22 Mar 2009
Maggie Jones joins the archive
Maggie Jones has signed up to contribute her work to the UK Ghost Signs archive. Here’s one of my favourites from her set, a new addition to the Hovis collection, this one from Tooting in South London.
You can get involved too, more information here and the Flickr group here.
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