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2011-09-17

Ghost Signs - Documenting painted advertising signs in the UK

"Painted signs were once common but have been replaced by printed billboards, and those that survive are fading fast, or being demolished during building work. "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/mar/17/advertising-history-archive-ghostsigns

http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk/archive

2 comments:

Roy said...: Ghost signs was one of the most widely used methods of promotion and advertising. It has been replaced by modern printed banners and neon light banners, but they had their own place. We used to see painters painting the walls during our school days and used to wait till it gets completed.

Roy

SEO Philadelphia; 19 September 2011 at 20:26
'ö-Dzin Tridral said...: They are very interesting pieces of history, and although they're fading they will have lasted longer than our modern signs that come and go quite quickly.; 20 September 2011 at 06:34

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