Visual Dyslexic in Stirchley

A beautiful old ghost sign and an ugly, modern visual dyslexic sign, 

Fordhouse Lane corner Pershore Road in Stirchley. 

This visual dyslexic sign looks like it is right from the times of the American gold rush.

An amalgamation of ghost signs and visual dyslexia, beautiful! Local history at it's best!

I am not sure what this ghost sign used to advertise. It is now a bit difficult to access and sadly partialy covered by a satellite dish. The sign however is certainly much longer lasting then the local show, which seems to have changed ownership several times in the past few years (according to google street view).

This prime example of visual dyslexia reflects the business within perfectly. Do not act surprised if you leave this dental surgery with a 'missing' tooth or two!

Have a close look and you will see a second shop sign below 

the 'Have you anything TO SELL' sign.

A fading ghost sign of Fruiterer and Confectioner, a seemingly dying trade. 

So are the Public Baths of Stirchely which now lie derelict and forgotten.

This is a close up of the visual dyslexic sign below.

This sign seems to have advertised many different business in the past

Visual dyslexic fireworks

Above a close up of a visual dyslexia that I am driving past since years, this very season shop is only open a few weeks every year, however the trade in fireworks seems to be so good that the owners install a new sign every season.

At the large Camp Hill Circus roundabout fades this visual dyslexia of The Brewer and Baker pub.

A well documented ghost sign of Elizabeth drapery, lingerie, etc., Yardly Wood Road.

Not so orange anymore!

Two visual dyslexias from the redeveloped docks in Salford, this is a sculpture outside the BBC.

Visual Dyslexia in the south of Brum

A selection of visual dyslexia from the south part of Birmingham. Some of the letters in the above sign have gone walk about...

New and old sign, whereas the new sign has already been modified with tape, the old sign of Tommy Accessories has only recently been 'brought back to life' signs one of the blinds of the shop has come down.

A knackered sign!

Not a very good image, but a good example of visual dyslexia none the less.

An image of a sign which I posted some time ago, however this visual dyslexia is changing constantly, as it is fading fast.

Accident claims are so old fashioned! 

A ghosts sign of a time gone by at the exit of Startford Road towards town. Who knows what this sign once read?

Visual Dyslexic in Spark Hill - part 2

Here are further images of visual dyslexia in and around Stratford Road, Sparkhill. I just love the combination of signs in the above image. While the ghost sign tells a story of a past ownership, painted onto the house decades ago, the much newer shop sign has already fallen off.

Buzzing life and a grumpy look on Stratford Road, in front of this fading Supermarket sign

Shadows of a past ownership.

Looks like this shop used to be a hairdressers...

Visual dyslexia working from the inside out...

How long has this ghost sign been hanging here?

Sign of the state of the area?

A newly build now covering what must have been a large-scale ghost sign at some stage.

Visual Dyslexic in Spark Hill - part 1

Here are several visual dyslexic signs from a recent type walk through the Spark Hill/Stratford area of Birmingham. Interesting how the sign of Heritage Carpets Ltd sign is fading, looks like the letter R is about to leave, while others have already left the party...

Beautiful record of a time gone by, B'ham Quilt... If you look closely you can see that there is another sign behind the faded shop sign.

Fine Furs, Stratford Road

Another 'whispered' sign.

 

Despite all the safety precautions the neon sign has broken away.... 

I am very interested to know what this 'life advice' would have been.

A blast from the past!

Here are five images that stayed in my archive for years, most of the signs are sadly no longer in existence. The above picture was taken in Birmingham, Ladypool Road in 2007. At the time I was driving past the sign on my way to work daily and the thought of the juxtaposition between the glamourous industry that is Bollywood and the derelict sign sweetened my journey into work.

Another local building which since has been replaced by a newly build. It always made me wonder what the sign once read and why it was taped over. Interesting how some of the letters seemingly managed to escape. Birmingham, Fox Street, 2007.

A beautiful ghost of a sign from the Bath knob shop, interesting to think that Bath once had a shop which specialised in selling knobs... never mind the innuendo. Or am I missing the point here? Seen in Bath, City Centre, 2007

I believe this used to be a telecommunication centre in Mesquer in France. Seen in 2008.

This visual dyslexia made me laugh and I had to pull over and take a snap when I first saw it in 2009. The billboard is placed at a garage in Church Street in Birmingham. I love the creativity and imagination local 'vandals' have shown here to give the advert a whole new (improved?) meaning.

Visual Dyslexia Abroad

Visual Dyslexia from my trip to Tangier in Morocco last summer...

Not sure what is sold here... owners must be lazy though! 

Technically not a 'Visual Dyslexia'... but certainly a beautiful ghost sign.

I saw this sign for a 'restaurant' in Spain on the way to Morocco

No 'Spaces' left in Gibralta!...

...and all the arrivals have been picked up!