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'Ghost signs'

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  • #152
    Masada
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    This is a Bakery under the railway bridge on Amien Street, I actually remember this being a Bakery when I was around 5-6 and there was an old lady that ran it, she was very nice., I got my obsession with black forrest Gatau in there, ive no idea when it closed but it was a long time ago. Im supprised its lasted all this time without the building being used for something else.,

    (The shutters got a lick of paint when the casino kinda place next door reopened a few months ago)
    4235355481_5c0632ca0f.jpg


  • #153
    CUCINA
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    Don't have photos, but there are two I am aware of...The Halfway House pub on the Longmile road has "Yeate's" shown in ground tiles at the entrance. I think Yeates was the original owner of the pub.
    Also in Lucan, on the Ballydowd Road, there is a newsagents shop which still has the "Evening Press" sign hanging over the door, showing the original logo, corresponding to the mast-head on the newspaper.


  • #154
    vektarman
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    CUCINA wrote: »
    Don't have photos, but there are two I am aware of...The Halfway House pub on the Longmile road has "Yeate's" shown in ground tiles at the entrance. I think Yeates was the original owner of the pub.
    Also in Lucan, on the Ballydowd Road, there is a newsagents shop which still has the "Evening Press" sign hanging over the door, showing the original logo, corresponding to the mast-head on the newspaper.

    I was just thinking the same thing myself about the evening press signs, there's still a few on shops around the city, I'll take a pic when I'm passing the Ballydowd stores.


  • #155
    1968
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    vektarman wrote: »
    I was just thinking the same thing myself about the evening press signs, there's still a few on shops around the city,

    There are probably still a few 'Dublin Daily' ones left as well. :p


  • #156
    GerardKeating
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    spurious wrote: »
    St. Peter's Bakery, Parnell Street. (photo taken March 2007)
    100359.JPG

    Drove past that the other week, but no camera on me. Still looks the same..


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  • #157
    vektarman
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    Difficult to see but the sign says Harding Dublin working boys technical school 1872, It's in Lord Edward Street [IMG][/img]DSCF3506.jpg

    Hawkins Street-[IMG][/img]DSCF3507-1.jpg


  • #158
    Dord
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    Saw a great one when I was on my way home. It was too dark to take a pic but I'll get it in the morning. :)


  • #159
    Gaspode
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    WindSock wrote: »
    There was something about that old pram building that always creeped me out a bit. Maybe it was the whole baby thing :D


    It was the way all the floors bobbed up & down when you walked on the I think.


  • #160
    Wishbone Ash
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Difficult to see but the sign says Harding Dublin working boys technical school 1872, It's in Lord Edward Street [IMG][/img]DSCF3506.jpg
    Posted already by yours truly but here's a better image. :)

    LordEdwardStreetHardingHome.jpg


  • #161
    Dord
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    Took this yesterday on Queen St. Dublin 7.

    245405db.jpg


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  • #162
    mambo
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    This may also interest those of us who like old signs

    Showcase Of Beautiful Vintage and Retro Signage
    http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/08/showcase-of-beautiful-vintage-and-retro-signage/


  • #163
    Time Magazine
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    Hermy wrote: »
    ...but this one is in O'Connell Street. Had they a shop here?
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    Hermy wrote: »
    I stand to be corrected on this but my mother says she remembers the shop in O'Connell Street. I also found a reference to it here.
    Does anyone know for sure?

    EDIT: I think I've found confirmation here.

    And thanks to the source of all information in Ireland, www.boards.ie:
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  • #164
    Dord
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    Time Magazine wrote: »
    And thanks to the source of all information in Ireland, www.boards.ie:
    4255835233_66212c828f_o.jpg

    I was talking to my Dad recently about this. He said that he knew of that shop and actually went for an interview as a salesman with them back in the late 60's/early 70's. Actually I showed him this whole thread when I was at my parents house for christmas. He really enjoyed seeing the old pictures.


