Liverpool Ghost Signs: A Sideways Look at the City’’s Advertising History

Take a photographic journey into Liverpool’s often overlooked local, craft, and advertising history. This intriguing book profiles handpainted advertising from across the city and investigates the companies that commissioned the signs that now appear faded on the brickwork of buildings. It is a snapshot of a time that is almost forgotten but which lives on through the sometimes haunting presence of ghost signs on Liverpool’s city streets. More than 100 signs, gloriously illustrated here in full color, are explored through chapters focused on the types of products advertised, such as food and drink; alcohol and tobacco; shoes and clothing; etc. Liverpool Ghost Signs is a must for all true local historians.

Caroline Bunford and Phil Bunford are local historians and have contributed to various heritage websites and projects, they are also spokespeople for the Ghost Signs archive. They have been featured on local and national media, and are keen researchers. They live in Liverpool.