Victor Talking Machine Mosaic, Carteret Street

Helen — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:43:15 +0000

On my way to a teaching conference near St James’s Park today I happened to spot this beautiful mosaic advertisement down a side-street, Carteret Street to be exact.

After a bit of rooting around on the web it seemed the most likely explanation is that it was an advertisement for the Victor Talking Machine Company, a business in the 1920s that produced phonographs. If so, somehow this striking example of mosaic tiling has been preserved for 90 years or so.

Ghost Signs of Vauxhall

Helen — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:03:01 +0000

Ariel Writers Ghost Sign Vauxhall

It had been a bit of a long day at work so I decided to to take a short after hours train ride to Vauxhall. I find the collage of architecture there really soothing and it’s very close to the river which I love to stroll along. Whilst I was there I found two pieces of ghost signage. One for Ariel Writers – leaders in design, apparently. And one for a bakery that sells wedding cakes and Daren bread (used to be a competitor to Hovis).

Close up of Ariel Writers Ghost Sign Vauxhall

Bays Bakery Daren Bread Ghost Sign

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Victor Talking Machine Mosaic, Carteret Street

Ghost Signs of Vauxhall