Ghost signs

I used to live above a corner shop and when this corner shop changed hands the new owners had new signage put up. Revealing, in the interim, a ghost sign. Painted onto the corner of the building, covered by the modern external signs. Just hanging out there all that time. I love that they are called ghost signs because that's exactly how they look and feel. There are a few I see regularly in my city and I think I might cry if anything happened to them. I really ought to check they are on a database somewhere. Hovis are really embracing this. They have a map of their ghost signs and a blog post The Fading Legacy of Hovis Ghost Signs: A Testament to Time and Tradition which is pretty cool of them. I've had a quick look around and can't see any other brand that does this, though Hovis always leans hard on the heritage angle. Ghost signs aren't protected, unless they happen to be on a protected building or in a conservation area. Though they can be taken into account as part of the…