Dean NicholasIn Pictures: Ghost Signs"Awarded five gold medals". Ghost sign in Dalston, by Tom BlandTyres. By Tyla. Commercial Street, Shoreditch. By dakota_booCepnos at Mile End station, by Dean NicholasVeglio & Co cafe. This sign above Tottenham Court Road station was revealed after being hidden for many years during the Crossrail works. Photo by buckaroo kidLiverpool Road, N1. By Dean NicholasBoots the Chemist. By Tommy Johansson.Hackney Road. By Lindsey ClarkeTube roundel. By Ronald HackstonHammersmith Palais ghost sign at Hammersmith station. By Pete WoodheadGhost sign, Clerkenwell. By dakota_booGhost sign along the Regent's Canal. By Tom Bland.
Ghost signs haunt the streets of London, offering redundant goods and services lost to the annals of time. Often painted by skilled artists onto brick buildings, many have outlived the businesses they advertised and are now part of the capital's mongrel streetscape. Here are a few favourites.
