New signs made a bit like old ones

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Re: New signs made a bit like old ones

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Chris Bertram wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:57
skiddaw05 wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:36 I'd value an expert opinion on this sign, to me it has a bit of a PW look about it. For comparison until recently there was what I think could be a genuine PW sign here on the same road (incidentally it's a camera glitch - it did actually say B1145 on the sign)
Your second one looks like a real PW, the first one not - the font is Transport Medium and the corners are too rounded, it's a Worboys route confirmation sign with no destinations.
Agreed, the first is Worboys.
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Chatham dockyard, a matching pair (I thought I posted them at the time), frame and pole look genuine, the design is the original 1933-53 red background, but the signs appear pretty recent and no font similar to what was made besides MoT font as alternatives. Any views?

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The lettering is Transport Medium, so it looks like a new sign stuck over an old one.
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This was made exactly like the old ones but the GLC didn't exist till after Worboys which is a shame. Waterloo.

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