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'Ghost signs'

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    #32
    Enii
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    latenia wrote: »
    On the Hawkins St side of the Screen cinema there's a sign for Metroburger (a vile, disgusting little place) which used to be kind of built into the side of it.


    I love that Metroburger sign! When was this place open? Did you ever eat there?


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    #33
    Dord
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    Snapped this one this morning on the way to work. It's above the post office on Ushers Quay.

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    #34
    Degsy
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    Enii wrote: »
    I love that Metroburger sign! When was this place open? Did you ever eat there?


    I think it closed areound 1991..i used to get breakfast there when i worked in town back in t he day.
    You got sausage,rasher,egg,tea and toast for a pound..easily the cheapest anywhere.
    The problem with the place was that in the evenings it tended to be full of the rent boys athat plied thier trade on the quays!!


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    #35
    WindSock
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    Degsy wrote: »
    i used to get breakfast there when i worked in town back in t he day....it tended to be full of the rent boys athat plied thier trade on the quays!!


    My, you are a dark horse Degsy ;)


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    #36
    Degsy
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    WindSock wrote: »
    My, you are a dark horse Degsy ;)

    Haha..i used to sell magazines..not me arse lol


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    #37
    boneless
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    I have spotted a few old advertisements that were painted onto the brickwork of buildings. I should snap them before they are gone.


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    #38
    Wishbone Ash
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    I have a heap of them and many that are already mentioned - I'll dig them out when I get a chance.


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    #39
    1968
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    Great thread. I've also been fascinated by old dublin signs.

    There's a couple of lovely ones on Harcourt Street. I'll get some snaps next time I'm around the area.


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    #40
    Larianne
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    humberklog wrote: »
    It's a beautiful Robinson and O'Keefe Art Deco building. Well listed. Coffe shop to the front now and Trinity's school of nursing in the back.

    I've a few classes in there and there's doors in the shape of coffins, I kid you not and one of my classes was in a room like a chapel. Very odd.

    I'll be keeping my eye out for these Ghost signs.


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    #41
    admiralofthefleet
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    carrolls beside dublin bus on o connell street has 'twaithes' on the brickwork

    the one gavin was talking about beside the headline is 'thomas keogh'


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    #42
    admiralofthefleet
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    there is a good few here mairt


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    #43
    starn
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    As you turn up towards Arbour Hill, just past the Belfry pub there's an old sign for:

    Worldwide Discount Airfares

    Not even sure if there's a building behind it or if it's just a facade at this stage.

    Thats the first one I thought of when I saw the thread


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    #44
    Degsy
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    carrolls beside dublin bus on o connell street has 'twaithes' on the brickwork


    Ah..the mineral water manufacturers..have a few of thier bottles from the late 1880's..


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    #45
    Degsy
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    Degsy wrote: »
    Ah..the mineral water manufacturers..have a few of thier bottles from the late 1880's..
    [URL="javascript:void(0)"]irishop_2080_190977080[/URL]


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    #46
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Larianne wrote: »

    I'll be keeping my eye out for these Ghost signs.


    Cool, isn't it nice that these threads bring a new awareness of whats around us?.

    Its easy to look at the junkies along the Liffey, and plying their trade around Talbot St, Christ Church area etc and let the rest of the city go past.


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    #47
    Quint
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    Great thread, I was noticing these buildings around the place and wanted to take a few pictures. There's a few great shop fronts at The Coombe/Dean Street that are about to be knocked down, must get a photo before they're gone!


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    #48
    Larianne
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    Nasir Colossal Silkworm wrote: »
    Cool, isn't it nice that these threads bring a new awareness of whats around us?.

    Its easy to look at the junkies along the Liffey, and plying their trade around Talbot St, Christ Church area etc and let the rest of the city go past.

    I have noticed them before. Now I'll try get a few pics.


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    #49
    Wishbone Ash
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    I have a heap of them and many that are already mentioned - I'll dig them out when I get a chance.
    As promised! :)
    deaddonkey wrote: »
    one on a building on Parnell Street, you see it as you walk down Nth Great George's Street. I think it's above the post office now, it's for a shoe and boot company

    ParnellStreetPostOffice.jpg
    spurious wrote: »
    Up near the Black Church there's a sign for a hotel on one of the gables
    St Mary's Place North.

