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Roy Reed
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Photographer, website designer (retired), #kite flyer and lover of medieval stuff, London and #Cornwall - and a #ghostsign or two.

Co-author of 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.

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Portrait of a rook.
A close-up of the head and shoulders of a rook showing the glossy blue/black feathers and the cold stare of its eye.
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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A cormorant drying its wings on the River Camel at Wadebridge #Cornwall
A cormorant standing on a river bank with its wings outstretched.
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I thought this signpost at the NE end of the old town bridge at Wadebridge had disappeared for good when it was taken down a few months ago, but it reappeared last week fully restored.

#FingerpostFriday #Cornwall
A white painted signpost probably dating from the 1930s with three direction flags pointing to Padstow, Bodmin and Polzeath.
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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That's faded very quickly. This is what it looked like in 2015.

#ghostsign #Paris
A faded painted advert on a wall showing two children playing with bowling balls and the caption underneath saying "Bowling Mouffetard"
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A very handsome jackdaw on the Camel Trail today.

#Cornwall
A jackdaw perching on a blue and white signpost.
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Take Courage indeed.
A blue sky and a gabled brick wall. On the wall is an old advertising sign saying Take Courage (although the final 'e' of Courage has fallen off).
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Fluffy seed heads of wild clematis - Old Man's Beard, also known as Traveller's Joy (clematis vitalba).
fluffy seed heads fluffy seed heads
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Beautiful colours on the lapwing.
A lapwing standing on the muddy edge of a riverbank. It's crest is raised and it's back is iridescent green.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Meadow Waxcap (hygrocybe pratensis) on the dunes at the Camel Estuary near Brae Hill #Cornwall
A close-up of a waxy orange mushroom about 4cm across Grassy dunes with a calm sea to the left and a sunny blue sky with a few clouds
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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A curlew and black-tailed godwit at Wadebridge #Cornwall

#birdwatching
A curlew in long grass with its head tilted to the side looking upwards. A bar-tailed godwit up to its chest in water
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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A black-tailed godwit on the River Camel at Wadebridge #Cornwall
A wading bird with a very long bill standing ankle-deep in water stretching its wings.
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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A future #ghostsign ?

Granite & Marble
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Geo. Bradbury & Sons
Wholesale Meat Salesmen
Abbattoir [sic]

It looks like the Bradbury family had a chain of Butchers shops in Tunstall as well as an abattoir and wholesale meat business back in 1912.

Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1912
Bradbury George & Sons, butchers, 115 High Street Bradbury Fanny (Mrs.), butcher, 167 High Street Bradbury John, butcher, Nash Peake Street Bradbury Thomas, butcher, 8 Market Street Bradbury William, butcher, 48 Paradise Street
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Not actually #ghostsigns but two installations by the artist Bob and Roberta Smith for his 'Shop Local' campaign in 2007 which created stylised murals for local businesses on Hoxton Street in North London.
High on an end-of-terrace wall in a high street, a faux ghost sign saying: Dad's Unisex Hair Salon Specialists in Afro Caribbean and European 96 Hoxton Street Shop Local High on an end-of-terrace wall in a high street, a faux ghost sign saying: Dad's Unisex Hair Salon Specialists in Afro Caribbean and European 96 Hoxton Street Shop Local A faux ghost sign on the wall of a stairwell to a block of flats in a high street, saying: Hoxton Electrovision Lightbulbs, Toasters, Tools, Plugs, Widescreen TVs, Clocks, Turbo Hairdryers, Cordless Phones, Vacuum Cleaners, Sandwichmakers, 250 Watt High Power Woofers, Kettles, Videos, Satellites, Fans, Switches, Smoke Alarms, Repairs, Actually Everything 104 Hoxton Street Shop Local A faux ghost sign on the wall of a stairwell to a block of flats in a high street, saying: Hoxton Electrovision Lightbulbs, Toasters, Tools, Plugs, Widescreen TVs, Clocks, Turbo Hairdryers, Cordless Phones, Vacuum Cleaners, Sandwichmakers, 250 Watt High Power Woofers, Kettles, Videos, Satellites, Fans, Switches, Smoke Alarms, Repairs, Actually Everything 104 Hoxton Street Shop Local
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Snowberries, sweetgum seed pods and crab apples. Autumn in Clapham.
A bunch of white berries against a dark green background. Spiky, spherical, green seed pods against autumn red, five pointed leaves. Tiny red crab apples, the largest no more than 2cm across hanging from the end on a branch. Tiny red crab apples, the largest no more than 2cm across hanging from a branch.
October 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Snowberries and a garden spider who has caught a wasp.
On the left are a bunch of small white berries seen against a background of dark green leaves. On the right, a large garden spider has caught a wasp in its web.
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A copse of tree on the brow of a hill.
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A grey heron was letting people get very close at Wadebridge today, and the little egret was posing very nicely.

#Cornwall
A grey heron standing on a river bank. A close-up of the head of a grey heron. A little egret standing on one leg on a rock with blue water in the background.
October 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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#AdoorableThursday
A midnight blue door with a rounded arch top, set in a granite stone building.
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Little Egret on the River Camel at Wadebridge #Cornwall
A little egret with its wings outstretched just about to land on the water.
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Wadebridge Sunset

#Cornwall
The sun has set behind some trees on a river bank. The sky is streaked with orange light which is reflected in the river.
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Honey Fungus (armillaria mellea)

#Autumn
A mass of small light brown mushrooms on a mossy bank with ivy leaves. A group of small light brown mushrooms on a mossy bank with ivy leaves. A group of small light brown mushrooms on a mossy bank with fern leaves.
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Storm Amy breaking on Trethias Island at Treyarnon Bay #Cornwall
Storm waves crashing on black rocks
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Shaggy Ink Cap (coprinus comatus)

#toadstool #funghi #autumn
A clump of four shaggy white toadstools growing out of dark green moss on a forest floor.
October 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Surfing's over as the sun sets at Constantine Bay #Cornwall
Two surfers carrying their boards walking along the beach silhouetted against the setting sun.
September 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM