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Tasmanian Ghost Signs

Started by Team Bubble Tea , May 22 2011 05:36 PM

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#21 OFFLINE   Team Bubble Tea

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Posted 04 September 2011 - 06:30 PM

Here's a Ghost Sign on the side of our new favourite bakery. It's in Battery Point.

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Bakery and Cafe and Ghost Sign

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Closer view

We can't make much of this Ghost Sign. And (typically) as we drove off I looked at it from an angle and the letters were much clearer.

I'll get another pic on an angle soon and post it here.



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Posted 04 September 2011 - 08:00 PM

Interesting, and obviously a ghost sign. Look forward to seeing what it was :)
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#23 OFFLINE   Shane V

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Posted 04 September 2011 - 08:57 PM

Can't wait to see it myself...nice shot of the building tho Jon, thanks for sharing

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Posted 07 October 2011 - 07:59 AM

Some people hate those South-Easterly weather patterns in Hobart, nothing but low cloud, sea fog and drizzle for days on end. But ghost sign hunters love it!

Here's a better pic from that Bakery in Battery Point, Hobart.

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I was thinking the top line in dark paint said "something, something... Merchant" but obviously it says "Battery Point". Not sure about the second line but the third line is "& Grocery".

There's another sign in larger letters and a light coloured paint that might say "Bakery" (?) on the bottom line.


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Posted 07 October 2011 - 01:30 PM

Nice shot, pity most of it is unreadable, but you are right with the parts that can be read.
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Posted 10 October 2011 - 05:48 PM

It's rare to get a Ghost Sign you can date fairly confidently. But this one is almost certainly 1881AD.


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Anglesea Barracks, Hobart



See here for more details.

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#27 OFFLINE   Shane V

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Posted 11 October 2011 - 01:07 PM

A couple of nice catches there Jon. well spotted.

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Posted 12 October 2011 - 12:44 AM

Nice shot Jon, and great info from the linked post :)
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Posted 08 January 2012 - 05:47 PM

yay found a couple today ;)

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found next to the Empire Hotel on a shed


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Posted 08 January 2012 - 05:49 PM

well spotted and shot Shane :)
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#31 OFFLINE   Shane V

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 09:20 AM

Thanks Mystic.

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 10:44 AM

Yes indeed! Well spotted :rolleyes:!

Does that lower sign say something "paints"? If so, maybe that's a brand to avoid? :)

Or, thinking about it a bit more, maybe that's the brand to buy if it survives the elements!

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:07 AM

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Does that lower sign say something "paints"?


I think it says something "parts"
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Posted 09 January 2012 - 12:53 PM

^^^ yep ........"quality parts" .......I reckon!!!!
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Posted 09 January 2012 - 03:16 PM

Thanks Jon. I reckon it is quality paints...Bradshaws own the mill out the Mt Jukes rd, and I think they owned a lot more...Maybe it was a hardware store??
Next time I am down town I will have a closer look.

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 08:26 AM

Nice old advertising sign in Maffra (Vic). You can see where it was repainted higher up.


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Chocolate!

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 11:03 AM

Chocolate is always good :) Nice find.
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#38 OFFLINE   Shane V

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Posted 05 February 2012 - 08:34 PM

Nice one Jon :)...bet you'll find lots up there ;)

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 04:50 PM

Hi Shane, there wasn't much in the way of Ghost Signs in the few rural towns we visited which was very surprising.

This one was spotted by TBT kid D from the top of the Centrepoint carpark in Hobart CBD.


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something "trousers"?

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 08:23 PM

well spotted by the munchkin :)
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