Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

[Dexter St. Clair]

[mrsam]

Ironic cigarette advert

Quick grab the sign its worth 50 quid !!!!!!

Im almost tempted myself

Mr Sam

[onyirtodd]

This may be a bit obvious, but the Finnieston Station referred to is the nearby Glasgow City and District Railway station which closed in 1917, not what is now Exhibition Centre station.

Anyone know what ESB stood for?

Buchanan Scott & Co.


More at http://www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk/twoways.html

[onyirtodd]

Argyle St:

A bit of destruction going on at the Finnieston Station Bar yesterday


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It's the talk of the steamie that the owner allgedly didn't have permission to all but demolish the exterior of the pub and that it will have to be reinstated as was. Story goes it was the Times a few days ago but I can't find anything. Anyone recall seeing the story?

Thanks in anticipation.

[HollowHorn]

Causeyside St. Paisley:

[southwoodside]

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.

[Josef]

Causeyside St. Paisley:

Excellent, HH.

There's a Flickr group (and national project) called Ghost Signs that's dedicated to preserving signs painted directly on to brick or stone (which this looks like it probably is) that you might want to add this to.

[HollowHorn]

Will do, Josef.

This from 'historicalpaisley' over on flickr:

yes it was a butcher, I have the original inauguration of the opening of paisley town hall book at home and there is refrance to this shop having a live lamb perched above the shop as the parade went through town !!!!

[Josef]

Thanks, HH. I can't place that shop front at all. I'll have to stop off and have a nosey around there next week - I'm due a visit to the second-hand bookshop anyway.

[HollowHorn]

It's just before the traffic lights at Canal St. I was in the bookshop yesterday, it's much better organised now. As you may know it was a bank at one time and the safe door is still in situ.

[Josef]

Really? I've been in there a few times since they moved again (and the ladies were bought out), and hadn't noticed. Too busy trying not to knock over the piles of books and boxes on the floor, probably.

That's top of the list for next time, then.

[Rucola]

It's the talk of the steamie that the owner allgedly didn't have permission to all but demolish the exterior of the pub and that it will have to be reinstated as was. Story goes it was the Times a few days ago but I can't find anything. Anyone recall seeing the story?

I won't hold my breath. I haven't heard about Tesco being required to rebuild Partick Central ticket office either.

[Vinegar Tom]

J.C.Kydd at 1863 Maryhill Road



Some of the ruder members of HG might find one part of this snap amusing

[Springburn Boy]

I don't think this is 1950s FM. I checked the valuation roll for 1953 - not there. It's possibly 1930s when many of the shops in this area were refurbished - see the Virtual Mitchell.
I'll have another look at the valuation rolls when I'm back at work next week. One problem with them though is that they don't always say what the shop is.

Le durachd,

Dimairt

[size=150]Where is this signage? A fantastic peice[/size]

[onyirtodd]

Where is this signage? A fantastic peice

St George's Cross end of Maryhill Road.