  • #165
    MediaTank
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    Hermy wrote: »
    I stand to be corrected on this but my mother says she remembers the shop in O'Connell Street. I also found a reference to it here.
    Does anyone know for sure?

    EDIT: I think I've found confirmation here.

    You are very corrrect. They forget to mention the other location on the company history http://www.peterson.ie/pipes/about-us.html


  • #166
    DecentBee
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »

    LordEdwardStreetHardingHome.jpg

    The Dublin & Harding Working Boys Technical Home School :pac:


  • #167
    DubMedic
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    DecentBee wrote: »
    The Dublin & Harding Working Boys Technical Home School :pac:
    Yes?? And??.

    If your post is supposed to be some sort of subtle suggestion towards 'hard', and the abuses etc, then it's not helpful at all.

    .


  • #168
    DecentBee
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    DubMedic wrote: »
    Yes?? And??.

    If your post is supposed to be some sort of subtle suggestion towards 'hard', and the abuses etc, then it's not helpful at all.

    .

    That hadn't crossed my mind at all, actually. I assume it's supposed to read 'Dublin Working Boys Home & Technical School' but at first glace I was massively confused.


  • #169
    vektarman
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    Texacloth wool merchants, North Brunswick Street.

    [IMG][/img]DSCF3508.jpg


  • #170
    Wishbone Ash
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Texacloth wool merchants, North Brunswick Street.

    [IMG][/img]DSCF3508.jpg
    I've been in North Brunswick Street many times and hadn't noticed that before. It's not like me! :o


  • #171
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    Masada wrote: »
    Here's one i took the other day, its High street up near Christ Church., The pic is terrible but it was lashing and i was in a moving car at the time.,:)

    4197784290_5bc9004f08_b.jpg

    From what I remember as a kid it was alway dark inside. No matter how bright it was outside. And upstairs was just dank.
    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Thomas Court

    ThomasCourtBakery.jpg

    These made the nicest bread in the area when they were open. It was always busy and closed around 3 in the afternoon.


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  • #172
    vektarman
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    I've been in North Brunswick Street many times and hadn't noticed that before. It's not like me! :o
    It's easy to miss, I only knew of it because I went to school there, Brunner, not the wool merchants.:)


  • #173
    WindSock
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    That Murphy pram building always creeped me out a little. Wonder if it's haunted?


  • #174
    Elegant Chaos
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    Sunlight Chambers on Parliament Street is probably one of the most elaborate "ghost signs" around - a terracotta frieze depicting soap making and soap use through the ages used to advertise the Lever Brothers offices. Nice detail on it to be found on Archiseek.

    Great thread by the way.


  • #175
    admiralofthefleet
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    on top of the building over the main entrance to jervis shopping centre is 'jervis hospital school of nursing'

    i spotted a few on camden street today ill try get pics next week


  • #176
    DubMedic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭DubMedic


    Here's a couple I found on an old memory stick.

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    5.JPG

    2.JPG

    picture.JPG

    I have more which I'll upload over the next few days.. but that's it for now.

    .


  • #177
    mambo
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭mambo


    See also:

    A Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn, or simply Mail Pouch Barn, is a barn with one or more sides painted from 1890 to 1992, in advertisement for the West Virginia Mail Pouch chewing tobacco company (Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company), based in Wheeling, West Virginia. At the height of the program in the early 1960s, there were about 20,000 Mail Pouch barns spread across 22 states

    http://blog.humancentric.com/ad-barns-an-unexpected-history-lesson/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Pouch_Tobacco_Barn


  • #178
    Wishbone Ash
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    mambo wrote: »
    See also:

