It provided an alternative to the NBRC shops and sold goods at fairer prices. This proved so popular that it grew to become the largest retailer in Springburn and at one time had 26 branches the area.
I don't know when this ghost sign dates from, but based on the font, I'm guessing sometime between the 1920s and the 1960s.
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A ghost sign advertising the Cowlairs Cooperative Society on the side of their former shop on Angus Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
This cooperative society was founded in 1881 in response to the exploitative practices of the North British Railway Company, which was not only one of the largest employers in the area, but was also the largest landlord in Springburn.
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I passed this earlier today and thought it would make an interesting photo as petrol is now almost β¬2.00 per litre.
The blue sign must date from the days when petrol was well below β¬1.00 per litre and probably actually from when it was well below Β£1.00 per litre.
This is a great ghost sign on Blythswood Street in Glasgow. It's a throwback to a time when people needed tailor-made gowns, everyone wore hats and fur was acceptable. It's part of an advert for G.S. Nichols at 186 Bath Street.
I love this ghost sign advertising Regalia Old Highland 22nd Whisky on the outer wall of the former Western Bar on Peel Street in Partick, Glasgow.
This photo is now available as a print from my online shop, along with a few other Glasgow ghost signs, at https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/ghost-signs/
From here, they produced their upmarket knitwear which was sold by the likes of Selfridges, House of Fraser and Harrods. Their products were seen as being particularly fashionable in the 1960s and 1970s, but by the start of the 1980s it was in decline and it soon closed.
This ghost sign is available as a mounted print from my online store at https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/ghost-signs/
Love this ghost sign, which was uncovered and restored as the old Twomax knitwear factory in the Gorbals area of Glasgow was being converted into residential flats.
Twomax was started in a disused pub in the Bridgeton by Hugh McClure and Donald McIntosh (the two Macs from which its name was derived), before moving to this location on Old Rutherglen Road.
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