    StMarysPlaceNorthHotel020209.jpg
    Bambi wrote: »
    you have "pure chemicals" and "nuzum bros" on a building on Pearse street. And you have "Finns hotel" just up the road
    Leinster Street South

    LeinsterStreetSouthpureChemicals-1.jpg

    Pearse Street

    PearseStreetNuzumBros.jpg

    Leinster Street South

    LeinsterStreetSouthFinnsHotel1.jpg
    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    There's a great one in Arbour Hill. Global Travel or something similar it's called
    ArbourHillAirFares.jpg
    latenia wrote: »
    On the Hawkins St side of the Screen cinema there's a sign for Metroburger (a vile, disgusting little place) which used to be kind of built into the side of it
    HawkinsStreetMetroBurger.jpg

    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    carrolls beside dublin bus on o connell street has 'twaithes' on the brickwork
    OConnellStreetThwaites.jpg
    tricky D wrote:
    There's also a mosaic over Dunnes (if that's still there) on Grafton St which says Waterproofers I think. It's somewhere in the Dublin Picture Game.
    GraftonStreetWaterproofersDetail.jpg


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    #50
    TheBlock
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    That one in Leinster Street brings back memories Wishbone. It was Lennox Labratory supplies my old man worked there for 30 odd years starting as a delivery boy on a bike bringing chemicals etc to the universities and hospitals before they moved out to the Nass Road. My Brother started in there when he was 16 doing the same thing and still works for them 25 years later.


    Some of the old pub signs are great too, Clarkes in Irishtown has a sign right at the top of the building that is seldom "seen" announcing it's old name The Mountain View House can't see any mountains from it nowadays.


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    #51
    Degsy
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    LeinsterStreetSouthpureChemicals-1.jpg

    Makakomi..wher you off to in the suit? :D


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    #52
    boosh_fan
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    on the footpath on Richmond St there's a mosaic that says Tobaccconist


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    #53
    dubtom
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    I'm surprised no one has mentioned that one across from the AIB on dame st, near the entrance to the castle.I can't remember the full title but it's something sick and indigent workers society or some such. Haven't got a pic I'm afraid.


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    #54
    Masada
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    those just jogged my memory, I think i know where theres an old coal yard advertisement painted on a wall near me., will snap a pic as soon as i can.,:)


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    #55
    Dyr
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    The thing that interests me is what you might see when you're not looking at something from the street level but thats what growing up in ballymun will do to ye :)


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    #56
    Dyr
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    dubtom wrote: »
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned that one across from the AIB on dame st, near the entrance to the castle.I can't remember the full title but it's something sick and indigent workers society or some such. Haven't got a pic I'm afraid.


    Oh yeah, it's a charity thing, i thought it was for sick and indigant landlords or some such :confused:


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    #57
    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    Courtesy of : Wishbone Ash



    My favourite "Ghost" sign , although I don't know if it counts, is the Gamesworld sign at the entrance to GameStop on Liffey St. No picture though...


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    #58
    Wishbone Ash
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    dubtom wrote: »
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned that one across from the AIB on dame st, near the entrance to the castle.I can't remember the full title but it's something sick and indigent workers society or some such. Haven't got a pic I'm afraid.
    It's on Palace Street - (The shortest street in Dublin and with only 2 addresses. ;)).

    It may not have been mentioned as it is still a functioning charity (although I'm not sure if it still operates from that premises).

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    Bambi wrote: »
    i thought it was for sick and indigant landlords or some such :confused:
    A common misunderstanding but he term "roomkeepers" refers to the people/families who were forced to live in one room, not to the landlords who owned the rooms.


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    #59
    DigiGal
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    Wow I love these, I use alot of them for college work, paint them in my sketch book etc.


    I'll post some pics on Monday, have some brilliant ones


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    #60
    DigiGal
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    I love the metro burger sign!


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    #61
    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    Click on pics for larger image.

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    Astone_Quay_ghost_sign_thumb.jpg ; Astone_Quay_ghost_sign_1_thumb.jpg


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