The ghost sign that has survived another year .......... the Overbridge and Springfield Mills in Salford

Sometimes a ghost sign doesn’t get any more dramatic than this.

We are on Sherborn Street yesterday afternoon in the company of Andy Robertson who shot a series of photographs of all that is left of the Overbridge and Springfield Mills.

He was last there in February 2014 and the remnants of the mill are still standing although I guess only just.

When I wrote about it a year ago I didn’t hold out any expectations that it would survive but here it is.

That said any one who likes ghosts signs and old mills I reckon you get down there soon.

There is something very impressive about this relic of a once proud mill caught in the fast fading sunlight of a winter afternoon.

It was a listed building, appears as one of the 51 Salford mills and in time I will discover its history.

I know that in 1951 it was owned by Halls Threads Ltd because I have come across an advert for the firm and the Mill.

Added to which there are a number of references on the net to it.

So not just a ghost sign but a bit of a survivor.

Pictures; the Overbridge and Springfield Mills in Salford, 2015 from the collection of Andy Robertson

*Who remembers working at the Overbridge and Springfield Mills in Salford?, http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/who-remembers-working-at-overbridge-and.html