R.I.P Canham, East Sheen

I already posted a picture of the Canham ghost sign below a couple of years ago but if I revisit it today it is because, alas, it is no more. As I was walking along Sheen Lane I noticed the brick façade of the building as well as the side wall where the ghost sign was located had been given a thick coat of paint. What a shame!
As a result of this act of vandalism, all that is left of this former draper and haberdasher's is a window with a list of some of the products available engraved. The shop was located at the corner of Sheen Lane and St Leonard's Road, fifty metres away from the ghost sign. Since then the building has been divided between a cafe/restaurant and some flats at the back. Fortunately the owner of one of these flats had the good idea of preserving the original window. I suppose there were more like this one, listing other goods sold by Canham, but they are all gone.


Rayner
Canham
General
Draper
& Ha... [Haberdasher]
Location: Sheen Lane / Picture taken in May 2008

Canham, general draper; East Sheen

Several cafes, newsagents, estate agents, and a railway station can be found along Sheen Lane, but no draper. Still, the only ghost sign in the area was for such a shop.

Rayner
Canham
General
Draper
& Ha... [Haberdasher]
Another sign was originally painted on this wall but apart from a couple of "S"s not much is left of it.

The Canham shop was located at 40 Sheen Lane, at the corner with St Leonard's Road, fifty meters south of this sign, on the opposite side of the road.

Location: Sheen Lane / Picture taken on 21/05/2008