Comments on: Jeffrey Johnson’s Favourite Signs

By: Shawdian

Shawdian — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:39:07 +0000

EXCELLENT signs! Love these: All Drivers of Vehicles Should Walk Their Horses, Yorkshire Stingo Ales, We are born Yorkshire babies but not heard of this Stingo Ale 🙂 and Commit No Nuisance and Less Noise Please Consider The Office Upstairs! Fabulous. So many good signes here make me laugh. Signs of when People could be People and express themselves – Far Too Much PC now and I do not mean of the computer type …

By: Isis

Isis — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:57:38 +0000

What a lovely collection. I imagine most of these are now gone, though of course Donovan Bros is beautifully restored and the Quality Chop House soldiers on (thought without the tea room!). Scenes from a disappeared world, though with a few glimpses left like Boleyn Ground and environs.

By: Annie G

Annie G — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 10:42:35 +0000

GA, have you ever seen the splendid sign at Mecklenburg Square? If you walk down Grays Inn Road, heading south, it is there on the right hand side. I like to think of Lord Peter Wimsey noting it as he visited Harriet Vane. Worth a peruse.

By: SarahC

SarahC — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 09:18:28 +0000

The A1 Confections sign used to be a highlight of the 73 bus route in the 1990s. Looking at Google Streetview, the health food shop that’s there now has a banner in exactly the same place, so I suspect it’s still lurking underneath.

By: Chris Moxey

Chris Moxey — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 22:39:08 +0000

Great to see these! I remember the Daily Chronicle and News of the World signs well. They were on Wick Road, just around the corner from the Tiger pub, Kenworthy Rd E9.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 20:11:48 +0000

Great pictures. Jeffrey is a great photographer.
S. Grant was in West India Dock Road, Limehouse, next to the old Eastern Hotel which later became the Londoner. They sold army surplus stock and men’s clothing. I used to buy my Levis there. There were so many interesting shops along that stretch of West India Dock Road from the Eastern Hotel to the West India Dock gates. Charlie Brown’s pub was on the corner of Garford Street too. The Hope Mission was also in Limehouse.

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 17:52:03 +0000

These are great, I love typography, shop signs and all that sort of thing. Something else I feel which is no longer half as good as it used to be so it is lovely to see these examples from a really interesting collection. I hope that there will be more?

By: Dave Collier

Dave Collier — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 16:41:55 +0000

‘Win Her Affection with A.1. Confections’ was in Albion Parade, Albion Road, Stoke Newington, presumably the same one. Are the locations of the photos recorded?

By: Philip Marriage

Philip Marriage — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:41:50 +0000

These are so interesting – Jeffrey’s worthy record of times past – more please!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:33:06 +0000

I love ghost signs. “Home cured haddocks and bloaters” is still there even now – in High Street, Cheshunt (note the Waltham Cross phone number).