Barber's sign, Dublin Road, Belfast (December 2015)
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Barber's sign, Dublin Road, Belfast (December 2015)
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 6 Dec 2015
In the days before compulsory education, when few could read or write, signs served to show the trade carried on within. The barber’s pole (now usually an illuminated sign) is one of the few survivors. This one is at the Shaftesbury Square end of the Dublin Road.
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Image Location
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54.590644
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