Pre-Worboys preservation campaign

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Klepsydra wrote:Spotted in the City of London, lurking on a wall and unpainted, so easy to miss; wouldn't it look good with a lick of black? Don't recall seeing it listed before...

Turn Left: One Way Only
I'm seriously confused by the signing at that junction. Where is the modern mandatory sign saying you must turn left? There's a one-way sign in place but is that where the one way street starts? Why is there a 30mph sign facing you when looking to the right at the end of the side street? Can you turn right? There's no "no right turn" sign on the approach. Can you go straight on? Does the '30' only apply to cyclists? Where is the signing saying cyclists can travel against the flow of the one way street? Is the whole street one way? There's a NO ENTRY painted on the road but no sign...

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I found this whilst digging though old photos. It's long gone now, but it was on Pool Street, Wolverhampton.

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The turn left was spotted about 5 years ago and good to see it lasting, and still applies. It would take less than an hour and a decent ladder to make it like new. Meanwhile if anyone wants to take a photo of a perfect one there's one in Waltham Cross if anyone wants to contact me for the location, it is combined with a 10 mph and no parking sign.

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I presume as a two line no parking is official then so is a one line to fit under a road name.

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This one arrived by pure chance. I was in Southborough looking for a couple of other signs (one had dropped off and the other was a modern copy), and when I parked the car to check the first look what was on the main road in front of it. Normally these were under a P sign, but this had been mounted in a new frame which protects it better from being run over. Graffiti was extra.

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I was just about to post that one at Burley myself, after repeatedly passing it in the last week.

I guess I'll have to make do with this one in Boscombe:

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Burley has been noted here as being a fake. David noted some irregularities with its construction.
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I posted this one in August. I drove the other way recently and it has a friend very close by.
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This turned up at a farm entrance in Copthorne today. I presume no traffic has entered since before 1964

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I think all parking restrictions are valid if the same format.

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I think all no access and its variants count if the style is correct. This has been mounted on new poles but otherwise compliant, location fairly self evident.

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Four from North Yorkshire that I drove past on Friday:

Burton-in-Lonsdale 1 (it reads "BENTHAM 2")

Burton-in-Lonsdale 2

Burton in Lonsdale 3

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I don't think this one has been mentioned before, it certainly doesn't show up on a forum search. On the outskirts of Newstead.

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Chris Bertram wrote:Four from North Yorkshire that I drove past on Friday:

Burton-in-Lonsdale 1 (it reads "BENTHAM 2")

Burton-in-Lonsdale 2

Burton in Lonsdale 3

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Chris Bertram wrote:Four from North Yorkshire that I drove past on Friday:

Burton-in-Lonsdale 1 (it reads "BENTHAM 2")

Burton-in-Lonsdale 2

Burton in Lonsdale 3

Ribblehead
This is a photo I took of the Ribblehead sign about 12 years ago. The one in the Google Maps link appears to be somewhat different, maybe it's a replica or just restored?
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I'd say restored looking at it.
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Are there many PW signs still in Yorkshire?? When I went 25 years ago, there were loads. (I mean visiting the Yorkshire Dales, haven't stayed properly since the ).
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All those are well known online, and the North Yorks Moors restore their PW signs in their workshop. One is a fake but the rest are all originals.
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DavidNW9 wrote:All those are well known online, and the North Yorks Moors restore their PW signs in their workshop. One is a fake but the rest are all originals.
Yorkshire Dales NP, you mean?
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