John Oram's photos with the keyword: Ghost Sign

Rowans Hospice Shop, Fareham (Ghost Sign) - 3 Febr…

03 Feb 2019 110
The Rowans Hospice shop, 49 West Street, Fareham has on its west facing wall a ghost sign for 'The Home and Colonial Tea Stores'. The building I assume to date from the second half of the 19th century. The story of Home and Colonial Stores, which originally sold mostly tea makes an interesting read. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_and_Colonial_Stores 200_3_P1090567CE

Rowans Hospice Shop, Fareham (1) - 3 February 2019

03 Feb 2019 128
The Rowans Hospice shop, 49 West Street, Fareham has on its west facing wall a ghost sign for 'The Home and Colonial Tea Stores'. The building I assume to date from the second half of the 19th century. The starkly modern frontage of the present day shop has itself been refreshed with a fascia replacing an earlier version with a different font on background of a darker green. The story of Home and Colonial Stores, which originally sold mostly tea makes an interesting read. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_and_Colonial_Stores 200_3_P1090569E