Hovis sign at Scilicorn's
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Hovis sign at Scilicorn's
Image: © Richard Hoare Taken: 20 May 2016
The Hovis sign outside the shop Image] was installed some time before the Second World War. Hovis began offering this kind of sign to small bakeries in 1906 to raise awareness of the brand name, which it had registered in 1890. Hovis employed its own workers who travelled the country cleaning and repainting the signs as required. Scilicorns bakery continues to use Hovis flour.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.13898
Longitude
-3.795797