H H stark (RIP)

Having only very recently featured in the montage for Travel & Transport I learn from sarflondondunc that this sign is no more. The building has been knocked down to make way for new flats (see 2007 status below). Another one bites the dust...

Photo by sarflondondunc

Travel & Transport

Some great signs in the category of Travel & Transport. See more images in the Flickr group being used to set up the Ghost Signs Archive. Here's a little montage featuring some of the most interesting signs. Thanks again to everyone contributing their images, keep them coming!

If you have any interesting ghost signs from the UK or Ireland then please get involved by adding them to the collection. The next montage could feature your work...

Other Ghost Signs montages:

• Booze & Fags
• Food & Drink
• Shoes & Clothing
• Ghost Signs, One Year On
• Ghost Signs UK

See more Ghost Signs Video with interviews, modern day sign writers at work and more.

Latest Received (sort of...)

Its been a while since I've posted some images received and I'll probably be doing less of this as the Flickr group for the ghostsigns archive is now the natural home for all submissions, at least those from the UK and Ireland.

However, I've been sitting on some pictures for a while now which its time to show off. Sorry for the snail-like pace of doing so and thanks for sending through. See more in this Flick set.

First up is this beautiful sign from Hastings which is a scan from a print given to me by Mark Novotny of the Old English Coffee House where I used to get lunch most days (I only stopped because I changes jobs, its delicious there!). As its for a bit of an all round handyman who did paint jobs it was probably produced by T Noakes himself, showing off the skills that people could buy in to. Love it!

Next is this one from Russell Bowes which can be found on the road outside Waterloo Station in London. Its a fairly stern warning for those involved in the movement of barrows, interestingly they seem to have used a gold paint for this sign, perhaps symbolic of more affluent days for the railways...

Bas Groes sent me this one which he spotted in Amsterdam. Its very faded but you can tell it was for a cafe and the premises are still trading as such. I was surprised to find very few signs when I visited Amsterdam, there must be some reason why different countries did and didn't embrace the format as Belgium has huge numbers and is just next door to the Netherlands...

Here's another from the continent, this time sent to me by my mum and a very artistic piece for Pepsi-Cola. Its from Prague in the Czech Republic and is a striking example from this part of the world.



Finally this example from London sent to me by Erum Waheed. Its for a Whisky Brand called Haig with the cracking slogan, 'Don't be vague, ask for Haig'. Reminds me of when Staropramen launched in the UK with, 'Just ask the Barman for a Staropramen' which never really took off as everyone now just says they'll have a pint of Star. This sign (from another photographer) made it into the video montage for the Booze & Fags category of the ghostsigns archive.

Shoes & Clothing

Slightly less material in the Shoes & Clothing category. See more images in the Flickr group being used to set up the Ghost Signs Archive. Here's a little montage featuring some of the most interesting signs. Thanks again to everyone contributing their images, keep them coming!

If you have any interesting ghost signs from the UK or Ireland then please get involved by adding them to the collection. The next montage could feature your work...

Other Ghost Signs montages:

• Booze & Fags
• Food & Drink
• Ghost Signs, One Year On
• Ghost Signs UK

See more Ghost Signs Video with interviews, modern day sign writers at work and more.

Food & Drink

So the Food & Drink category was a popular one with plenty of material submitted to the Flickr group being used to set up the Ghost Signs Archive. Here's a little montage featuring some of the most interesting signs, adding to last week's on Booze & Fags. Thanks again to everyone contributing their images, keep them coming!

If you have any interesting ghost signs from the UK or Ireland then please get involved by adding them to the collection. The next montage could feature your work...

Other Ghost Signs montages:

• Booze & Fags
• Ghost Signs, One Year On
• Ghost Signs UK

See more Ghost Signs Video with interviews, modern day sign writers at work and more.

Booze & Fags 2

Since creating the montage of signs received in the Booze & Fags category a handful more have been added to the pool which are worth sharing (see below). I'm currently working on Food & Drink and it feels like the archive is finally arriving.

A striking gable end for Hemmingways brewery in Leeds taken by Keyfabe. Some other images here.

This one is on the side of a pub in West Ham, London and is for Douro Port. Photo by werdsmyth_2000.

I'm really happy that DCI Photography added this one to the group as I've seen it elsewhere a couple of times. Its another one for Puck Matches but very different from the character-led sign in Leeds.

My guess is that this one has been touched up recently but, as yet, the only one for the Woodbine brand that I've seen. Thanks to Gregory Williams for adding.

Booze & Fags

So the archive is going well, there are now over 130 members who have collectively contributed over 850 pictures. Thank you all, keep up the good work. If you not involved yet then get on board and find out more before adding your pictures.

The approach I'm going to take from now on is to focus on categories of products. Some more information is here but above is a little montage of the first category, 'Booze & Fags' (see more here). I hope you like it, I'll be doing more like this in the coming weeks.