Ghost signs of London

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1. https://preview.redd.it/sde9c8m5ta4f1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea4b8a5a60534741bffe868d1dce65f6e1b1b88d

   This one is in Balham

2. https://preview.redd.it/lncv3zimta4f1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8bf9dfd15f07d25067b2c9ace5314a50517eaf9

   …and this one in Colliers Wood. I love spotting these whilst cycling and one day I’ll take pictures of them all.

3. https://www.reddit.com/r/london/s/wUwQvSWwxZ

   Covered by a hoarding for decades, uncovered, painted over and now restored, although not as well painted as the original.

4. This one with a cat was covered up unfortunately. It was on Dingley Road in Islington.

   https://preview.redd.it/60zy0m4wta4f1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f942fd0492793e8deb339278e83e69db17071727

5. In Amsterdam they sometimes repaint these original ads. Honestly I quite like them. Feels like you can look into the past without having to watch a film.

6. This one in Brockley has been restored it seems

   https://preview.redd.it/h6sun5m4wa4f1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b13c2987f404fff8b8bfe354ed8890017db391c

7. This one in Catford

   https://preview.redd.it/jn4b3gkbxa4f1.jpeg?width=1023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ce7413080e4950951afada55b702558eb9f34ac

8. *
   I grew up down the road from here in North West London off Kilburn high road, grew up always seeing it

9. Ghost Sign actually

10. https://preview.redd.it/d6v93j8b0b4f1.jpeg?width=874&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41b2b260de1ebf023df0f02977d09f2337b84099

    West Brompton

11. https://preview.redd.it/45angljk9b4f1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd5ba54ce665ae06b80e9b0a0a662939f2bf33d7

    Ezra street.

12. There’s a great one in Brixton for Bovril

    [Bovril Ghost Sign](https://i.imgur.com/KAGVGR1.jpeg)

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