Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

[Springburn Boy]

Cheers for that, my wife and I are in our reminicing period just now :) Just at a funny age

[mmd]

Victoria Road a week or two back. Sorry bout pic quality - iPhone's camera still not up to much

[Vinegar Tom]

Revealed by weathering of paint and lightroom jiggery-pokery on Maryhill Road:

[dimairt]

Refurbishment of the Bakehaus on Gt Western Rd reveals a former owner.

Le durachd,
Eddy

[Vinegar Tom]

Nice one Eddy.

Some signs snapped today after spotting last night from the 18 bus between Burnside and Charingcross

Glasgow Eastern Co-Operative Society Limited sign and rosette seen today in Dalmarnock and Bridgeton:













77 Main Street, Bridgeton









Dalmarnock Road , Bridgeton

[Vinegar Tom]

Fish Buffet formerly onScotstoun Street

[Autolycus]

Argyle St:

There's now a temporary sign up saying this place will reopen in October as The Brass Monkey.

[BTJustice]

They have started work on the Off sales on Old Castle Road in Cathcart and revealed the old sign;



In a 1910 map I have of the area the shop was a post office which is probably where the safe dumped outside is from.

Dave.

[HollowHorn]

Better views showing off the 3D nature of the signage...

I wonder what'll happen to that? All the other Root & Fruits signs are now painted flush onto the walls above the shops. If they just cover that up and paint a sign on top of it, it'll ruin the flat uniformity. It's a beauty as well.
I'm assuming it's Roots & Fruits who now own it ?

No, it's owned by the Giovanazzi's who own the chippy, what was O'Henry's downstairs, the pretentious Italian restaurant and I think Oddbins. They've already had problems from Historic Scotland over the frontage on some of their shops and in the past they have shown that they can be very reluctant to pay their fair share on the upkeep of one of Glasgow's most interesting listed buildings. If it's going to cost money to have it preserved it will probably mysteriously fall off into a bin one night.

It would be good to see it preserved in the new transport museum in their 1930's street, which I think they are going to recreate.

It was GLR Stores a hardware shop until a few years ago when George the owner sold it off at a bargain price to some Sikh family who pared its contents down (it was stacked to the gunnels when George ran it). It is part of a block called Caledonian Mansions which was re-roofed earlier this year. Everybody was to contribute to the roof job but the Sikhs found it too expensive and gave the shop up. I was told this by a locksmith who was using the back of the shop in February - as a HQ sort of thing, I think.

From another site to-day:

Noticed this morning a bloke up on a ladder beautifying an original sign above a shop at Kelvinbridge on the block Grassroots is on, Caledonian Mansions.

Brass on wood. The Glasgow Dairy Coy.

Shop windows are whitewashed as if a new occupant's about to arrive. Anyone know?

[dazza]

From another site to-day:

Noticed this morning a bloke up on a ladder beautifying an original sign above a shop at Kelvinbridge on the block Grassroots is on, Caledonian Mansions.

Brass on wood. The Glasgow Dairy Coy.

Shop windows are whitewashed as if a new occupant's about to arrive. Anyone know?

When I walked past today the "dairy" part had been removed, and it now reads "The Glasgow vintage Coy. It does indeed look lovely. The original letters have been repainted gold with black detail.

[Rucola]

Where do these vintage shops get their stock now that Paddy's is closed?

[Vinegar Tom]

Dead people's house clearances

Newsagent , sweets and hardware sign from Aberdour Street , just off Cumbernauld Road / Alexandra Parade

[nodrog]

Better views showing off the 3D nature of the signage...

I wonder what'll happen to that? All the other Root & Fruits signs are now painted flush onto the walls above the shops. If they just cover that up and paint a sign on top of it, it'll ruin the flat uniformity. It's a beauty as well.
I'm assuming it's Roots & Fruits who now own it ?

No, it's owned by the Giovanazzi's who own the chippy, what was O'Henry's downstairs, the pretentious Italian restaurant and I think Oddbins. They've already had problems from Historic Scotland over the frontage on some of their shops and in the past they have shown that they can be very reluctant to pay their fair share on the upkeep of one of Glasgow's most interesting listed buildings. If it's going to cost money to have it preserved it will probably mysteriously fall off into a bin one night.

It would be good to see it preserved in the new transport museum in their 1930's street, which I think they are going to recreate.

It was GLR Stores a hardware shop until a few years ago when George the owner sold it off at a bargain price to some Sikh family who pared its contents down (it was stacked to the gunnels when George ran it). It is part of a block called Caledonian Mansions which was re-roofed earlier this year. Everybody was to contribute to the roof job but the Sikhs found it too expensive and gave the shop up. I was told this by a locksmith who was using the back of the shop in February - as a HQ sort of thing, I think.

From another site to-day:

Noticed this morning a bloke up on a ladder beautifying an original sign above a shop at Kelvinbridge on the block Grassroots is on, Caledonian Mansions.

Brass on wood. The Glasgow Dairy Coy.

Shop windows are whitewashed as if a new occupant's about to arrive. Anyone know?

And now...


Wonder what happened to the DAIRY letters ?

[Doorstop]

Adrian Mole stole 'em.

[Vinegar Tom]

And someone set fire to em

Old Dairy revealed by fire in Mount Florida. I saw this in passing and got exited without realising why it was there