Next time you are out and about in SE11, SE17 or SE1 look up and you might detect something slightly less fading than the value of your home. They’re called Ghost Signs, and we are the lucky recipient of fast least three of them (and I challenge you to find others). The most intriguing is for a motorbike shop called ‘Ariel’, and it once inhabited the small courtyard next to  Durning Library. The image below is old, as the sign now has now faded almost into obscurity. There are whole websites, blogs, apps and even tours dedicated to fading signs. The most comprehensive is called ‘Ghost Signs’, 

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There are two more Ghost Signs that we’ve found with images below. The top is to be found at the top of Brixton Road and advocates the virtues of smoking,  The other is to be found in Iliffe Street in Walworth.

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