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RIP: A.E. Piggott & Sons, Leicester

This large canal-side ghostsign has fallen victim to the demolition of its host building in Leicester. More details of the location can be seen on … Read more

Categories Individual Signs
Hand painted sign on a wall advertising Smiths Grand Teas

Ghostsigns and Smiths Grand Teas in the Countryman

This photo by John Vince features in a short piece he’s written on ghostsigns for the Countryman. The sign, from Leicestershire, also features in the History … Read more

Categories Signs in Media
Bovril Ghostsign in Leicester by Dennis Duggan

My Leicestershire Digital Archive

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

Categories Related Work

Leicester Ghost Signs

Browsing some of the vast and ever growing collection of photos in the Flickr Ghost Signs pool I came across a nice collection taken by … Read more

Categories Sign Collections, Sign Destinations, Sign Stories

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