Some 'in-pub' ghost signs from Coburg

The Woodlands Hotel in Coburg has quite a history - there used to be a racecourse at the back of the pub until the 1870s. I went in for the first time the other day, and it's quite a feast. It even has the ghost signs on display from the factory next door that it swallowed.

A backlog of signs

I'm finally getting around to posting about a bunch of signs collected over the last months. Here's the first motley lot. More to come soon :)

First, central Melbourne:

Brunswick:

Coburg:

Reservoir:

Some creative reuse behind Regent Street:

North Melbourne:

Prahran:

Parkville:

Preston: ghost cafe. Very keen to check this place out:

Footscray - yes, it's a ghost sign now:

Richmond:

And lastly, one from the country (Gippsland):

For those in Melbourne....a slideable map of the entire metro area in 1945 and today

It's here: http://1945.melbourne/

Follow up article on the recent ABC ghost signs interview

Here's a bit more written stuff on the ABC ghost sign interview with Nick Gadd and Stephen Banham:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/ghost-sign-hunters/6261838

Ghost sign interview this morning on Radio National with Nick Gadd and Stephen Banham

Nice interview today - you can read about it and listen back to it here:

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programitem/pgzE7J45w6

The rest of the Adelaide ghost signs

Continuing on from the last post with Port Adelaide ghost signs... here are the rest of the signs I found during my recent SA visit.

Firstly, Semaphore. Plus a few more in the nearby Port:

Not ghost signs, but a couple of great old-school Port Adelaide milk bars:

Next, Bowden/Brompton:

 On the road to Hallett Cove (you can't see the sign too well though...):

A great shop on Payneham Road in St Peters:

 And way north in Gawler: