With thanks to Mrs J Pogson

Signs bearing the names of Mrs J Pogson, Mrs S Shore, Mrs Joseph Warburton and others decorate the Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel in Heaton Norris, Stockport. A handsome building, the Chapel was founded in 1890 and is now dedicated to commercial use. I'm not sure whether Mrs J Pogson would have approved. Apparently the primitive Methodists were successful in evangelising industrial communities in the late 19th century - and Stockport was famous for its textile mills and hatmaking.

Steam bakery

The perils of being a small blogger on a busy road - this was the only angle I could get on this sign, but there's a pleasing reflection of a crane as a bonus. This is, as the sign says, the Queensland Steam Bakery in St Mary's, Southampton. It's been trading for 120 years and the company is still going - now called Marybake.

Written in stone

This stern sign at the Royal Academy is as beautiful as many of the works of art on display there.

Healthy doughnuts?

Only in Shoreditch

Floral police

Good bit of street art/graffiti in Southampton. 

Insert hairdresser pun here

Ash hair in Heaton Moor is showing promising signs of adding a bit of fun to the neighbourhood. Its sign is made of old saws, the reception desk is a mini car and there's a mirror made of an old bath. Oh, and I believe the hair styling is pretty good too.

It's Paramount

I was very excited to spot this Paramount Pictures sign in Fraser Street, Liverpool. Sadly dilapidated, the building is an old distribution centre for Paramount films, built in 1927.