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Ghost sign for G. Hallam Premier Nurseries on Milligan Road, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for G. Hallam Premier Nurseries. This sign has severely deteriorated and is no longer legible. Based on previous entries in our collection, the sign previously read: 'G. Hallam Premier Nurseries / Phone / 33 Aylestone'. Beneath this first layer is a secondary sign for the same company with the same wording but written in green lettering
Ghost sign for Stretton's and Allsopp on the corner of Storer Road and George Street in Loughborough, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for which has been painted over before 2009, making the sign difficult to read. The sign likely reads: 'Strettons (Ale)s / (Allso)pp ...tle'. The letters in parentheses are presumptive based on context. On the same building but facing Storer Street, there is a secondary ghost sign for Ind Coope & Allsopp and an unknown, painted over, ghost sign which are available to view in our collection.
Starting with the Star Inn in Essex in 1708, Ind Coope went through several ownership changes from Ind and Smith in 1816 to Octavius and George Coope joining Edward Ind to become Ind, Coope & Co. in 1845 to the merging with Allsopp and Sons to become Ind Coope and Allsopp. By 1959, Allsopp was dropped from the title. In 1961, Ind Coope merged with Ansells and Tetley Walker to form Allied Breweries, and in 1992, Carlsberg UK merged with Allied Breweries to become Carlsberg-Tetley. Ind Coope acquired several breweries during their time and brewed a number of successful beers, such as Long Life or Double Diamond.
Stretton's Derby Brewery Ltd. was founded before 1868 but was acquired then by the Stretton brothers. The company acquired a number of other breweries, including Derby Brewery Co. Ltd., Midland Brewery Co. Ltd. and Alton & Co. Ltd. However, in 1927, Stretton's was acquired by Allsopp & Sons Ltd. with 143 public houses only to be closed in 1929 and sold to Burrow, Sturgess & Severn, mineral water manufacturers
Ghost sign for Tennant Brothers Ltd.'s Gold Label on Livingstone Street, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for Tennant Brothers Ltd. This sign reads 'Tennants / Gold Label / Sparkling / Barley Wine'. Their Exchange Brewery was established in 1820 before being purchased by Edward and Robert Tennant in 1840. The company became Tennant Brothers Ltd. in 1882. In 1964, Whitbread & Co. (or Whitbread East Pennines) acquired the company until 1993 when the brewery was closed. The Gold Label was first brewed in 1951 and originally contained 10.6% alcohol by volume, making it the strongest regularly brewed, nationally distributed beer in Britain.
The sign was repainted in the late 1980s/early 1990s as part of the Livingstone Street Brick Cleaning Scheme, which explains its excellent condition
Ghost sign for a decorator, 'Bert Hives', on Catherine Street, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for a decorator. Along the left side, the sign reads: 'Painter / Paperhanger / ...rainer to the Trade'. Along the centre of the sign, it reads 'Bert Hives / Decorator / 21 Bruin Street'. Bert Hives was based at 21 Bruin St in the 1928 Kelly's Directory
Ghost sign for Everards Ales on Newbold Road in Desford, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for 'Burton(s) / Everards / Ales' on the end of a former pub, the Roebuck Inn. The sign was revealed sometime after July 2011. The Desford Heritage website records the history of the pub from the first licensee, Benjamin Foulds, in 1825 through many others to the last recorded landlord Mrs EH Jarvis from 1965-69
Ghost sign for Ind Coope on Osmaston Road, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for Ind Coope, reading 'Always Order Ind Coope'. This sign is located on the same wall as a ghost sign for Bass & Co. and on the same building as a 'Double Diamond' ad facing Glossop Street. Each of these signs is visible in our collection.
Starting with the Star Inn in Essex in 1708, Ind Coope went through several ownership changes from Ind and Smith in 1816 to Octavius and George Coope joining Edward Ind to become Ind, Coope & Co. in 1845 to the merging with Allsopp and Sons to become Ind Coope and Allsopp. By 1959, Allsopp was dropped from the title. In 1961, Ind Coope merged with Ansells and Tetley Walker to form Allied Breweries, and in 1992, Carlsberg UK merged with Allied Breweries to become Carlsberg-Tetley. Ind Coope acquired several breweries during their time and brewed a number of successful beers, such as Long Life or Double Diamond
Ghost sign for 'Robt Johnson' on Newport Place, 2024.
No full textGhost sign reading: 'Robt Johnson For Carpets'
Ghost sign for Marston's and an Off-Licence in on Bull Ring in Shepshed, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for Marston's and an Off-Licence.
Founded in 1834 by John Marston, Marston's established the Horninglow Brewery in Burton upon Trent. In 1861, the brewery produced 3,000 barrels a year, but by 1898, the brewery produced 100,000 barrels a year. The company experienced several mergers, name changes and acquisitions, the biggest of which occurred in 2020 when Carlsberg UK and Marston's merged to form Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (CMBC). Not only does Marston's function as a brewery, but the company also operates over 1,350 pubs and bars across England and Wales as of 2024
Ghost sign for Parmeko on Percy Road, 2024.
No full textGhost sign for Parmeko, reading: 'Parmeko / Goods Entrance / Vernon Road'. The goods entrance ghost sign is available to view in our collection.
Formed in 1927, Parmeko began under the name Partridge and Mee before becoming Parmeko in 1935. As a leading manufacturer of electromagnetic devices, including transformers and chokes, Parmeko received a 1944 patent for the design of a loudspeaker. In 1956, Parmeko acquired by Sears Holdings to expand their business, manufacturing electrical engineers, transductors, magnetic amplifiers, electronic control gear, electronic equipment and sound reproducing equipment. The company dissolved in 2021
Ghost sign for 'Portrait Specialists' on Granby Street, 2024.
No full textGhost sign, reading: '...rd Studio / Portrait Specialists / Entrance'. The prospective name of the studio is obstructed. The sign was previously painted over, obscuring it from view, but in the last 5 years, the sign has become visible again