Restoration

Signpainter applying red paint to coca cola sign on a white wall — The Salisbury Ghost Sign Restoration Project is an initiative of three enthusiasts in North Carolina. They have recently unveiled their first two restorations, both for Coca-Cola signs, so I thought it was time to catch up with one of the trio, Justin Dionne to find […]

Salisbury Ghost Sign Restoration Project

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Initiatives Sign Making Sign Preservation and tagged Andy Thompson Coca-Cola Coke Justin Dionne Michael Alexander Nassar Mufdi North Carolina Restoration Salisbury Signwriter USA Wrigley on July 21, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Signpainters as work on the restoration of a ghostsign in Cambridge Ontario — The restoration of this ghostsign in Canada is part of an effort to reinvigorate the downtown area of Cambridge, Ontario. Read some observations on the process of restoring this sign and also this article celebrating the completion of the piece.

Pandora Range McClary’s Stoves sign repainted in Cambridge, Ontario

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation and tagged Cambridge Canada Household Kitchen Ontario Pandora Range McClary's Stoves Restoration on July 16, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Brixton Windmill by London Mural Preservation Society — Check out this photo essay from the London Mural Preservation Society documenting their project to repaint Brixton’s Windmill mural. It is a fantastic achievement and a vibrant and colourful result at the end of this undertaking which involved many people from the community and beyond. […]

The restoration of the Brixton Windmill mural

This entry was posted in Photo Essays Related Work and tagged Brixton Illustration London London Mural Preservation Society Murals Restoration Windmill on July 9, 2012 by Sam Roberts

While back in the UK recently I spotted this while strolling around in my old Stoke Newington stomping ground. Those familiar with the site as it once was will have some sense of what they’re trying to do here. I’m guessing the primary motivation is […]

The partial repainting of F.C. Dyson Provisions & Groceries, Stoke ...

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Dyson Ghostsigns London N16 Restoration Stoke Newington on June 9, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Work in progress on Brixton Windmill mural — My friends at the London Mural Preservation Society have successfully obtained lottery funding to restore the Brixton Windmill Mural. The fun part is that members of the public can get involved this weekend (19th and 20th), next weekend (26th) and the Tuesday and Thursday (22nd […]

An opportunity to grab a brush or spray can and ...

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Brixton Event LMPS London Murals Restoration on May 18, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Photos: Martin Percival Martin kindly sent me these that he took in The Hague. They are restoration jobs, details of the black and white one here and more on another organisation working on preservation in the Netherlands here.

Two signs from The Hague sent to me by Martin ...

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Ghostsigns Netherlands Received Restoration on May 9, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Photo: Jon C. Lakey Details of the process for a specific restoration project, with a facebook page to accompany it. More posts on restoration projects and issues here.

Restoration project for ghostsigns in Salisbury, North Carolina

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Coca-Cola Coke Ghostsigns North Carolina Restoration Salisbury USA on April 18, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hand painted sign on a building in Australia advertising HMV — This report, Conserving Historic Signs, was written in 2002 and published by the Heritage Office, Department of Planning, State of New South Wales in 2006. I was alerted to it by Jos Peeters and it is a detailed and fascinating account of some of the considerations […]

Conservation guidelines for ghostsigns in Australia

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation and tagged Australia Caroline Lawrance Conservation Ghostsigns Heritage HMV New South Wales NSW Protection Rachel Jackson Restoration on April 16, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Parkinsons Pills press cutting Briston — Photo: Parkinsons of Burnley This is a great set of photos for the Parkinsons Pills brand from a site dedicated to the company. A couple of these appear in the archive (here and here) but the others are new to me, including one where the […]

Parkinsons Pills signs from across the UK: ‘They will buck ...

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Burnley Ghostsigns Parkinsons Press Restoration UK on March 23, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Van Houten's Cacao de Beste — Photo: Writing on the Wall This organisation in the Netherlands was established in 1999 and has been working ever since to raise the profile of hand painted wall advertising in the country. They also get involved with other outdoor forms such as hanging signs and […]

Writing on the Wall working to preserve and restore ghostsigns ...

This entry was posted in Sign Initiatives Sign Preservation and tagged Ghostsigns Community Netherlands Protection Restoration on March 9, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Photo: Steven Mantilla Interesting piece of legislation reported here from Danville City, California, including that “building owners…cannot recreate signs that have been painted over with other signs”, This must give preference to newer signs, assuming it is clear which came last… More on restoration and protection […]

Danville City Council defines rules for restoration of ghostsigns

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation and tagged Danville Ghostsigns Legislation Protection Restoration USA on March 3, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Belgravia Horse Infirmary ghostsign restoration — After Before (2006/7) News in this week is that a restoration effort has been undertaken in the heart of London’s Belgravia. It has been directed at what was once a very faded sign for a horse infirmary (see two more of my pictures from c.2006/7 […]

Belgravia Ghostsign Restored

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged London Press Print Restoration UK on January 15, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hand Painted Type alphabet by Umesh — Perhaps being in Cambodia has sensitised me to the world of Ghostsigns beyond my home shores. Or maybe awareness of the project has encouraged those from around the world to make contact. Whatever it is, I thought it was time for a round-up of what’s […]

Ghostsigns World Tour

This entry was posted in Sign Destinations Signs of Note and tagged Books Canada Cigarettes Colossal Media Contemporary Issues Delhi Event France Frank Jump Hague HandPaintedType India Lettering Marc Combier Modern Brickads Montreal Murals Netherlands New York Omega Oil People Production Restoration Signwriter Street Art Tobacco Tours Turret Umesh USA Van Gogh Video Worldwide on July 21, 2011 by Sam Roberts

Bull Dairies painted sign on wall by Nick Stenning — I received an email this morning from a mural artist with an interest in working to restore/repaint Ghostsigns in the UK. She found me via a great project being run by the London Mural Preservation Society. I started drafting a response and then realised I’ve […]

Fresh lick of paint

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation and tagged Alcohol Ale Animals Archive Baker Banks's Beer Bile Beans Black & Son Bread Bulls Dairies Cake Coal Coke Corn Dairy Daren Donovan Bros Fish & Chips Food Forage Grocers Health Illustration Isaac Marsh Lime Medicine Melox Clarke's Melox Marvels Merchant Stores Milk Paper Bags Pies Price Tickets Protection Puddings Pulbis Dog Food Restoration Retail Seed Signwriter Stage Wagon Stationery Strong Carrier Bags The Tulketh Transport Travel William Swan on May 7, 2011 by Sam Roberts

The National Trust of Historic Preservation over in the USA features an article on their site discussing the debate over the preservation of Ghost Signs. This is particularly focussed on the question of whether there is a need to restore or repaint the signs to […]