Signage – North East Statues

Stockton Yards Signs (Stockton-on-Tees, Rob McCutcheon, c. 2000)

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024Daniel Cochran1 Comment

Image by Martin Peacock

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Pouf Ghost Sign (Middlesbrough, John Barwick Sr., 1947)

April 1, 2023Daniel Cochran3 Comments

Restored by John Barwick Sr. and Jr., 1995

The restored Pouf sign in the 1990s (courtesy of Simon Mckeown)

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Selera Ghost Sign (Middlesbrough, c. 1990s)

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023Daniel CochranLeave a comment

Photo by Ian Stubbs

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The Many Indignities of John Walker: Inventor of the Friction Match (Stockton-on-Tees)

March 25, 2022January 20, 2024Daniel Cochran5 Comments

Images which have all at some point been claimed to depict Stockton-born inventor John Walker. None of the attributions have been proved (the middle one is Civil Engineer James Walker)

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