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Glasgow has some great ghost signs, and this collection features some of my favourites. They come from a range of locations including old factories, pubs, shops, tenements and even a former police station.

You can buy this photo collage as print from my online shop at https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product/glasgow-ghost-signs-collage-print-mounted-size-10-inch-by-12-inch/.

#glasgow #ghostsigns #builtheritage #glasgowghostsigns

Sam at BLAG 3d ago

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.

#Ghostsigns #Positivity

Ghost Signs: A London Story | Ghostsigns

Ghost Signs: A London Story| Ghostsigns | About the Book Ghost signs are fascinating pieces of urban archaeology. Imposing yet hidden in plain sight, these faded advertisements are London's history written on to the contemporary cityscape. They reveal fascinating stories of everyday life in the capital and each sign has its own tale to tell – not just of the business it

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Sam at BLAG 5d ago

@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!

#Ghostsigns #StokeNewington #London #N16 #1920s

les briques 5d ago

Immortalisé ici il y a quelques années lors d'une visite organisée par @[email protected], ce duo de ghostsigns emblématique et connu des amateurs trône sur Church Street à Stoke Newington. D'un côté un palimpseste mêlant la Westminster Gazette, les allumettes Criterion et les rasoirs Gillette, de l'autre la façade d'une enseigne de réparation de stylos, activité surannée s'il en est. Celle-ci date a priori du milieu des années 20 et est inscrite au patrimoine local, ce qui est très cool. Juillet 2023.
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#londonbricks_lesbriques #bricksoflondon #englishbricks #britishbricks #brickghostsigns #ghostsign #ghostsigns #ghostsignsuk #stokenewington #stokenewingtonchurchstreet

michael Jun 3

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

Sam at BLAG May 29

Good session with @RoyReed this morning running through final tweaks to the forthcoming reissue of our ghost signs book: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/book.

All being well, the new, compact edition from Metro Publications will be out in October/November, the fifth anniversary of the first from Isola Press. That publication marked the conclusion of our joint endeavours during the worst of the Covid crisis in which hundreds of individuals and organisations helped us to create arguably the most comprehensive volume dedicated to fading painted signs.

Stay tuned for more news of the reissue, which will have a very accessible price point of £14.99. It will, of course, be available from the BLAG shop: https://shop.bl.ag.

#Ghostsigns #Books #London

Ghost Signs: A London Story | Ghostsigns

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Sam at BLAG May 22

@rdp I am loving the secondary copy in the block shade — fabulous.

Is it a ghost sign? It depends on your definition, but I'd vote yes. More on that in this extended riff on the theme:

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Roberts-Marshall-What-is-a-Ghost-Sign.pdf

#Ghostsigns #Signs #SignPainting

Sam at BLAG May 20

It's World Bee Day apparently, so here's a beehive on a ghost sign:

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2021/03/brothers-butterworth-beehive-in-newcastle-under-lyme/

🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝

#WorldBeeDay #Bees #Beehive #Ghostsigns

Brothers Butterworth & Beehive in Newcastle-under-Lyme | Ghostsigns

Brothers Butterworth & Beehive in Newcastle-under-Lyme, as revealed through their historic ghost sign.

Brothers Butterworth & Beehive in Newcastle-under-Lyme| Ghostsigns | Brothers Butterworth & Beehive in Newcastle-under-Lyme, as revealed through their historic ghost sign.

Sam at BLAG May 20

New at bl.ag online, 'Field Notes from BLAG: May 2026', with the New York vernacular, brush care, DIY directionals, Barcelona painters, and more from the field.

https://bl.ag/fieldnotes/field-notes-from-blag-may-2026/

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Ghostsigns #FieldNotes