Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Vinegar Tom » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:32 pm

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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Vinegar Tom » Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:43 pm

North side of Argyle Street, near the famous Kelvingrove Cafe sign, from this afternoon:

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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Vinegar Tom » Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:52 pm

Vinegar Tom wrote:An old sign from Canal Street Renfrew. The shop is still a hairdressers.

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You can make out an older sign for "Mc" somebody if you look at the larger version here


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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby Jockissimo » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:01 pm

Just wanted to say great thread


"great thread" :P
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

Postby MungoDundas » Sun May 13, 2012 10:36 pm

Corner of Craigie Street & Allison Street in Govanhill the other week;

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Suppose the Pepsi sign is quite old too.
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Postby Vinegar Tom » Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:11 pm

BTJustice wrote:Here is one with the old signage exposed.
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Page 2 of 16! I should have started at page 1 and worked forward , but can't complain; I enjoyed page 16 back to 2 ::):

The wee shop extension has now been demolished right back to the white tiles and arches. Probably part of the New Gorbals build.
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signage (temporarily revealed)

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Old Shop Signs

Postby hound dog » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:48 pm

Thought I'd seen a thread for this the other day but can't find it :?

This is on Argyle St at the junction with Kelvinhaugh St (I think - next to Sandyford Church)

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Established 1890

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This one isn't very clear - says Strathmore Springs Ltd Robertson Fruit Products Ltd 1070 Argyle Street

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Re: Old Shop Signs

Postby Dexter St. Clair » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:41 pm

Unfortunately Mori made up the thread title http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/search.php?keywords=Uncovered

and you will find everyhting there including the same shots as your photos,

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Re: Old Shop Signs

Postby Lucky Poet » Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:33 pm

No. :P
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Re: Old Shop Signs

Postby Vinegar Tom » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:03 pm

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Re: Old Shop Signs

Postby Dexter St. Clair » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:17 pm

Why don't you make up a post, attribute it to me and add a smart response?
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Re: Old Shop Signs

Postby The Egg Man » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:19 pm

Dexter St. Clair wrote:Moderator scared to upset nonentity contributor who is in favour of killing stray pedestrians whilst attracting a smiley for someone further down the ASD spectrum than the rest of us.

I look forward to the Come Dine With Us episodes featuring them and some ransom woman from Pat's West end web site.



Just a random question. How much might this ransom woman cost?
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

Postby Vinegar Tom » Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:48 am

TEM - thanks for preserving that slice of late night HG banter. Proof if needed that it can get a bit nasty in here at times.
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Re: Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

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