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the cheesecake man wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 13:01 This gradient sign in Halifax will disappear soon.
I asked about getting that replaced in *checks notes* 2010.
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This lot is getting a bit manky along the A5 near Cefn Mawr
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How about bidding for a very special manky sign of your very own!
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Bfivethousand wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 00:03 How about bidding for a very special manky sign of your very own!
Someone is in for a shock when they try carrying it home, it'll weigh a ton :D
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Very faded and weathered:
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I don't think the signs on the A1018 in North Shields have been replaced since the seventies and the writing is wearing off to the point it's turned grey on one sign.
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A badly faded "side road on the left" sign, to the point that from a distance it seem as if it's a blank triangle.
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Glenn A wrote: Sun Mar 13, 2022 14:32 I don't think the signs on the A1018 in North Shields have been replaced since the seventies and the writing is wearing off to the point it's turned grey on one sign.
South Shields, surely?
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A manky sign for a caravan site that I've driven past a few times:
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Not far from home in Todmorden.
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Change of scenery for me for a few days, so will keep my eye open for some new (old) candidates. First spot:
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Kevin Roads wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 16:52 Change of scenery for me for a few days, so will keep my eye open for some new (old) candidates. First spot:
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Classic. Stainforth village?
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Presume these are still there?
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Rambo wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 20:48 Classic. Stainforth village?
Ha! Good spot!

Yes, we were on a walk that went into Stainforth and I just passed by that sign, so I took a pic. I didn't go out of my way to look around for anything else as we ended up in the Craven Heifer, good food and beer. We'll almost-certainly be in Stainforth again this week so if you let me know where those other signs are then I'll see if they are still alive (I realise it's not that big a place but it make it easier).

Similarly, if you know of anything else of interest or that you want to check is still standing, then let me know. I've seen some of the well-known pre-Warboys, obsolete z-bend signs and the like mentioned on here so I'll try and keep an eye out for the more mundane, overlooked stuff.
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Kevin Roads wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 23:07
Rambo wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 20:48 Classic. Stainforth village?
Ha! Good spot!

Yes, we were on a walk that went into Stainforth and I just passed by that sign, so I took a pic. I didn't go out of my way to look around for anything else as we ended up in the Craven Heifer, good food and beer. We'll almost-certainly be in Stainforth again this week so if you let me know where those other signs are then I'll see if they are still alive (I realise it's not that big a place but it make it easier).

Similarly, if you know of anything else of interest or that you want to check is still standing, then let me know. I've seen some of the well-known pre-Warboys, obsolete z-bend signs and the like mentioned on here so I'll try and keep an eye out for the more mundane, overlooked stuff.
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