22 Sep 2013
S Errington and some other South London Ghostsigns
This is a detail from one of my all-time favourite ghostsigns. It’s on Dulwich Road in South London and already features in the History of Advertising Trust Ghostsigns Archive. I had never actually seen it ‘in the flesh’ so it was a great surprise addition to a trip down south to meet Mari Boman and see her collection of prints in the Liminial Space series. (For those wondering what might have followed the ‘Or’, the ever sleuth-like Sebastian has given us ‘Taken in Exchange’.)
As I haven’t posted any of my own images on the blog for some time, here are some other angles on the S Errington furniture dealer sign and a handful of others I ticked off on my cycle, some likely familiar, others perhaps less so…
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