    A Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn, or simply Mail Pouch Barn, is a barn with one or more sides painted from 1890 to 1992, in advertisement for the West Virginia Mail Pouch chewing tobacco company (Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company), based in Wheeling, West Virginia. At the height of the program in the early 1960s, there were about 20,000 Mail Pouch barns spread across 22 states

    http://blog.humancentric.com/ad-barns-an-unexpected-history-lesson/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Pouch_Tobacco_Barn
    Dublin City ghost signs would be more appropriate! ;)


  • #179
    Rashers
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    I'm surprised no one has uploaded this one yet.... the two signs on the front of the Lower Deck. As they are old and would even be considered to be illegal if placed there now they must qualify as ghost signs.

    goldflake.jpg


  • #180
    Wishbone Ash
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    Rashers wrote: »
    I'm surprised no one has uploaded this one yet.... the two signs on the front of the Lower Deck. As they are old and would even be considered to be illegal if placed there now they must qualify as ghost signs
    I thought they were 'retro' adverts placed a few years ago when such things were considered trendy by the pub trade?


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  • #181
    Rashers
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    I thought they were 'retro' adverts placed a few years ago when such things were considered trendy by the pub trade?

    Possibly too. Anyone know for certain?


  • #182
    Wishbone Ash
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    KilmainhamVauxhall.jpg

    KilmainhamWheels.jpg


  • #183
    vektarman
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    Is that second pic the old wheels motorbike repair shop in Old Kilmainham Wishbone? If it is, it's really showing it's age, I remember getting my vespa repaired there at one time.


  • #184
    Wishbone Ash
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Is that second pic the old wheels motorbike repair shop in Old Kilmainham Wishbone? If it is, it's really showing it's age, I remember getting my vespa repaired there at one time.
    Indeed it is!

    The 'Vauxhall' sign is close by.


  • #185
    lord lucan
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    CUCINA wrote: »
    Also in Lucan, on the Ballydowd Road, there is a newsagents shop which still has the "Evening Press" sign hanging over the door, showing the original logo, corresponding to the mast-head on the newspaper.

    Here we go,taken this morning:

    2010-02-02111633.jpg


  • #186
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    CUCINA wrote: »
    Also in Lucan, on the Ballydowd Road, there is a newsagents shop which still has the "Evening Press" sign hanging over the door, showing the original logo, corresponding to the mast-head on the newspaper.

    Here it is. Note the Ergas sign as well.

    picture.php?albumid=783&pictureid=4883

    Guess I should have looked at the last page of the thread first rather than looking for the original post!


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  • #187
    lord lucan
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    This one is on Westmoreland st above the Spar. Been meaning to take a pic of it for ages. I'd love to know what it means?!

    2010-02-04143052.jpg


  • #188
    lord lucan
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    I guess this qualifies as a ghost sign now since the establishment changed names a few years ago.

    download.jpg


  • #189
    r3nu4l
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    foreign wrote: »
    Here it is. Note the Ergas sign as well.

    Guess I should have looked at the last page of the thread first rather than looking for the original post!
    lord lucan wrote: »
    Here we go,taken this morning:

    Ah, Molloys, it's been years since I was in that shop. I went to the CBS in Lucan and we were barred from going in there at lunch when I was in the school...


  • #190
    tvbrat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭tvbrat


    This is a great thread
    I took this one today on James Street Thomas Street
    2 old shops, Lynch and Conway

    104933.jpg


  • #191
    vektarman
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    tvbrat wrote: »
    This is a great thread
    I took this one today on James Street
    2 old shops, Lynch and Conway

    Not to be too pedantic about it but it's actually Thomas Street, interestingly there was a laneway called Marhalsea Lane between these two buildings up to a few years ago until Lynchs pub bought it from the then Dublin Corporation and extended the pub over the lane, the sad thing about it is Marshalsea lane was one of the last viking era routes in the city complete with a cobbled surface and a drain channel running down the centre.


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  • #192
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    vektarman wrote: »
    the sad thing about it is Marshalsea lane was one of the last viking era routes in the city complete with a cobbled surface and a drain channel running down the centre.


    If it interests you.

