Shop signs – Place Design Scotland

THERE is hardly a street that can’t be enhanced by the presence of decoration at first-floor level, whether flower boxes or flags.

Pub and shop signs are among the most effective of decorations, and come in several shapes and sizes.

Main picture: Thorne Records, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, Picture credits: Place Design Scotland

Can you guess the rest? In no particular order: Dumfries, Perth, Portobello, Leith Walk, Sauchiehall Street, Causewayside, Bruntsfield, Buchanan Street, Fleshmarket Close, Newington Road, etc, etc.

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