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The message sign you speak of has been featured in a Pathe newsreel on their website. They were neon based, and did indeed internally illuminate.
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Many thanks for this Bryn! It shows exactly how they work.
And there's also a video on there showing the 'Motorwarn' signals being activated by radar from a police car. Well worth a look - and a listen too! I like the bit in the commentary describing the radar gun as a 'space-age lamplighter'!
is there a link for this that i've missed, or did you google it?
SubaruImprezaWRX wrote:
is there a link for this that i've missed, or did you google it?
Sorry, didn't include link because the Pathe site is a bit tricky.
Go to http://www.britishpathe.com and enter 'fog gun' (without quotes) into the search box. It should be obvious which film you want. You'll need to add it to the baskey and download. If you leave the resolution at 128 kb/s then the download (after checkout) is free.
Searching for 'motorway' gets a lot of interesting stuff.
SubaruImprezaWRX wrote:
is there a link for this that i've missed, or did you google it?
Sorry, didn't include link because the Pathe site is a bit tricky.
Go to http://www.britishpathe.com and enter 'fog gun' (without quotes) into the search box. It should be obvious which film you want. You'll need to add it to the baskey and download. If you leave the resolution at 128 kb/s then the download (after checkout) is free.
Searching for 'motorway' gets a lot of interesting stuff.
It's been 13 years since and I watched and saw the sign for LFE services... it's so amazing to think this section which once had these motorwarns now look like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.609444 ... 2!8i6656
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