Restoration
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The Partial Repainting of F.C. Dyson Provisions & Groceries, Stoke Newington
While back in the UK recently I spotted this while strolling around in my old Stoke Newington stomping ground. Those familiar with the site as it once was will have some sense of what they’re trying to do here. I’m guessing the primary motivation is the removal of the graffiti covering the old ghostsign that […]
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An opportunity to grab a brush or spray can and contribute to the restoration of a Brixton mural
My friends at the London Mural Preservation Society have successfully obtained lottery funding to restore the Brixton Windmill Mural. The fun part is that members of the public can get involved this weekend (19th and 20th), next weekend (26th) and the Tuesday and Thursday (22nd and 24th) in between. Find out more, including additonal work […]
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Two signs from The Hague sent to me by Martin Percival
Martin kindly sent me these that he took in The Hague. They are restoration jobs, details of the black and white one here [Link expired] and more on another organisation working on preservation in the Netherlands here.
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Restoration Project for Ghost Signs in Salisbury, North Carolina
Details of the process for a specific restoration project, with a facebook page to accompany it. More posts on restoration projects and issues here.
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Conservation guidelines for ghostsigns in Australia
This report, Conserving Historic Signs, was written in 2002 and published by the Heritage Office, Department of Planning, State of New South Wales in 2006. I was alerted to it by Jos Peeters and it is a detailed and fascinating account of some of the considerations when conserving ghostsigns. The work on the HAT archive seems […]
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Parkinsons Pills signs from across the UK: ‘They will buck you up’!
This is a great set of photos for the Parkinsons Pills brand from a site dedicated to the company. A couple of these appear in the archive but the others are new to me, including one where the photographer claims to have got bored part way through restoring it. A follow up post reveals this […]