Fading painted signs

Tower Hamlets

Via Amanda Jacks on Twitter I was alerted to the reveal of this ghost sign near Columbia Road Market. It’s at the junction of Ravenscroft Street and Wellington Row. The text at the bottom is clearly ‘For Hire’ with the firm’s name being either O. […]

For Hire: Stunning Reveal near Columbia Road Market

This entry was posted in Signs of Note and tagged For Hire Illustration Jobmaster Leakin London Pictorial Princess Dry Cleaning Princess Launderette Ravenscroft Street Reveal Tower Hamlets Transport Transportation UK Valet Service Van Vehible Wellington Row on December 15, 2017 by Sam Roberts

This beautiful glass fascia was captured by Brian Heppell after being revealed briefly in 2014 during the fitting of new signage at 192 Brick Lane, London E1. I have looked for S. Sadler by name in the trades section of a number of Victorian and […]

S. Sadler, Brick Lane

This entry was posted in Signs of Note and tagged Brian Heppell Brick Lane E1 Fading Fascia Fascia Gilding Glasswork London London Shop Fronts Reveal S. Sadler Sadler Shop Fronts Shopfrontelegy Shoreditch Spitalfields Tower Hamlets UK on November 17, 2017 by Sam Roberts

Hessel Street London from Shopfronts Revisited by Lady Lamo — Via this review of the East End shopfronts exhibition happening now in Tower Hamlets, I came across this incredible site which is the work of Lady Lamo and her colleague Alabama. It retraces the steps that Alan Dein took in 1988 and documents what has […]

Then and now: shopfronts 1988 revisited

This entry was posted in Sign Initiatives and tagged East End Event Ghostsigns Lady Lamo London Shop Signs Tower Hamlets on June 3, 2012 by Sam Roberts

CH N. Katz Brick Lane by Alan Dein — Photo: Alan Dein Interview with Alan Dein and more preview images of this exhibition on the Spitalfiends Life blog.

East End shop fronts exhibition profiled on Spitalfields Life

This entry was posted in Inspired by Signs Sign Collections and tagged Article Event Ghostsigns London Shop Signs Tower Hamlets on May 21, 2012 by Sam Roberts

After You've Gone East End shopfront photo from Alan Dein — I’m gutted I won’t be able to visit this exhibition (pdf flyer below) of Alan Dein‘s late 1980s images of shop fronts in Tower Hamlets. If anyone writes a review then let me know and I’ll link to it here. (Hat tip to Lorna at […]

Photographic exhibition of East End shop fronts opens today

This entry was posted in Inspired by Signs Sign Collections Sign Initiatives and tagged Alan Dein East End HWO London Shop Signs Tower Hamlets on May 17, 2012 by Sam Roberts