Beautiful! The thick blue-bordered one is at least 44 years old and not looking bad for its age.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:26Two beauties on Fosse Way, including a blue-bordered ADS
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I wonder what destination is underneath 'M. Keynes'?Chris5156 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:48Beautiful! The thick blue-bordered one is at least 44 years old and not looking bad for its age.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:26Two beauties on Fosse Way, including a blue-bordered ADS
https://goo.gl/maps/885t6yt3axP1h9B96
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We've had this one on Twitter and we couldn't figure it out either.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 13:40I wonder what destination is underneath 'M. Keynes'?Chris5156 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:48Beautiful! The thick blue-bordered one is at least 44 years old and not looking bad for its age.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:26Two beauties on Fosse Way, including a blue-bordered ADS
https://goo.gl/maps/885t6yt3axP1h9B96
The sign is old enough to pre-date MK too, so it's not just a typo being fixed.
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It looks long enough to be "Towcester", but there are probably places closer that would also fit.
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I wouldn’t rule London out. There are a few signs with London on around that area on the A5.
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Apart from London being signed immediately below it for the M1. I can't see it being anything else than Towcester - the only other place that might fit perfectly is Dunstable, but I think that's too far away from this point. Daventry and Rugby are too short for the space, but then given the weird difference in font size for the B577 destinations, I guess anything is possible.
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Must concentrate more!DavidBrown wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 18:42Apart from London being signed immediately below it for the M1. I can't see it being anything else than Towcester - the only other place that might fit perfectly is Dunstable, but I think that's too far away from this point. Daventry and Rugby are too short for the space, but then given the weird difference in font size for the B577 destinations, I guess anything is possible.
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Odd that it’s “London (M1)” but “Motorway (M69)”.
It has to be post-1976 as that’s when the M69 first opened, so I’m not sure whether that means it predates Milton Keynes. MK would have been up and coming by that time.
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Seen in Kingswinford. Seems to be some kind of low cost sign as has deteriorated rapidly since 2009 as seen on the history.
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I'm sure I've posted this before...crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 13:40I wonder what destination is underneath 'M. Keynes'?Chris5156 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:48Beautiful! The thick blue-bordered one is at least 44 years old and not looking bad for its age.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:26Two beauties on Fosse Way, including a blue-bordered ADS
https://goo.gl/maps/885t6yt3axP1h9B96
Sadly there's not much left of it any more.
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Approaching this remote crossroads on the Warwickshire/ Northamptonshire I wondered why this spot was such a tourist hotspot it needed four brown tourist signs. When I got there I realised only one was a brown tourist sign and the others had (since GSV passed by in 2009) just gone a very rusty.
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As the A5 is a Primary Route, would it have to be a Primary Destination? I don't know what the rules on destinations were prior to the Guildford Rules. The only Primary Destination on the A5 would have been Dunstable. I don't think Towcester has ever been a Primary Destination, but I stand to be corrected.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 13:40I wonder what destination is underneath 'M. Keynes'?Chris5156 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:48Beautiful! The thick blue-bordered one is at least 44 years old and not looking bad for its age.crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 05:26Two beauties on Fosse Way, including a blue-bordered ADS
https://goo.gl/maps/885t6yt3axP1h9B96
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I'm sure I've posted this before...
It will be Dunstable at High Cross. I had a similarly old sign replaced nearby along the A5 a good 20 years ago from which a 'D' could be revealed from underneath a screwdrivered M.Keynes plate.
I imagine these were installed pretty soon after the publication of the 1964 Signs Regs. Trunk road signs were generally pretty consistent in terms of route continuity 50 years ago when direction signs were nice and simple.
It will be Dunstable at High Cross. I had a similarly old sign replaced nearby along the A5 a good 20 years ago from which a 'D' could be revealed from underneath a screwdrivered M.Keynes plate.
I imagine these were installed pretty soon after the publication of the 1964 Signs Regs. Trunk road signs were generally pretty consistent in terms of route continuity 50 years ago when direction signs were nice and simple.
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I wonder if this one is still there at M6 J38?
https://goo.gl/maps/LYQ3JjemSkVcBjB38
All the approaches to this roundabout have reasonably old signs but this is the mankiest.
https://goo.gl/maps/LYQ3JjemSkVcBjB38
All the approaches to this roundabout have reasonably old signs but this is the mankiest.
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Ewwww, also shouldn't the right arm be primary route?crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 02:07 I wonder if this one is still there at M6 J38?
https://goo.gl/maps/LYQ3JjemSkVcBjB38
All the approaches to this roundabout have reasonably old signs but this is the mankiest.
Surprised it's that bad since its directly outside a HE depot.
Looking at the M6 to the north, what on earth is that bit of S2 connecting both of the carriageways, can one legally do a u-turn here? SC motorway?
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I saw these today on the M4 eastbound approaching Coryton/A470 junction.
https://goo.gl/maps/tpqtv7m1G6sfUAyBA
Another 14 months since the street view together with a dull day and they are just legible.
https://goo.gl/maps/tpqtv7m1G6sfUAyBA
Another 14 months since the street view together with a dull day and they are just legible.
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One here which escaped the A12 sign cull in Great Yarmouth when the road was renumbered to A47. I rather hope it remains undetected as it's a nice reminder of times before this silly renumbering took place
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Certainly is still there - I went to the truckstop for a breakfast last week. Loads of signs around that junction are ancient, including this one!!crazyknightsfan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 02:07 I wonder if this one is still there at M6 J38?
https://goo.gl/maps/LYQ3JjemSkVcBjB38
All the approaches to this roundabout have reasonably old signs but this is the mankiest.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@54.4384 ... 312!8i6656
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Another one on the same junction I noticed - mainly because I found it odd to get an RCS on a B road!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@54.4383 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@54.4383 ... 312!8i6656
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Probably been posted before there's a few old and faded signs on the bridges over A58m in Leeds.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QzFqkSGYt7msk84v6
https://maps.app.goo.gl/w9KJ9o7moeKUR7rV7
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JKdTpL9GdVZnNRiv8
A58(M)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/85pEkqJHNWua6TYK7
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QzFqkSGYt7msk84v6
https://maps.app.goo.gl/w9KJ9o7moeKUR7rV7
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JKdTpL9GdVZnNRiv8
A58(M)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/85pEkqJHNWua6TYK7