24 February 2017

Ghostsign – Hinton and Gunner, two Wembley pork and beef butchers

As you can see there have been two butchers at this location in Ealing Road – it's evident that one has been painted over the other. However they offered mainly the same thing:

It's impossible to get a straight-on shot of this sign so I have transformed it using Photoshop to attempt to make it more legible
The earlier blue sign is for R. Gunner – at top left: DAIRY FED PORK, and bottom right: ENGLISH SCOTCH MEAT. Clear, simple and to the point.
The subsequent black lettering for HINTON is now fading away and is more descriptive of the products available. I can make out (/ = line break): PURVEYORS / OF / SCOTCH BRITSH BEEF / GRASS FED [something] / DAIRY FED [pork?] / VARIETY OF COOKED MEATS / Families [?word] / or (?) [? next word].
Hints of a third sign at this site are also evident though no discernible letterforms remain.
If anyone has any archive images of this location, please do email them to me/send links or add them to this post's comments.

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2 comments:

  1. http://resume-writer.net/blog/professional-writer-resume-life-changing-service19 April 2017 at 11:18

    Thanks a lot for the share. Unfortunately, I have no archive images of this location. However, it would be interesting to gather a collection of old pictures.

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  2. critique purchasing3 April 2019 at 09:15

    Please tell me if you managed to find archival photos of this place and restore completely the inscriptions that were made here.

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