Textile industry ghost signs

 

Here are a few signs from buildings that are standing empty in Brunswick. This old factory on Albion Street just past the corner of Holmes Street must have been a hive of activity once. I wonder why it was called Yorkshire Textile Mills. I would love to be able to see inside it now.

 

 

 

 

And then this lovely Art Deco building on Lygon Street, which is but a façade at present, but in the past must have manufactured Laidlaw Overalls. Perhaps it is being redeveloped, as there is an open space inside and the roof has gone. I hope someone can restore the sign one day.

 

 

 

Lastly, this eroded sign of a once thriving business in Pitt Street.