Ghost Ads

[banshee]

nice one at cedars road sw11 not far from clapham common.looked at it on google and it goes around the side too

biggest one i've seen

 

[Ramsgatonian]

Here are some ghost ads outside my house in Ramsgate.

PICKFORD'S REMOVALS AND STORAGE

ANTIQUE AND MODERN FURNITURE BOUGHT FOR CASH

 

[sparky.]

Wow brilliant I love these sorts of things

 

[nelly]

Found this little beauty in Cheshunt, Herfordshire today.

 

[imyimyimy]

A few i've found this week, whilst roaming around as you do.. I know there are more, it's just being arsed to get there.. lols

Peace!

 

[ablackwood]

After seeing this post I remembered a great piece of 'Ghost Ad' just a few streets away from my house. Sod's law - a construction site had now appears around the building obscuring the ad slightly. Still an interesting example.

In case you can't make it out it says Undertakers.

 

[banshee]

looks like you might have got the picture just before the painters arrive !

 

[nelly]

looks like you might have got the picture just before the painters arrive !

Its so sad, these things must be getting covered over or demolished on a very regular basis

 

[Acebikerchick]

From Mellihah, Malta

 

[oldscrote]

Here's another one from Bath,all on the same building now a chemists

1


2 this and number 3 seem to have been restored


3


Gurgeons is an old word for coarse meal

 

[krela]

Here's another one from Bath,all on the same building now a chemists

Oi, get out of my hood.

 

[nelly]

Found this fantastic double whammy when I was in Bedford this evening

Just done a little research into the Greys Tobacco one to try and date it and found this...........

"There's evidence that the sign was covered over by a larger wooden billboard for many decades. This must have protected the old paint underneath. Around the edges is a faint intermittent white line where the frame of the billboard was repainted white. I guess it was only removed a few years back."

Couldn't get a definite date, but Grey's were using the "Honest to goodness" slogan in a 1944 advert

 

[skeleton key]

Like that alot mate Use to pass these on my way to work SK

 

[nelly]

Guys.

I am so impressed by this Ghost Ad malarkey that I've started a Facebook group called, yup you guessed it!! "Ghost Ads"

Love to see some of the photos on the previous pages there. If you join from DP then let me know who you are if your FB id is different from your DP name

The link....................... http://www.facebook.com/groups/169104323181617/

 

[PROSNIPER]

Manchester House ( godalming high street ) surrey

Saw this in godalming high street today not sure of the history im hoping someone will tell me more ..

 

[nelly]

The George Hotel - Old Harlow. Circa 1800 and closed in 1948 now an estate agents.

 

[krela]

That's not a ghost sign that's masonry work.

 

[nelly]

That's not a ghost sign that's masonry work.

It's ghost masonry work

 

[Foxylady]

It's ghost masonry work

 

[oldscrote]

Spotted a few more in Bath

The Limes guest house and boarding now a private house


now an off licence


and finally one for Nelly, more ghost masonry work although this is advertising beer as well as the pub.The pub is sadly closed and now a private residence