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Roy Reed
@royreed.bsky.social
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Photographer, website designer (retired), #kite flyer and lover of medieval stuff, London and #Cornwall - and a #ghostsign or two.

Co-author of 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'.

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A curlew and black-tailed godwit at Wadebridge #Cornwall

#birdwatching
A curlew in long grass with its head tilted to the side looking upwards. A bar-tailed godwit up to its chest in water
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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A black-tailed godwit on the River Camel at Wadebridge #Cornwall
A wading bird with a very long bill standing ankle-deep in water stretching its wings.
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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A future #ghostsign ?

Granite & Marble
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Geo. Bradbury & Sons
Wholesale Meat Salesmen
Abbattoir [sic]

It looks like the Bradbury family had a chain of Butchers shops in Tunstall as well as an abattoir and wholesale meat business back in 1912.

Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1912
Bradbury George & Sons, butchers, 115 High Street Bradbury Fanny (Mrs.), butcher, 167 High Street Bradbury John, butcher, Nash Peake Street Bradbury Thomas, butcher, 8 Market Street Bradbury William, butcher, 48 Paradise Street
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Not actually #ghostsigns but two installations by the artist Bob and Roberta Smith for his 'Shop Local' campaign in 2007 which created stylised murals for local businesses on Hoxton Street in North London.
High on an end-of-terrace wall in a high street, a faux ghost sign saying: Dad's Unisex Hair Salon Specialists in Afro Caribbean and European 96 Hoxton Street Shop Local High on an end-of-terrace wall in a high street, a faux ghost sign saying: Dad's Unisex Hair Salon Specialists in Afro Caribbean and European 96 Hoxton Street Shop Local A faux ghost sign on the wall of a stairwell to a block of flats in a high street, saying: Hoxton Electrovision Lightbulbs, Toasters, Tools, Plugs, Widescreen TVs, Clocks, Turbo Hairdryers, Cordless Phones, Vacuum Cleaners, Sandwichmakers, 250 Watt High Power Woofers, Kettles, Videos, Satellites, Fans, Switches, Smoke Alarms, Repairs, Actually Everything 104 Hoxton Street Shop Local A faux ghost sign on the wall of a stairwell to a block of flats in a high street, saying: Hoxton Electrovision Lightbulbs, Toasters, Tools, Plugs, Widescreen TVs, Clocks, Turbo Hairdryers, Cordless Phones, Vacuum Cleaners, Sandwichmakers, 250 Watt High Power Woofers, Kettles, Videos, Satellites, Fans, Switches, Smoke Alarms, Repairs, Actually Everything 104 Hoxton Street Shop Local
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Snowberries, sweetgum seed pods and crab apples. Autumn in Clapham.
A bunch of white berries against a dark green background. Spiky, spherical, green seed pods against autumn red, five pointed leaves. Tiny red crab apples, the largest no more than 2cm across hanging from the end on a branch. Tiny red crab apples, the largest no more than 2cm across hanging from a branch.
October 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Snowberries and a garden spider who has caught a wasp.
On the left are a bunch of small white berries seen against a background of dark green leaves. On the right, a large garden spider has caught a wasp in its web.
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A copse of tree on the brow of a hill.
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A grey heron was letting people get very close at Wadebridge today, and the little egret was posing very nicely.

#Cornwall
A grey heron standing on a river bank. A close-up of the head of a grey heron. A little egret standing on one leg on a rock with blue water in the background.
October 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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#AdoorableThursday
A midnight blue door with a rounded arch top, set in a granite stone building.
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Little Egret on the River Camel at Wadebridge #Cornwall
A little egret with its wings outstretched just about to land on the water.
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Wadebridge Sunset

#Cornwall
The sun has set behind some trees on a river bank. The sky is streaked with orange light which is reflected in the river.
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Honey Fungus (armillaria mellea)

#Autumn
A mass of small light brown mushrooms on a mossy bank with ivy leaves. A group of small light brown mushrooms on a mossy bank with ivy leaves. A group of small light brown mushrooms on a mossy bank with fern leaves.
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Storm Amy breaking on Trethias Island at Treyarnon Bay #Cornwall
Storm waves crashing on black rocks
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Shaggy Ink Cap (coprinus comatus)

#toadstool #funghi #autumn
A clump of four shaggy white toadstools growing out of dark green moss on a forest floor.
October 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Surfing's over as the sun sets at Constantine Bay #Cornwall
Two surfers carrying their boards walking along the beach silhouetted against the setting sun.
September 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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It's a bit blurry on Streetview but I think it says 1903.
September 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A sunflower moment.
A close-up of the centre of a small sunflower.
September 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Some Putney #ghostsigns

Window Cleaning & Carpet Beating Co

Tarrant
Juvenile Outfitter

H Roffe & Sons
Contractors

Hair Cutting
and
Shaving Saloon
Ghost sign saying: Window Cleaning & Carpet Beating Co Ghost sign saying: Tarrant Juvenile Outfitter Ghost sign saying: H Roffe & Sons Contractors Ghost sign saying: Hair Cutting and Shaving Saloon
August 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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You might like some of these.

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Two jugs and a pot, hand-thrown and decorated in Cretan style. One of the jugs is decorated with a swirling octopus, and the other with dark chevrons.
August 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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I can't possibly tell you where I photographed this sign.
A sign with a camera icon with a diagonal red line through it saying: PROHIBITED PLACE THIS IS A PROHIBITED PLACE UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 2023 PERSONS ENGAGING IN UNAUTHORISED ACTIVITY AS SET OUT UNDER SECTIONS 4 AND 5 OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 2023, WHICH INCLUDES THE TAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS OR OTHER RECORDINGS, MAY BE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED
August 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Sunflower for a sunny day.
Close-up of a sunflower.
August 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I was just looking at a photo I took of @tomrobinson.com at Reading Festival in 1978.
A young Tom Robinson playing a light blue fender bass.
August 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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An old signpost in Wadebridge #Cornwall on the NE corner of the old town bridge.

#FingerPostFriday
An old white painted signpost with arm pointing to: A39 Padstow, St Columb, Newquay, Truro and A39 Polzeath, Camelford, Launceston, Bude
August 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Yes, I first noticed this one in March this year. Don't know why I hadn't ever seen it before. I must have been past it a hundred times.

I think this sign in Ingestre Place must be for the same garage.
A tall, thin section of brick wall with a faded sign saying 'Garage' vertically. A street light on the left frames the photo.
August 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM