18 Mar 2010
Archive launches tomorrow…
The final video and image highlight as we count down to tomorrow’s launch of the archive.
The picture is from the new Hotels & Restaurants gallery while the video features an assortment of different categories which previously didn’t have a home (they now do!). Finally, below, is another video from much earlier in the project featuring some of my own favourites from 2008.
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Six days to launch…
Another video and image highlight as we count down to the launch of the archive on 19th March. These are from the Household & Furniture gallery. The images being featured in this countdown to launch are all those that feature on the postcard series which will be available to buy from Friday, 19th March. More […]
13 Mar 2010
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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.
22 Mar 2009
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What was John Bull?
A magazine or a tyre brand? Or something else? While working on refining the categories for the archive I came across two signs which I am now uncertain about and I need your help. These are both for brands that adopted the moniker John Bull, which I now understand is a generic character akin to […]
12 Dec 2009
