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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 14/08/2026

These are my favourite signs that I saw in Leith today. #noticing #urbanDetails

Extremely rusty sign for Bernard Brogan Limited. A buddleia has grown out of the top of it, cracking the pebbledash before dying. There is grass growing out of the drainpipe above.

A fascinatingly aged sign, saying 'Hotpoint Indesit' at the top, with more brands at the bottom. Around the letters of 'Genuine spares and accessories distributor', the once-white middle of the sign is now an ochre colour, crazed with curved, forking lines like incredibly slow-motion lightning.

This street sign for Lindsay Place is mostly covered by plants: grass, something like a hawkweed and what might just be an oak seedling. The letters of the sign are painted in peeling black. The white in between has been painted other colours - pink, cyan, black - but these, too, are peeling off.