Wouldn't be legal as new installations, of course.Chris5156 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 08:19Nothing manky about those, they look pretty clean and tidy to me!Kevin Roads wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 21:35 A couple more candidates seen today in Montgomery:
Internally-illuminated Give Way https://maps.app.goo.gl/xq6McxFmCQNn9nWZ7
And another https://maps.app.goo.gl/rMdx751ng3mnJGus6
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The give way signs certainly look long in the tooth so i'd say they qualify for this thread.
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Thanks, Chris Bertram, I was fairly sure that internally-illuminated signs are no longer fitted as new (plus the one in my first link looks a slightly older design to me, not quite sure) although I am not as au fait with sign regulations as some of the Sabristi.Wouldn't be legal as new installations, of course.Nothing manky about those, they look pretty clean and tidy to me!
I posted them as the thread seems to include obsolete - albeit post-Worboys - signs, even if they don't have a high level of mankiness. Is it worth, as has been suggested before, changing the thread title to 'Manky or obsolete signs' or similar?
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It wasn't the internal illumination that I was thinking of ...Kevin Roads wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:02 Thanks, Chris Bertram, I was fairly sure that internally-illuminated signs are no longer fitted as new (plus the one in my first link looks a slightly older design to me, not quite sure) although I am not as au fait with sign regulations as some of the Sabristi.
I posted them as the thread seems to include obsolete - albeit post-Worboys - signs, even if they don't have a high level of mankiness. Is it worth, as has been suggested before, changing the thread title to 'Manky or obsolete signs' or similar?
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...well, I did say:
I am not as au fait with sign regulations as some of the Sabristi.
Is it:
the one in my first link looks a slightly older design to me
I am not as au fait with sign regulations as some of the Sabristi.
Is it:
the one in my first link looks a slightly older design to me
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I think Chris B meant that they’re in Wales so any new installations would be bilingual.Kevin Roads wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 14:26 ...well, I did say:
I am not as au fait with sign regulations as some of the Sabristi.
Is it:
the one in my first link looks a slightly older design to me
Internally illuminated signs are definitely still installed - several London boroughs still favour them. They went right out of fashion but are making a comeback now the face can be reflectorised as well as backlit.
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Thanks for the the reply, Chris5156. I completely forgot about the bilingual aspect.
Interesting that internally-illuminated signs are still being fitted, I assume that they are more expensive - both to buy and install, especially if a new power-supply is needed - than a solely retroreflective sign. All the ones that I have seen seem to have an aged look, I don't recall seeing any new ones.
Interesting that internally-illuminated signs are still being fitted, I assume that they are more expensive - both to buy and install, especially if a new power-supply is needed - than a solely retroreflective sign. All the ones that I have seen seem to have an aged look, I don't recall seeing any new ones.
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I've not seen many new installations myself apart from some around Birkenhead docks, Eastham and Bromborough on the A41. They must be in fasion with some authorities.Kevin Roads wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 15:16 Thanks for the the reply, Chris5156. I completely forgot about the bilingual aspect.
Interesting that internally-illuminated signs are still being fitted, I assume that they are more expensive - both to buy and install, especially if a new power-supply is needed - than a solely retroreflective sign. All the ones that I have seen seem to have an aged look, I don't recall seeing any new ones.
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This one qualifies due to the right turn restriction nearly faded to nothing. Cop Lane, Preston.
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Have also passed these a few times this week https://maps.app.goo.gl/ehQVnCWEGnp7SPe86
Both must have a bit of age, being blue-bordered, and are a bit mankier in the flesh but the lower one must be one of the smallest signs I've seen.
Both must have a bit of age, being blue-bordered, and are a bit mankier in the flesh but the lower one must be one of the smallest signs I've seen.
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This one's definitely past its best, apart from one digit which has either strangely been touched up or has somehow avoided the weathering the rest of the sign has received.
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Also the Dewsbury flag is wrong as it leads to the A644, so should be in brackets. Not sure how that survived the sign replacement programme around Brighouse!the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 22:16 This one's definitely past its best, apart from one digit which has either strangely been touched up or has somehow avoided the weathering the rest of the sign has received.
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A few recently from North Wales
Firstly this one peeling at Colwyn Bay Colwyn Bay Hiding in a bush down a narrow lane near Llandudno Junction
Firstly this one peeling at Colwyn Bay Colwyn Bay Hiding in a bush down a narrow lane near Llandudno Junction
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Yes, loads of good ones (blue borders, especially) in and around Colwyn Bay and Llandudno J.
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They're taken with a DSLR and uploaded straight onto the forum. I dont have a flickr site or any other for signs in general (yet)Kevin Roads wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 05:48 Yes, loads of good ones (blue borders, especially) in and around Colwyn Bay and Llandudno J.
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The patching on this sign has deteriorated to such an extent that is difficult to make out what the correction was. I think the mileages for Kilninver and Oban were originally transposed, showing Kilninver 10 and Oban 3 - these were patched over and reversed but the Oban figure revised from 10 to 11. However, over time the patches have worn and the figures are superimposed and equally visible.
To add insult to injury, the road number B844 was also originally miswritten as B884 and has been similarly patched. I took this picture on 11 August 2012, and the Google camera has been along since, in 2015: https://goo.gl/maps/uwcD4BFHTydrywpx5
To add insult to injury, the road number B844 was also originally miswritten as B884 and has been similarly patched. I took this picture on 11 August 2012, and the Google camera has been along since, in 2015: https://goo.gl/maps/uwcD4BFHTydrywpx5