I am informed by sarflondondunc that this ghost sign has been erased.
It was just by Clapham North Station and I used it in my recent presentation as an example of a plain text sign which has been designed to fit around the available wall space. It was visible from both the nearby train line and the street.
From an era when there must have been a secondhand 'music roll' market this was obviously the place to come to buy and sell.
It's a shame it's gone, see the picture below from sarflondondunc to see how it now looks. This again highlights the need for some of these old signs to be protected in case they are all destroyed by sandblasters and lost forever.
It was just by Clapham North Station and I used it in my recent presentation as an example of a plain text sign which has been designed to fit around the available wall space. It was visible from both the nearby train line and the street.
From an era when there must have been a secondhand 'music roll' market this was obviously the place to come to buy and sell.
It's a shame it's gone, see the picture below from sarflondondunc to see how it now looks. This again highlights the need for some of these old signs to be protected in case they are all destroyed by sandblasters and lost forever.
I read with interest your post from Thursday, 21 June 2007
ReplyDeleteProtecting Ghost Signs. I would like to see local councils obliged to list these Ghost signs and make the building owners apply for planning permission (just like when arrecting a modern billboard) to alter them.
Maybe the Clapham Society would be interested in pursuing this
http://www.outlines.org.uk/claphamsociety/claphamsociety.html
Hi Sam, this really shocked me when it happened.I had imagined it would have been listed or protected.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I came across your site then as I was looking into it and seeing what other people thought.
Your site is great by the way as a record of what could disappear and to build interest. (you don't need me to tell you that, its obviously become a major passion:)
Thanks ah-pook, the whole thing went from a small interest/hobby to become something very important in my life. I hope that the site and the contribution from other readers will serve as a record and preserve what will inevitably be 'objects' of the past.
ReplyDelete(PS. If they wanted to they could strip the paint away and reveal the old Gramophones sign again, where there's a will there's a way!)