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Another local building which since has been replaced by a newly build.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!

A selection of visual dyslexia in and around Brum

I love how this sign is seemingly whispering a 'thank you'.

Look closely and you can see me in the reflection of the train.

What is the story of this street sign? Some letters decided that they had enough of the others, moved on and left the T, Y & A behind?

I snapped this sign outside the Yardbird, I was just not sure who was going to be on that night...

Visual Dyslexia - Shops

You can just about work out the road that this shop is on, Brick Lane in London. However I doubt that this is the owner's attempt to mix letters and braille...

Argos extra has moved, but the past remains in form of a shadow...

The whole building in Digbeth seems to have undergone renovation work, apart from the sign above the door, I wonder why?

Fading away...

One more picture of a signage in Berlin, the sign loosely translates as 'No flyposting', however I am not sure how many people will actually respect this 'whispered' order...

The next two images were taken in my favourite part of Birmingham. Digbeth is the former industrial heart of the city and now that the big city plan is revamping the area, only fading signs tell us of the area's industrial heritage...

This former warning has been defaced to the degree that it looks more like a suggestion or even an invitation now... Parking?...Allow...

Another 'pointless; warning, which requires a good amount of guess work...

Visual Dyslexia in Berlin

On a recent trip to German's capital city I recorded these examples of visual dyslexia, a bit of tape seems to do the trick in Berlin.

Visual Dyslexia in South Brum

No parking...?...what about "paint-throwing"?

How did these letters fall off? How long must they have been there to have worn away?

A beautiful old sign, which tells of a high-street history, which has long since gone. 

Visual Dyslexia on Tyburn Road

This picture describes very well, how dyslexia can impact on the spelling of words. Usually I know most letters of a word, however certain letters I just cannot work out. I will then ask myself: "Is the second letter a "u" or an "o", is the word spelled with one or two "m's'?"

Large telephone number and a posh gate, however I am not sure what you can buy here apart from car spares....

Somewhere in Brum...