Uncovered: Old Shop Signs (temporarily revealed)

[minxy]

...and a car antenna that always gets in the way in your pic :)

[Lucky Poet]

And a tram rosette

It is indeed the Ben Nevis, btw.

[jmmullarkey1]

Craigton rd, Govan - William Currie



Close up William, notice nice pattern detail below name



Close up Currie



You can just about see 2 different versions painted over each other.

JamesMc.

Possibly the oldest 'Currie' shop in Glasgow?! (:))

[shuttle534]

Argyle St

Image By SZJ @ SSC

I have to pass this sign on the way to work every day and it gives me a sad every time.
Sad that the sign has been sawn through now when it could have easily been taken down or covered over again.
When it was uncovered and I saw it said est 1880 above the door it gave me an odd sense of connection or wonderment of the past in a global sense,
1880 was the year someone was setting up this cafe.
1880 was also the year (mostly taken from wikipedia)
U.S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock
Australian bushranger and bank robber Ned Kelly is hanged in Melbourne
Piezoelectricity is discovered by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie
Manchester City F.C. founded
"Boycotting" of Captain Charles Boycott from which the Verb Boycotting is derived
Elementary Education Act 1880 (The act extended the compulsory age of attendance at school until the age of 10)
The Labour Party did not exist

People like Wild Bill Hickok had died four years earlier and things like Buffalo Bills Wild West Show were to come in the next decade.

I wonder if these topics were being discussed in this cafe at the time? Under the sign someone had hand painted.

[dazza]

Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.

[Dexter St. Clair]

Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.

You cruel Bastard, But Yesssssss!

[Delmont St Xavier]

Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.

You cruel Bastard, But Yesssssss!

Evidence please!

[dazza]

As these signs become faded with age it becomes increasingly difficult to read them, so if Shuttle534 is incorrect then I think it's perfectly understandable.
I first checked the last photos I had taken in 2006, then searched to see if the sign had previously been uploaded on this thread, which it has:
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7272&p=99348#p99348

Looks like 1896 to me, but I could be wrong.

[shuttle534]

:) only 16 years out this time.
Might be time to go to specsavers

[Vinegar Tom]

Sad that the sign has been sawn through now when it could have easily been taken down or covered over again.

That is sad. I was hoping that it would be preserved.

[HollowHorn]

Ummm, I think it was actually dated 1896.

I couldn't give a toss, I loved the post and the sentiment behind it.

[banjo]

ditto

[mjw]

On Great Western Road at Anniesland, surely it isn't lunch from Jordan?

[MungoDundas]

"Bradley's"


near 1022 Shettleston Road?

[Vinegar Tom]

Here's a couple from Greenock:


West End Bazaar & News Agency by vinegartom40, on Flickr


A & W Paterson by vinegartom40, on Flickr