Painted signs and mosaics

Not quite R.I.P. for the True Form ghost sign on Wimbledon Broadway but my guess is it won't reappear for some years. The brand new bill...

From the design of the letters, it was obvious this sign was promoting a shoemaker or seller rather than Boots the Chemist. Yet when I took ...

Everytime I see this shop sign, I wonder whether it will be there for much longer. It hangs above the eastern corner of a parade of shops. M...

Inspired by the amazing work of Peter Vogel at Nutmegger Workshop across the pond, this week is going to be about shop signage painted on w...

As mentioned yesterday, there is nothing left of this sign at all. It promoted the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS), a consumer co-...

I've just spent the afternoon around Wimbledon and Tooting, where unfortunately three ghost signs are gone. Gillette on Coverton Road w...

For years part of this sign remained hidden by a modern billboard. As dirt accumulated between the billboard and the wall, and traces of yes...

Commuters who turned south as they came out of Haydons Road train station in Wimbledon would certainly have noticed this large sign for a lo...

The names Sears and True-Form have already appeared on this blog in a post about footwear retailers Freeman, Hardy & Willis . The True-F...

Following Brian Duffy's death on 31st May, BBC4 broadcasted on Saturday night " The Man Who Shot the 60s ", originally shown e...

While some old painted signs have been relatively well preserved and are easy to read, deciphering others can be a bit of a challenge. Then ...

Two weeks ago I was searching on my computer for a mosaic I could post on this blog, when I realized that I had two pictures, from Wimbledon...