Painted signs and mosaics

A record of painted adverts and doorstep mosaics from Britain, France, Germany and other parts of the world, and the story behind some of them.

Friday, 31 August 2012

Aerlec (Aluminium) Ltd, Birmingham

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Bond Street is home to many fashionable and expensive shops. But that's Bond Street, London. In Birmingham, Bond Street runs through a l...
Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Removals, Thornton Heath

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Relatively few ghost signs include an illustration, which makes the one below in Thornton Heath all the more special. Most of this ghost...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Kay's Motors, West Norwood

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Further down the road from the Brymay ghost sign that reemerged recently, the one for Kay's Motors has experienced an opposite fate. Th...
Monday, 27 August 2012

Brymay, West Norwood

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Some weeks ago the removal of a hoarding revealed the missing part of the Nestlé ghost sign in Clapham. In West Norwood, it is a Brymay gho...
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Saturday, 25 August 2012

Suze, Lille

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Never two without three. After Bonal and St Raphaël , the Rue du Molinel was bound to have a third ghost sign for an aperitif. This time it...
Friday, 24 August 2012

St-Raphaël, Lille

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The side walls and gables of the tall residential blocks of Lille provided many opportunities for large adverts. This particular wall was pa...
Thursday, 23 August 2012

Aux caves des bouchers, Lille

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Two different stores left their names on the façade of this building before 'Aux caves des bouchers' did the same but since the lett...
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