Comments on: Ghost signs collection: within the walls /2

By: David Bower

David Bower — Wed, 21 May 2014 10:15:40 +0000

Probably some of the best remembered ‘Ghost Signs’ or painted advertisements in York were on the end walls of the terraced streets at the bottom of Marygate, where the Marygate public car park now is. A series of streets ran to the foot of the embankment carrying the York – Scarborough railway line. A footpath still runs between the railway track and the car park, this ran past the end of these short streets until they were demolished in the early seventies as part of the York Inner Ring Road scheme. Each end wall had the remains of an advertisement, no doubt painted to be visible from the passing trains full of holidaymakers. One that I distinctly remember as being particularly well preserved was for ‘Waddington’s Pianos’ that I believe were based in Micklegate.

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Sun, 04 May 2014 19:42:17 +0000

I saw that too, was a nice old painted sign wasn’t it. And to be featured soon, just waiting for another photo I’m hoping to include on the same page.

By: John Shaw

John Shaw — Sun, 04 May 2014 18:35:06 +0000

Re: Ghost signs….the chippie at 47 Newborough Street recently underwent a restoration. Under the signs over the window was the original painted name of the owner “R Coupe”.