Fading painted signs

Black Cat

Sadly we recently lost what was one of my all-time favourite ghost signs, in the shape of the Black Cat on Dingley Road. RIP. The brand was a pioneer of cigarette cards, and their power to foster increased sales through the parallel addictive properties of […]

Bill-Poster: A London Type

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Advertising Bill-Poster Black Cat Carerras Cigarettes Gentle Author London London Types Spitalfields Life Street Flusher UK on July 20, 2018 by Sam Roberts

I am conducting a small investigation into the ghostsigns of Islington and am appealing for help from readers of this blog. The map below (view full screen) will form the basis for this, in the context of the following notes. Recently while going through old […]

Painted Advertisements in Islington: Part 1

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Sign Destinations Sign Initiatives Sign Preservation Sign Stories Signs in Media and tagged 1999 A. D. Harvey Black Cat Islington Listing Local Listing London London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Mapping Painted Advertisements in Islington Peter Powell Protection Research Transactions UK on February 4, 2017 by Sam Roberts

I’m often asked what is my favourite ghostsign. There are many to choose from, but, since first discovering it in 2007, the Black Cat Cigarettes sign on Dingley Road in London is the one I usually go for. When giving my Top Ten London Ghostsigns […]

RIP: Black Cat Cigarettes

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation and tagged Black Cat Carerras Cigarettes Clerkenwell Dingley Road Ghostsigns London Londonist RIP Tobacco UK on September 13, 2016 by Sam Roberts

[28 July 2015 – This post updated with new images and comments below] This stunning reveal in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex features three ghostsigns. In sequence these are for Ambrosia, Black Cat Cigarettes and a tea rooms, captured here by Ed Loach. Their appearance has caught […]

The Cat gets the Cream in this Clacton-on-Sea Reveal

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation Sign Stories and tagged Ambrosia Black Cat Carreras Clacton Clacton-on-Sea Cream Dairy Ed Loach Essex Protection Reveal Tea Tea Rooms UK on June 20, 2015 by Sam Roberts

Black Cat Cigarettes Extra Large — Fascinating audio giving some history behind the Black Cat sign on Dingley Road, EC1. This includes the observation that the growth of the cigarette industry in the early part of the last century was partly fuelled by the fact that soldiers fighting in the war […]

Black Cat Audio

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Black Cat London Press Radio Research Tours UK on November 27, 2009 by Sam Roberts

Black Cat Cigarettes Full — One of my personal favourites, this one is on Dingley Road, EC1. It is for an old brand of cigarettes that no longer exists. There used to be a factory located on this site but more interesting is that Greater London House in Mornington Crescent […]

Black Cat Cigarettes

This entry was posted in Sign Stories and tagged Black Cat Cigarettes Dingley Road London Research Tobacco UK on June 19, 2007 by Sam Roberts