tarboat's photos with the keyword: ghost

Ghost sign on Pierce St, Queensferry.

Stoneswood mill at Gauxholme, Todmorden, was once used for cotton spinning. By the beginning of the twentieth century it was home to John Walton's picker manufacturing business. (Pickers are part of the weaving loom and throw the shuttle across from side to side). After a period manufacturing motorised bicycles in the 1950s, the mill is now use for manufacture of printed circuit boards, although the painted details of Walton's business remain visible on the end wall.

I should have photographed this years ago when it was much more accessible. Driving away from Hanley I suddenly spotted this wall at the back of the former Etruria station site. I remembered it from many train journeys which stopped here and I would admire the old adverts for a cornucopia of goods and services once available to the denizens of the Potteries. Now they lurk behind security fences and bushes and the platform that allowed a fine view has been demolished.

Ghost sign at Lower Heath, Congleton.