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Ghost sign for the Bricklayer's Arms on Welford Road, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for the Bricklayer's Arms pub that reads 'The Bricklayers Arms / Cask Ales / Sky Sports and BT Sports / Live Entertainment / Karaoke'. The Bricklayer's Arms dates from at least 1833 and may well have been built to cater for workers at the local brickyards who were building the New Town area of Leicester. In 2023 the pub was renamed the Fox Hut
Ghost sign for Leslie J.F. Harrison on Vulcan Road, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for Leslie J.F. Harrison, reading 'Leslie J.F. Harrison / Painter, / Paperhanger / Signwriter etc. / Enquiries at / ...orence'
Ghost sign for Harry Rayson, house furnisher, on Biggin Street in Loughborough, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for Harry Rayson. The sign is severely deteriorated at the top, but the bottom half reads: '... Ra... Complete House Furnisher'. The sign was likely repainted at some time as there is a faint second layer visible. There is also a rectangular outline visible, indicating a potential second layer or that the sign was partially covered at some time. According the 1936 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, Harry Rayson is listed as a house furnisher on Biggin Street
Ghost sign for Leicester Brewing & Malt (LBM) on Vulcan Road, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for Leicester Brewing & Malt (LBM). LBM was registered in 1890 to merge Bates, Son and Mitchell, who brewed at the Eagle Brewery, and the malting firm of Needham & Crick. The brewery supplied about 150 pubs and clubs. In 1952, the LBM was acquired by Ansells who closed the brewery but continued to bottle LBM until the 1960s
Ghost sign for The Barley Mow on Calais Hill, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for The Barley Mow, depicting their logo and company name. This sign is along the rear entrance to the pub on Calais Hill, but the main entrance faces Granby Street.
Originally under the name Wheatley's Billiard Room, this site became a popular billiard room during the 1870s and 1880s. In 1885, the pub was purchased by Everards
Ghost sign for the Sir Robert Peel pub on Jarrom Street, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for Sir Robert Peel. This sign is made up of two parts. The first, located on the front of the building, is a depicition of the figure Sir Robert Peel. The second, located on the side of the building is the same portrait of Sir Robert Peel with the name of the pub written below. These signs were painted in 2016. The pub is named after the British prime minister Sir Robert Peel, famous for introducing criminal law and prison reform and creating the Metropolitan Police. The pub has existed since the mid 1850s, and one of its landlords was Arthur 'Dick' Pougher, one of the most famous Leicestershire cricketers. Everards purchased the pub in 1901 and continues to run it
Ghost sign for H. C. Pretty & Son Ltd. on New Bond Street, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for 'H.C. Pretty & Son Ltd.', reading 'Belting / Manufacturers, / Mill Furnishers / Head Office Church Gt'. This sign is not visible on Google Street View. Between 2010 and 2015, a window was added to the building, partially destroying the sign.
H.C. Pretty & Son Ltd. was founded in 1939 and dissolved in 2010
Ghost sign for Whitbread & Co. on High Street in Somerby, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for 'Whitbread's Ale & Stout / Mackeson's Stout'. Around 2022, the sign was repainted.
Whitbread & Co. was established in 1742 by Samuel Whitbread in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell who Whitbread quickly bought out. By 1760, Whitbread & Co. were the second-largest brewery in London, becoming the largest in 1796. In 1930, Whitbread acquired Mackesons. In 2001, Whitbread Group Plc. sold all of its breweries and brewing interests to Interbrew (InBev), and in 2002, all pub estates were sold to Enterprise Inns. Whitebread Group Plc. now focuses on hotel (Premier Inns) and coffee-house (Costa) interests.
Mackeson's began in 1669, founded by James Pashley in Hythe. Henry and William Mackeson inherited the brewery in 1801, and in 1909, the first milk stout was introduced. In 1930, Whitbread took control of Mackeson's, and now under the control of InBev, Mackeson's is still brewed in the UK, USA and Trinidad
Ghost sign for South Leicestershire College's 'The Bobbin Factory' on Canal Street in Wigston, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for South Leicestershire College, reading: 'The Bobbin Factory / South Leicestershire College'. The Bobbin Factory is North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College's nursery, located on their Wigston Campus. This sign was painted between 2009 and 2011 over the Devas, Routledge & Co. ghost sign which is visible in our collection
Ghost sign for the Wellington Hotel on Rutland Street, 2022.
No full textGhost sign for the Wellington Hotel with the words 'Commercial & Family' below the company's name. The sign was painted by the hotel pre-WWII. Between 1820 and 1870, the business was called The Wellington Castle. Sadly there is not much information online about this location. The hotel is now a Tesco Express with housing accommodation above