Brilliant Nugget shoe polish sign on an old shop window in Middle Park

Drove by this on Canterbury Road the other day. What a beauty - and great that it's been kept:

This find reminded me of my earlier encounter with the remnants of a Nugget sign in Carlton that had been photographed years before by ghost sign aficionado John Hunter: http://findingtheradiobook.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/a-nugget-shoe-polish-sign-old-photo-and.html

A Nugget shoe polish sign, an old photo, and being sprung looking over a Carlton fence

On the corner of Canning and Neill Streets in Carlton is the remnant of a large painted Nugget shoe polish sign. You wouldn't know it these days, though, because the yard facing the wall is covered in foliage.

But that wasn't the case in 1983 when John Hunter photographed the sign:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhuntermelbourne/11478249176/in/set-72157638901339124

Inspired by John's photo, I went to take a look yesterday. The yard, as you can see in the 1983 photo, has a high wall around it. So I put the bike against the wall and climbed on it to take a look.

The only thing was: there was someone in the yard. They very nicely asked me what I was doing  - I'm not sure I would have been as even-tempered.

Flustered, I explained myself - and the resident (who had also been interested in the sign and taken photos) was gracious enough to open the back gate, let me climb over the washing line and take a few pics. Here they are :)