Signs Of Old

Cheap, I assume, but effective way to make your newsagent feel solid and like a permanent member of the community, cover it in signs of products you might've sold "back in the day". So says the cynic.

I, of course, love old shit like this.
And it says it's been around since 1872, so deserved.

English redbrick newsagent with the upper two stories covered in colourful old advertising panels. Read the blog post for each sign written out: https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2024/07/signs-of-old.html

So, what have we got ...
  • Smoke PLAYER'S TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES. Beautifully Cool and Sweet Smoking
  • LYONS Coffee and Chicory EXTRACT
  • Drink TIZER, The Appetizer
  • THE LARGEST Weekly Paper. NEWS WORLD OF THE WORLD. THE LARGEST Weekly Paper
  • TUG-O-WAR PLUG. It's made by the 'MICK MCQUAID' people
  • PALETHORPES. Royal Cambridge
  • RUB IT IN! GODDARD'S White Horse Oils EMBROCATION. Sold Here in Bottles 6d 1/- & 2/-
  • Maynards By Gum They're Good WINE GUMS
  • R WHITE GINGER BEER. Luncheon, Dinner & Supper
  • FRY'S High Class CHOCOLATE
  • Black Cat Pure Matured Virginia Cigarettes
  • THE BIG SUNDAY DISPATCH. 24 Large Pages. Free Family Insurance
  • PARK DRIVE FOR PLEASURE. Plain And Cork Tipped. 10 for 4d, 5 for 2d
  • Buy LYONS Coffee And Chicory EXTRACT
Favourite, has to been Goddard's!

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