The Theft of L. Lambert, Timber Merchant ghostsigns.co.uk/2022/10/the…

How can us normal people protest in a way that helps hasten the demise of the Truss lot? I feel as angry and helpless as a Putin conscript #GeneralElectionNow #TrussOutNow #TrussOut

Truss and co are financially bombing this country back to the Stone Age #GeneralElectionNow

Them was the days

Absolutely stunning, hope it survives

Not been here for a while, loads of great stuff to check out!

New Peking Inn (Playpaint): From Chinese food to fine art in a grim Brutalist 1970s precinct that’s now been redeveloped and filled with fantastically expensive apartments (pic 2 shows it when it was still a… instagram.com/p/BwzwmlcB9j8/…

W.H. Walkers Livery & Bait Stables: Intriguingly illegible ghostsigns palimpsest. In full, what I can make out on the two layers is: “W.H. Walkers livery & bait stables / illegible taxi &… instagram.com/p/BwpQMblhT8L/…

Ber: An ex-timber merchant? Now gone, along with the neighbouring warehouse and pub, on a corner totally reinvented today as a big glass apartment block with a betting shop in it. circa… instagram.com/p/BwkVp4whnub/…

Metacrest Ltd: Not the world’s finest figure studies, but charming even though the bloke on the right appears to be baring his buttocks. No trace of either the wall painting or the… instagram.com/p/Bwclq79hItI/…

Nicholas Printers (Baldwins): A multi-named palimpsest in colourful Green Lanes. 481A Green Lanes, Borough of Haringey, London N8, 2014 #shopfrontelegy #shopfront #storefront #shopfronts… instagram.com/p/BwXVrCalbdg/…

Loudon Upholstery: Colourful dereliction in the city centre, in a row that was demolished circa 2014. There was a ghost sign visible to the left of China Express where you could see it was… instagram.com/p/BwSlql3hDbk/…

Wax Unlimited: Palimpsest of obsolete (but nor forgotten) formats. 9 Northwold Road, Stoke Newington, Borough of Hackney, London N16 #shopfrontelegy #shopfront #storefront #shopfronts… instagram.com/p/BwNO6MQhFo9/…

Ex-shop: Like so many closed-down shop facades, this resembles an abstract art installation - this one perhaps an early Donald Judd. Was later knocked down to build toytown flats. 160… instagram.com/p/BwFKnFthmzf/…

Eine F: One of the original batch of shop shutter letters by Ben Eine, who later had a work presented to Barack Obama. A load of really crap graffiti soon replaced the big F. Bethnal… instagram.com/p/Bv7LIuplflq/…

Import & Export: Anonymous import-export business with brutal redactions. Later became part of the Happy Shopper next door. 76 Brixton Road, Borough of Lambeth, London SW9,… instagram.com/p/Bv1vZmCh8gQ/…

Oval Office: Used to be Oval Post Office. Became one-third of an estate agent. So things go, in London anyway. 10 Clapham Road, Borough of Lambeth, London SW9, 2005 #shopfrontelegy… instagram.com/p/BvuS3DLBS3F/…

Millennium Flowers, Red Lion & Wheatsheaf: Ghost sign for booze meets superannuated blooms. 45 Deptford High Street, Borough of Lewisham, London SE8, 2002 #shopfrontelegy #shopfront… instagram.com/p/BvpKb4gB0GN/…

Barrier Animal Care Clinic: Pet care in a Noted Stout House, aka Thames Barrier Arms. Apparently the sign saying Roebuck Arms (pic 2) is from a one-off appearance in the TV drama London’s… instagram.com/p/Bvj-JZzlfgL/…

Princess Dry Cleaning: The old ‘Valet Service’ sign was previously covered by an equally attractive 1960s plastic fascia saying Princess Laundrette (complete with a crown). Premises now… instagram.com/p/BvesAUCFs6f/…