Saying Hello (and Goodbye) to London’s Ghost Signs

On the fifth anniversary of publishing Ghost Signs: A London Story, I’m excited to announce that the book is back in print as London’s Ghost Signs. Roy Reed and I have updated some of the 250+ entries, but otherwise the content in its new compact format is identical to the earlier volume, and very reasonably priced at £15.99.Buy the BookLondon’s Ghost Signs (ISBN 9781902910857) is published by Metro Publications. There’s more about the Take Courage sign from the cover in this post.London’s Lost Ghost SignsIn the original book we focused on ghost signs that were still visible on London’s streets. This was to increase the book’s utility for those wanting to go out and see them ‘in person’. The only flexibility we allowed ourselves was in the ‘Biography of a Ghost Sign’ chapter which primarily deals with the various ways that signs are lost. (This also allowed me to include one of my all-time favourites in the form of the Black Cat Cigarettes sign.)In our notes on the selection of ghost…

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