Jeffrey Johnson’s Favourite Signs
Enigmatic Photographer Jeffrey Johnson deposited a stack of his pictures from the seventies and eighties with Archivist Stefan Dickers at the Bishopsgate Institute, including these photos of signs and ghost signs. Sharing Jeffrey’s relish at this magnificent array, I cannot resist the feeling that he is one after my own heart in savouring both the poetry and aesthetics of London’s old signage.
Win her affections with A1 Confections
Temporary office staff urgently required
Permanent waving clubs held here
More news than in any other daily paper
English clock system
Barry Lampert – Your choice for Hackney
The best food for the whole family sold here
Home cured haddocks & bloaters
The noted house for paper bags
£40 worth for four shillings weekly
Families and dealers supplied
Harris the sign king
Headache draughts
Progressive working class catering
For that natural just combed look
Radio London wireless said ‘The cosy fish bar in Whitecross St serves the best quality fish & chips in London.’
See the light…taste the light
We specialies in suits, donkey coats, officers uniforms, belts & braces, sailors clothing…
Laying out & measuring up undertaken
Photographs copyright © Jeffrey Johnson
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I love Porn and Dunwoody ha ha. And the Tea Room looks like the frontage of a funeral directors!
I love looking at these photos. Fabulous!
A great glimpse of the past!
I wonder if any of the ghost signs still exist?
Brilliant, just brilliant.
A lost paradise, gone forever.
Top notch memories.
Dear GA, if you ever decide to ‘undertake measuring up’ for Spitalfields Life T-shirts, I’d like to purchase a few shirts with the “Commit No Nuisance” sign printed on them. I think One Size Fits All would suffice.
Remember some of these. Window to the past. Thanks