Pre-Worboys preservation campaign

[Focus 2]

There's still an intact Schools sign with red triangle on the A694 near Ebchester towards Consett.

I've found it on Google Maps but can't provide a link. I understand screen shots are not allowed on this site due to copyright reasons.

Any ideas how I can do this?

[Chris Bertram]

From Streetview there is an option to "Share or embed image" - this gives you a link that you can put into a post here.

[Focus 2]

Thanks Chris, I'll give it another try once I'm able to locate it again.

The sign was still there earlier this year even though the school itself is long gone!

[Focus 2]

Here it is.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.googl ... RqbnI2ZxAC

[FleetlinePhil]

Here it is.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.googl ... RqbnI2ZxAC

Sorry, Google Earth won't work on here , it has to be from Streetview using the same method. I've tried finding the sign but can't spot it myself.

[Octaviadriver]

Here it is.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.googl ... RqbnI2ZxAC

Sorry, Google Earth won't work on here , it has to be from Streetview using the same method. I've tried finding the sign but can't spot it myself.

It works fine for me. Just give it 10-15 seconds and you should see it.

[FleetlinePhil]

Here it is.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.googl ... RqbnI2ZxAC

Sorry, Google Earth won't work on here , it has to be from Streetview using the same method. I've tried finding the sign but can't spot it myself.

It works fine for me. Just give it 10-15 seconds and you should see it.

Ah, sorry, you are quite right: it will in fact work if using Chrome. For any other Firefox users, the GSV link is here.

[Focus 2]

Here it is.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/?apn=com.googl ... RqbnI2ZxAC

Sorry, Google Earth won't work on here , it has to be from Streetview using the same method. I've tried finding the sign but can't spot it myself.

I couldn't get the image up through Streetview for some reason. I could on Google Maps but couldn't find a way to copy the link. I could on Google Earth though.

[Lounge Lizard]

I found these two today whilst driving about Wirral. Not sure if they've been posted before.

I was particularly fond of the reflectors still existing in the Chester sign!

I thought "STAND FOR SCABS" was a most unlikely factory gate sign but then realised it identified a "Stand for 5" Hackney Carriage "Cabs".

[Nicholas]

Turville, Buckinghamshire (aka Dibley)

[Johnathan404]

B94 near Ballyclare

Interestingly, if you take it back to 2008, the sign is not there. So was it being held somewhere? Incidentally the B94 itself is a great drive.

[DavidNW9]

A lovely set in Caistor, and they look like new. One question, why not have two places on one A46 sign instead of two separate ones? Is there an obscure rule I don't know about?

[FleetlinePhil]

Apologies if this has been discussed before on this thread, but I encountered this privately-erected sign here while out birdwatching yesterday evening. In fact there is now one at each end of the outbuilding on the left in GSV, and I will leave others to pass judgement on their legality as this is a public road. Sorry the photo isn't sharper, it was in rather low light, and I don't seem to be able to get it to show in the right orientation.

I can only find references to the sign for school children, so am I right in thinking this design is a modern pastiche, or did this sign actually exist?

[Chris5156]

Apologies if this has been discussed before on this thread, but I encountered this privately-erected sign here while out birdwatching yesterday evening. In fact there is now one at each end of the outbuilding on the left in GSV, and I will leave others to pass judgement on their legality as this is a public road. Sorry the photo isn't sharper, it was in rather low light, and I don't seem to be able to get it to show in the right orientation.

I can only find references to the sign for school children, so am I right in thinking this design is a modern pastiche, or did this sign actually exist?

That is indeed a dodgy modern replica. The text is in Arial, a font that that was designed in 1982.

[FleetlinePhil]

Apologies if this has been discussed before on this thread, but I encountered this privately-erected sign here while out birdwatching yesterday evening. In fact there is now one at each end of the outbuilding on the left in GSV, and I will leave others to pass judgement on their legality as this is a public road. Sorry the photo isn't sharper, it was in rather low light, and I don't seem to be able to get it to show in the right orientation.

I can only find references to the sign for school children, so am I right in thinking this design is a modern pastiche, or did this sign actually exist?

That is indeed a dodgy modern replica. The text is in Arial, a font that that was designed in 1982.

Cheers. I knew the typeface looked modern, but I thought they'd caught the spirit of the pre-Worboys figures reasonably well. There is now a quite steep plastic speed bump located pretty much where the GSV camera was - I am wondering whether the householder has installed that too!

Some of the streetlights are now LED, still attached to the wooden posts, although it appears to be the familiar Calderdale "half a job" at the moment. It does seem slightly odd in such a deeply rural spot.

[DavidNW9]

I just found a few stragglers in Northants, 1/2 were still there and another planned west of them shortly.

[P Bellamy]

Anyone been to Bourne lately??

They were still there back in march when I passed through.

[DavidNW9]

Anyone been to Bourne lately??

They were still there back in march when I passed through.

I was there on Monday, still there and looking like new.

[nick_dunn]

Noticed this in Axmouth last month but was unable to stop for a better look. However, if you look back on Street View to 2009 you can see it was in such bad shape that I'd guess it was probably beyond repair and the current one is a replacement. If that's the case it's pretty good.

[DavidNW9]

This beauty turned up beyond Northampton this week



which also meant I could keep going and get this one in the middle of nowhere.