Pre-Worboys preservation campaign

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SteelCamel wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 19:34
Focus 2 wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 05:58
Took this using a flash a few years ago.
That looks like the "B" is on a separate patch that's been stuck on. I can't see why, though - the A5289 doesn't appear to exist, and any other renumbering would need the figures to change. Replacing a damaged letter?
The 8 is also quite distinctly stylised, perhaps to accommodate the multitude of reflectors!

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Not an old signs expert at all, but spotted what I presume is one when driving through Leadgate a few weeks ago on the B6309 (Roman Road of Dere Street), unfortunately somewhat obscured by a satellite dish!
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Spotted in Knutsford.
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A fine pre-Worboys relic in Allerton Bywater but probably no longer worth preserving.
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I've just returned from SW Wales, having taken the pretty route, as it were. Thank you to all those who have lured me to surviving pw signs, and here are some additions.
Astonishingly, I came across what appears to be a complete set of pre-pw signs in the village of Appleton Thorn, south of Warrington;
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I had to check out the signs around Devil's Bridge - or more specifically Pont-rhyd-y-groes. There are, to the best of my knowledge, ten pw signs along a five-mile stretch of the B4574 which turns into the B4343, and here they are, from E to W. You can also use these to practice your welsh pronunciation!

1. W of Cwmystwyth
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2. Junction with minor road three-quarters of a mile to the west, x3, complete set!
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3. Junction of B4574/B4343, x2.
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4. Pont-rhyd-y-groes, junction at bridge.
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5. Pont-rhyd-y-groes, up the hill, x2.
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6. A mile further on, at Ysbyty Ystwyth.
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Around 20 miles away roughly towards Lampeter some pw signs have been posted around Bwlch-llan. Close inspection reveals two complete sets, and here they are.
At the junction of the B4342 and B4576, x3.
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..and less than 2 miles to the north, where a minor road joins the B4576 just beyond Bwlch-llan itself, x3.
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...and, in deepest Pembrokeshire, one from 2 years ago, in the village of Dale. Clearly it was busy enough on nice days to warrant a one-way system a long time ago. and that is indeed the sea in the photo.
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That bottom pair in the 1530 post to Arley and Antrobus almost look French to my eyes!
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The treasure keeps surfacing on Streetview, this newly painted pressed metal arrow just turned up on Mersea Island, covered by undergrowth when I arrived.

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Bazzerpfr wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 17:10 ..and less than 2 miles to the north, where a minor road joins the B4576 just beyond Bwlch-llan itself, x3.
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Probably covered before but there’s plenty in The Lakes.
Pretty sure the one attached isn’t a reproduction.

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Have we had this one near Cargan yet?
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AndyB wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 21:34 Have we had this one near Cargan yet?
I don't remember it, good spot, Ireland is the thinnest selection north and south.
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