Bovril’s Windrush Square Legacy
Windrush Square in Brixton is home to this, one of the most famous ghost signs in London. While the Bovril sign is still very prominent, … Read more
Fading painted signs with Sam Roberts
Windrush Square in Brixton is home to this, one of the most famous ghost signs in London. While the Bovril sign is still very prominent, … Read more
This is a detail from one of my all-time favourite ghostsigns. It’s on Dulwich Road in South London and already features in the History of … Read more
Mari Boman, a photographer, took ghostsigns as the subject matter for her project titled ‘Liminal Space: past/presence’. The result is this series of nine beautiful … Read more
Since handing over day-to-day responsibility for the archive to the History of Advertising Trust there has been a steady influx of new material. 49 new … Read more
Colin Hyde from the Centre for Urban History at Leicester University sent me an email with a fascinating link today. It is to a project he … Read more
I’d love to get your feedback on a draft chapter for a possible book to accompany the archive. If this gets published then it will … Read more
The appearance of this sign in Redhill, Surrey acted as a catalyst for an article on the subject of ghostsigns in the Surrey Mirror. This … Read more
Alex sent me this photo of the remnants of a Bovril sign in the Redhill area. In much the same way as the Ekco sign … Read more
Andy sent me this great double sign from Bedford in response to my appeal for world record contenders. Although it isn’t a multitude of signs, … Read more