A laundrette Dry Cleaning sign in Stoke on Trent - jazzy type and wonderfully dated. But still functional. One of the many signs seen on a daily basis across the highstreet.April's edition of Creative Review magazine has an interesting article on Ghostsigns. The notion of faded advertising signs, hand painted on the sides of buildings - often advertisements from the past that still remain long after the shop or product has disappeared.
Ghostsigns often appear in towns and cities - the collection in the Creative Review Monograph publication are from the History of Advertsing Trust collections. (HAT collection is the great resource based in Norfolk). Discovering ghostsigns (lovely term) in derelict areas of cities is quite a surprise - amazing how many still abound.
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