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Another ghost sign

 Ever since my friend Andrew wrote about ghost signs, I’ve been seeing them everywhere… here is one I managed to  snap as we drove through Dorking. If you want to read Andrew’s thoughts on them, have a look here: http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/tracking-down-story-behind-ghost-sign.html … or here: http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/two-ghost-signs-for-one-story-out-in.html … and also here… http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/that-ghost-sign-on-beech-road-painting.html

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Ghost signs

We’ve all seen ghost signs, I’m sure… those faint traces on the side of old buildings of signs and advertisements, painted onto the bricks or plaster rather than posters being stuck up or metal and wooden notices physically attached to the wall. I came across these two in a side street in the pretty old town of […]

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