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26 May 2009

Brymay ghost signs

Last week I found another Brymay Matches advertisement poking out from behind a hoarding along South Lambeth Road. There seem to be more Brymay, Hovis and Gillette ghost signs than any other brands in London, and I thought it would be nice to group them together. So this one is the first of the three. 
Reading clockwise from top left: Shepherds Bush Green, West Brompton, New Cross*, Harringey, Upper Holloway, Acton. Ravencourt Park, Lambeth, and in the centre, Fulham.

6 comments:

  1. Phil C26 May 2009 at 17:57

    Could be spooky

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  2. Jane27 May 2009 at 00:26

    Why spooky?

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  3. Shilpa Bhatnagar27 May 2009 at 12:27

    Love your Ghost signs series - it's always so intriguing to imagine the stories behind them!

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  4. Sam Roberts27 May 2009 at 16:55

    These look great, Brymay were massive on the use of hand painted advertising. Their parent company Bryant & May also had some other brands including Swan Vesta, Puck and Captain Webb. Some of these from across the country here, from the Flickr group being used to establish the ghostsigns archive.

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  5. Phil C27 May 2009 at 18:48

    Jane: It's that they have lost their original meaning

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  6. Unknown23 June 2019 at 23:49

    job well done

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