28 Ghost Signs From London's Past You Can Still See Today

    James Lewis has been pounding the streets of London to discover and document all the faded, forgotten signs that you probably hadn't noticed.

    1. "For your throat's sake, smoke," – cigarette advert on Brixton Road.

    2. An advert for BP Energol, on Poland Street, Soho.

    3. Old shop sign for Donovan Bros, a paper bag seller, at the top of Crispin Street, Spitalfields.

    4. Walker Bros. fountain pen shop, Stoke Newington High Street.

    5. Criterion Matches, on Messina Avenue, off Kilburn High Road.

    6. Advert for the Courage brewery, at the junction of Redcross Way and Park Street, near Borough Market.

    7. Advert for Bovril, in Brixton's Windrush Square.

    8. "Scales, weights and weighing machines," on Gray's Inn Road, near Kings Cross.

    9. Cedars Motor Engineering Company, on Cedars Road, near Clapham.

    The sign says "Horses bought or sold. Horses and carriages jobbed for any period."

    10. Haberdashery on Bellgate Mews, near Hampstead Heath.

    11. A Salvation Army centre, at the junction of Old Street and Whitecross Street.

    12. Cigarette advert on the side of flats in Dingley Road, Islington.

    13. A dispensing chemist, on the junction of Cloudesley Road and Thornhill Road.

    14. Redfern's Rubber Mats, on the corner of Lambourn Road and Wandsworth Road.

    15. Robey & Co Ltd, on the junction of Tyssen Road and Stoke Newington High Street.

    16. Advert for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), on Heath Hurst Road near Hampstead Heath.

    17. Advert for Meggezones, "the cough healer", on Noyna Road, near Tooting Bec Station.

    18. The former Warings factory in Shepperton Road, Islington.

    19. "Cures, wounds and sores," on the side of a house in Regent Square.

    20. An old estate agent on Heath Street, near Hampstead Heath.

    21. Deane & Co. Chemists, on the Pavement next to Clapham Commons.

    22. The Monster Ready Made & Bespoke Clothing Establishment, on Borough High Street.

    23. John Hawkins and Sons, cotton spinners, above a greengrocers in Stoke Newington.

    24. Our Sons menswear shop, off Electric Avenue in Brixton.

    25. Percy Dalton, nut importers and roasters, on Crispin Street, Spitalfields.

    26. Windover Pianos, above a betting shop on Wandsworth High Street.

    27. B. Flegg, saddler and harness maker, at Monmouth Street, south of Seven Dials.

    28. And this helpful reminder in Great Guilford Street, Southwark.