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Co-author of 'Ghost Signs: A London Story', creator of the Ghostsigns Walking Tours, co-editor of 'Advertising and Public Memory', and all-round ghost signs obsessive at https://ghostsigns.co.uk.

You can follow my blog directly on the fediverse by copying this link and searching for it on your instance: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/author/sroberts/

Also editor and publisher of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine) at https://typo.social/@blag and https://bl.ag.

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ghostsigns, to london
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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: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours/

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

ghostsigns, to beer
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Catch them while you can; ghost signs don't last forever.

Sadly, when John Connell headed out to photograph this multi-layered palimpsest in Wakefield, it was gone, lost to aggresive cleaning of the brick between 2016–23.

My guess is that this was an off licence, but maybe someone with local knowledge might remember?

47 Henry St, Wakefield WF2
Streetviews
2016: https://maps.app.goo.gl/x624M2xJSSQbriy1A
2023: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5hn76Jk1qKjQ3PGE9

ghostsigns,
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@Vibracobra23 Nicely done, thanks Chris!

ghostsigns, to random
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My name is Sam, and since 2006 I've been obsessed with 'ghost' signs* like the one behind me in this photo.

I write a blog (https://ghostisgns.co.uk/blog), have published some books (https://ghostsigns.co.uk/publications/), and share stories via my walking tours (https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours/).

My interest in these fading painted signs also led directly to my work on contemporary sign painting at BLAG (@blag / https://bl.ag).

*NB. I didn't coin the term: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2017/01/tracing-the-origins-of-ghost-signs/

ghostsigns, to mastodon
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I'd love my 'local' feed to be more aligned ghost signs-related topics, eg history, urbanism, architecture, advertising, graphic design, etc.

Is there a nice, perhaps smaller, instance I should consider moving to?

I'd prefer mastodon—I'm used to it now, and could bring my existing posts with me—but I would consider other fediverse services.

I'd be grateful for a or two😀

cc @FediTips

Infrogmation, to NewOrleans
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New Orleans stale beer signs volume II, Regal edition. (Regal was brewed by American Brewing Company on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter c 1891-1961)

  1. Elizabeth's Restaurant, Bywater (old signage since restored)
  2. Snake & Jakes, Carrollton (also since restored)
  3. Dixie Tavern, Lower Garden District
  4. Advertising clock, seen in bar in Carrollton.

Photographed by Infrogmation of New Orleans.

@noladon

A small neighborhood bar in a decrepit looking building with tarped roof. To one side of door is faded sign "REGAL".
Section of exterior wall of wooden building, with weatherboards recently repainted except for a rectangle painted with faded advertising. Text: "DIXIE TAVERN - SANDWICHES & SEAFOOD". Below artwork depicting a glass of beer. TEXT: "REGAL keg BEER - With FROZEN GLASSES".
Illuminated analog clock on wall. In center is artwork of the face and hand of a man holding a glass of beer. The man has long black hair and a pencil moustache, and is smiling with enthusiasm. He wears a 17th century style soft broad-brimmed hat with a large plume, like a Musketeer. Text below: "REGAL BEER".

ghostsigns,
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@jaeclectic @Infrogmation @noladon Exactly as I've just done 🙏🏽

I don't have anything from New Orleans on the site, but a search did throw up this post with a 'faux' ghost sign: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2012/07/faux-ghostsigns/

#ghostsigns #NewOrleans

pfefferle, to fediverse
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We released version 2.3.0 of the plugin for .

Some new features:

  • Support for alt-attributes
  • Prioritize attachments based on the post format (article => all, audio => audio, video => video, ...)
  • Improve JS widgets
  • A better default content handling based on the Object Type
  • You can now add/remove the capability to use ActivityPub for each User

Full changelog: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#230---2024-04-16

Download: https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/releases/tag/2.3.0

ghostsigns,
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@pfefferle I've got this installed and like the publishing to the fediverse. Is there a straightforward way to include replies as comments on WordPress if I'm using the Disqus plugin to manage those?

ghostsigns,
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@pfefferle OK, thanks, depending on its complexity, my designers may be able to code something. Do you have documentation or any guidance on where/how they'd need to tinker?

ghostsigns, to France
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A curious palimpsest here, where it appears that the earlier horizontal Dubonnet piece was painted out to create two panels on the wall for later signs.

It's from Dole in France, but I don't have any more precise location details than that. Perhaps someone that knows the area could help?

This is 1/2 (other below) sent to me by Ian Dennis.

More Dubonnet on the blog here: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tag/dubonnet/

ghostsigns, to graffiti
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One or two ghost signs, too:

https://rss-parrot.net/u/flashbak.com/status/1711821292664144935

ghostsigns, to graffiti
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Interesting piece on @theconversationes about types of 'image' in urban environments; and the value society places on them.

The authors introduce the notion of "urban visual justice", and contend that "all public images are culturally significant".

https://theconversation.com/images-shape-cities-but-who-decides-which-ones-survive-its-a-matter-of-visual-justice-216003

Many of these themes run through my Stoke Newington Ghostsigns Walk (https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours), questioning what has legitimacy on the street, and who decides.

ghostsigns, to superbowl
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Saw Superb Owl hashtag for the first time today, so here's one in New Kensington, Pensilvania...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/macwagen/8498198438

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