Month: February 2012
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Ghostsigns from Elkhorn, Montana…
…this one particularly caught my eye, more here. Photo: Off the Beaten Path.
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Mid-20th Century photos of King’s Cross featuring some painted ads
This set of photos shows what King’s Cross was like 60 years ago with the odd painted ad caught inadvertently by what appears to have been a bus enthusiast. The one above features a shop sign for Freeman, Hardy & Willis, and there’s this one too. The full set here.
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Frank Jump on 90.7 WFUD
Great radio interview with Frank talking about his work, his book and the topic in general. (A brief mention of this blog shortly after 12 minutes – thanks Frank!)
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Sunderland Echo at the Beamish Museum (via @Beamish_Museum)
A nice photo of this sign, produced for the ‘living’ Beamish Museum, which reminds me that I must visit at some point when I’m back in the UK. Here it is in the archive: http://www.hatads.org.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=9446
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Record Breaking Roofad
I’ve been sitting on this for such a long time that I almost completely forgot about it. In fact, Mark sent me details of it back in June 2009 so hands up for my complete slackness on that front! It is another example of a ‘roofad‘ but one with significant exposure, being situated on top of […]
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Players, real or poor fake?
This is something of an old mystery but my comments on Flickr never received any response so I thought I’d open the case file again. Any thoughts on the authenticity or otherwise of the Players sign in this picture most welcome…