Only a few miles from where I live is the village of Woolhampton, on the A4 between Newbury and Reading. I must have driven through Woolhampton tens, if not hundreds, of times, but it was only very recently that I noticed the ghost signs. So, with an hour on my hands between drop-off and pick-up of one of the kids at one of their various after school activities, I managed to have a wander around and get some pictures. For such a small village I was quite astonished to find four separate ghost signs. I assume there are so many as, at the time, the A4 would have been the main road between London and the west of England, so would have attracted a reasonable amount of passers by.
This first ghost sign looks like a double. The words
HOVIS
TEAS
are clear and bold, so I assume these are one of the signs, but behind these words I can just make out
EST 1975
GOLDEN
BROWN
Ghost sign, Woolhampton, Berkshire
Continuing on the bakery theme, we have
H.S.WARNER
BAKER & CONFECTIONER
Ghost sign, Woolhampton, Berkshire
Ghost sign, Woolhampton, Berkshire
Not sure how old this next ghost sign is. I would imagine it'd more recent that other in this post, but a ghost sign nevertheless.
NEWS
Ghost sign, Woolhampton, Berkshire
And finally, my favourite of the batch
THE OLD
WOOLHAMPTON BAKERY
EST 1875
FOR
HOVIS
Ghost sign, Woolhampton, Berkshire
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