commit No Nuisance' #ghostsigns on the corner of Great Guildford Street and Doyce Street, Southwark just south of the River Thames in London. They are a euphemism for "don't urinate against this wall".
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The two 'Commit No Nuisance' #ghostsigns on the corner of Great Guildford Street and Doyce Street, Southwark just south of the River Thames in London. They are a euphemism for "don't urinate against this wall".
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The two 'Commit No Nuisance' #ghostsigns on the corner of Great Guildford Street and Doyce Street, Southwark just south of the River Thames in London. They are a euphemism for "don't urinate against this wall".
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@timrichards
I don't think it's in Sean Reynolds' Melbourne Ghost Signs book, but it might be one he's done on his blog.PS. The book is recommended:
https://scribepublications.com.au/books/melbourne-ghost-signs
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@micahblachman
PS. Check out this ghost sign in Ghent: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2024/02/cigarettes-marouf-ghent-belgium/ -
‘Petroglyph Enhancement’ with Ken Jones (RIP) discussing one of the Photoshop techniques he used to dissect ghost signs and identify content and layers that are invisible to the naked eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcmURnKlX2w
PS. Here are some posts featuring Ken Jones and his work on the Ghostsigns site: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tag/ken-jones/
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There have been recent projects by Historic England and Museum of London Archaeology #MOLA to record historic #ghostsigns Here is an example of a more contemporary one. Presumably John Lewis are no longer "at home"? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2eyy1lzmj1o https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/features/ghost-signs/ #HistoricEngland #histodons #history
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For at least 17 years this former doorway has been bricked in, but the sign above continues to tout the one-time video club and the availability of beers, wines, and spirits.
Location: 209 Crow Lane, Romford, RM7. (Streetview, 2009: https://maps.app.goo.gl/J5p725o8sbVy8usL8)
Photo: Dave Tanner
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#ghostsigns, la petite moisson de vacances (Bath, Bristol, Birmingham et encore Bristol)
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Q: "Best party song?"
A: "Soul Power, James Brown."
I don't read German, but even I understood that response from this 2021 interview with me (translated to German) that just resurfaced in some work I'm doing:
https://totally-london.net/meet-the-londoner-ghost-sign-experte-sam-roberts/
So, what should I have answered in your opinion?
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Lovely pair (trio if you count the strange frame) on a wall in Céret, French Catalonia, sent to me by roving correspondent Anna Rothwell.
At the top is a palimpsest with the most prominent layer looking like "Salon Raymond, Rue du Commerce".
Below is "Chocolat Aiguebelle", which appears to be still trading with the slogan "Your favorite chocolate since 1868".
#Ghostsigns #Palimpsest #Céret #Catalonia #France #Chocolate
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A ghost sign revived (Hood River, OR, 2026)
#photography #fotografie
#fotografia #photographie #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #streetphotography #architecture #ghostSigns -
@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.
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Northampton's Ghosts of Industry project. Capturing fading painted street signs. https://ghosts.mola.org.uk/s/ghosts/page/home #GhostSigns #Northampton #MOLA #histodons
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I wrote a definitive guide to San Francisco's Carnation Mush ghost signs. #ghostsigns #sfbayarea
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One from the archive: 'Ghost Signs for Sale Raise Ethical Questions'.
https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2020/10/ghost-signs-for-sale-raise-ethical-questions/
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Last week I did an interview with SFGATE about the new Carnation Mush sign in North Beach. 🎉 #ghostsigns #sfbay
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-ghost-sign-discovered-22315252.php
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It's been a big week for ghost sign reveals in San Francisco. Here's another one on Treat Street between 21st and 22nd. #sfbay #ghostsigns https://www.patreon.com/sfghostsigns/posts/new-sign-on-in-161323132
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This is not a drill! a new Carnation Mush ghost sign has just been revealed in North Beach! #sfbay #ghostsigns https://www.patreon.com/sfghostsigns/posts/new-carnation-in-161316767
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I've added a little holding note on the page below with news that the London ghost signs book by @RoyReed and I is being reissued this autumn:
https://ghostsigns.co.uk/publications/book/
All very exciting, and hopefully this one will see many reprintings...
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RE: https://typo.social/@hdonker/116748517551013623
This is one of many that feature in the wonderful book, Tekens Aan de Wand (Writing on the Wall):
https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2014/01/tekens-aan-de-wand-ghostsign-restoration-in-the-netherlands/
I'm still curious as to why these repainting projects have gained such traction in the Netherlands versus other locations?
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One of Clapham's #ghostsigns - a triple layer palimpsest. Gillette Shave For Health and Beauty Iron Jelloids Sunday Illustrated
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Last month I helped someone that was struggling to track down a copy of our ghost signs book (https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book) to give to their partner as a birthday present. I found one with the special Kickstarter cover in my boxes so arranged to have it sent to them.
Evidently today is the special say as I just received the message below, which is going straight into my positivity folder:
"Just wanted to thank you again — I have a very happy and slightly emotional birthday man today."
PS. With that first edition all sold out, we will have a second edition in a more compact (and cheaper) format available in the late autumn if all goes to plan.
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@les_briques The Walker Brothers one is where it all started for me, so it has a lot to answer for! That's celebrating its centenary around now, and these are the two brothers themselves (Frank on the left, and Herbert on the right), now included among the contextual images on the digital version of the walking tour: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours.
Photos courtesy of Jo and Steve Walker, who are very much related!
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I only have very vague memories of the Russell Acott music store in the High Street, will have to visit to site to see if that helps: https://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/ghost_signs/high_street_acott.html #oxford #ghostSigns
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Somehow my Ghostsigns email address has been linked to the fictitious business, Bovril Sign Brixton.
Which makes for some bizarre spam...
That said, if Andrew can reduce my fuel expenditure on Bovril Sign Brixton, then I could be in the money as the current spend is a grand total of £0 per annum...
For those interested, the sign in question is this one, which I wrote a little bit about here: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2018/06/bovrils-windrush-square-legacy/.
