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En route to London, and looking forward to this weekend's walk in Stoke Newington. I still have a couple of tickets for Saturday morning, so please join us and/or boost — 😃 — to let your friends and followers know.

ghostsigns.co.uk/tours

Pictured is one of a number of palimpsests that feature on the walk. At different times, it advertised the Lancashire cotton spinners John Hawkins & Sons, and the Steele's glass merchants and manufacturers.

#ghostsigns #StokeNewington @London #N16 #boost

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I have only four tickets left for my Stoke Newington Ghostsigns Walk in London on 24 August. Visit ghostsigns.co.uk/tours to get one (or more), or to take the tour digitally/remotely.

This is a photo of me taken by Gloria Soria, standing in front of the fading painted sign that triggered what was to become an obsession. It's advertising a stationers, Walker Bros., that sold Waterman's Fountain Pens, and is one of the highlights of this walk.

My only in-person walking tour for 2024 is in Stoke Newington on Saturday, 24 August.

I am excited to get back on the street to introduce guests to the wonderful ghost signs in the area that I first started documenting and researching these remnants of advertising past.

More details and tickets are here on my website: ghostsigns.co.uk/tours/

I would appreciate any boosts, and please do share with friends in London that might enjoy the walk.

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@planetaryecologist And, in the niche realm of ghost signs (fading painted signs), a palimpsest is the appearance of multiple layers of lettering that occurs when newer signs decay to reveal those that lie beneath.

This photo by @RoyReed shows at least three layers of text for the same business, Cakebread Robey & Co. and it's story is told in our book, Ghost Signs: A London Story (ghostsigns.co.uk/book).

Does anyone know what this number/code signifies on Knebworth Rd, London N16: 9684 N.N.S.?

There is another with the same N.S.S. suffix in Notting Hill, which happens to be just below a ghost sign. This could indicate they are site markers for an outdoor advertising company, but that is currently just speculation. .

Answers on a postcard, or in a reply, and please boost to increase reach...

I don’t think any of this info will be new to anyone here, but: an #introduction.

I’m from #Arkansas; I moved to the UK after university. I‘ve got two kids, a dog, a cat, and a husband. I live in #London, specifically #StokeNewington, and I work in #publishing (I have a job as an editor, and I also run a small press).

I enjoy #reading, #cooking, #comedy, and doing the #NYTcrossword. I believe people should be free to be who they are, and we should all be kind enough to leave each other alone.