    Darkey Kellys pub and hotel (Harding hotel) Fishamble st were built over similar, during renovations a few years back the builders discovered a similar lane from Fishamble St. through to Crow's lane.

    However its preserved and a glass floor (with lighting) was put over the old cobble stones and drain. It run's through the hotel reception area.


  • #193
    tvbrat
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Not to be too pedantic about it but it's actually Thomas Street, interestingly there was a laneway called Marhalsea Lane between these two buildings up to a few years ago until Lynchs pub bought it from the then Dublin Corporation and extended the pub over the lane, the sad thing about it is Marshalsea lane was one of the last viking era routes in the city complete with a cobbled surface and a drain channel running down the centre.

    Youre right its Thomas Street, sorry about that
    dont know where my head is today


  • #194
    Dord
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Not to be too pedantic about it but it's actually Thomas Street, interestingly there was a laneway called Marhalsea Lane between these two buildings up to a few years ago until Lynchs pub bought it from the then Dublin Corporation and extended the pub over the lane, the sad thing about it is Marshalsea lane was one of the last viking era routes in the city complete with a cobbled surface and a drain channel running down the centre.

    952.jpg

    Here's a picture of it.

    Is this not it still in between the two buildings? :confused:


  • #195
    DubMedic
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    .


  • #196
    vektarman
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    Dord wrote: »
    952.jpg

    Here's a picture of it.

    Is this not it still in between the two buildings? :confused:
    Great picture Dord, Lynch's used it as a beer garden complete with canopy! I assumed it was lost for good so great to see it's still there, what a shame to see it's a bit of a rubbish dump now. :(


  • #197
    vektarman
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    Castle Street.

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  • #198
    Little Alex
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    Went for a stroll into town today in the glorious sunshine a managed to get a couple of photos.
    vektarman wrote: »
    That's a nice piece of urban history, they merged with some smaller banks to become AIB, there was a Munster & Leinster building in Prussia Street but when I went to take a pic the sign had been cemented over.:(
    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    That can be seen over a lot of the more ornate AIB's.

    Many of the Bank of Ireland premises still have their old name "Hibernian Bank".

    Thanks for the info!

    The Bottler's Bank in Rathgar:

    107042.JPG

    the toast bar in Rathmines:

    107036.JPG

    The Manhattan on Harcourt Road:

    107043.JPG

    ... sorely missed. :D

    Old John Player factory, taken from Donore Avenue:

    107034.JPG
    r3nu4l wrote: »
    Ah, Molloys, it's been years since I was in that shop. I went to the CBS in Lucan and we were barred from going in there at lunch when I was in the school...

    I was sure nobody else would have put that up!

    Did ye go to the A1 Cash Stores instead so? :D

    107033.JPG


  • #199
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Great photos Alex, thank you for taking the time to take 'em & get 'em up here.


  • #200
    LD
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    Is the Manhattan definitely closed? I remember seeing the light on in it when I went past at 4am on the way to the airport a few years back, it'd be class if it was still going. It's so dilapidated!


  • #201
    Little Alex
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    Nasir Colossal Silkworm wrote: »
    Great photos Alex, thank you for taking the time to take 'em & get 'em up here.

    No worries. Hopefully there'll be more to come!
    LD wrote: »
    Is the Manhattan definitely closed? I remember seeing the light on in it when I went past at 4am on the way to the airport a few years back, it'd be class if it was still going. It's so dilapidated!

    I think it's shut for good now. My Dad was telling me that he used to live around the corner from there and it was his local. As in it used to be a pub.

    I was in there a couple of times with workmates: the classic Flannery's-Copper's-Manhattan combo. It still looked like a pub inside. When it was open the door was always shut and you had to knock to be let in! :D

    The Gigs Place is still open, though. I was in there a couple of weeks ago as it happens. Just in case you're feeling peckish:

    picture.php?albumid=1068&pictureid=5327


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