A Ghost Sign is a Shadow of its Former Self

I love a ghost sign. Advertising from way-back-when that simply took the form of the product’s name painted on the wall of a house or shop. Faded now, they’re a reminder of simpler times, and are merely a shadow of their former selves.

Non-Brits may not know that Courage is a British beer. This sign I spotted yesterday near Borough Market was sited near where the brewery began in 1787, founded by one – John Courage.

For Becky’s November Shadows.

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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

46 thoughts on “A Ghost Sign is a Shadow of its Former Self”

  10. Great take on the theme! I love a ghost sign too (you may remember I posted a whole gallery of them recently) but although we go to Borough Market often I’ve never spotted this one. I’ll have to hunt it out next time 🙂

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    1. I do remember your Ghost Sign post! I went to BM on my way back to KX to come home, and unsurprisingly, it was closed. So I had plenty of opportunity to look for the unexpected. Lots of reflections in particular that some future challenge may provide me the chance to show some of them.

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  13. OH! What a great name for those faded signs! There’s one in the town in AL where we have my parent’s lake house. I took a picture of it a few years ago, it’s somewhere in my files. The store is long gone, but the log was still, barely, on the side of the building. I thought it was nostolgic when I took the picture, but now if it’s still there, I’ll think about it as a ghost sign.

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