Pre-Worboys preservation campaign
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That lettering is Transport, so may just be a newer sign in a words-only pre-Worboys style.
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Here's a variation on a theme, an arrow no through road. Sadly it's no longer there but I just found it planning a trip for the ones still in Stratford.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.20709 ... ?entry=ttu
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.20709 ... ?entry=ttu
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I discovered this beauty on a search and here it is. I haven't seen a white on blue directions but it's clearly pre-1933 as it's not of the later design. The simple reason there is no arrow is it's for straight ahead on the main road, but for reasons unknown the current route to these places is in the opposite direction.
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Is it possible that the owner of the building had bought it when it was being taken down originally and remounted it on their wall?DavidNW9 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 22:34 I discovered this beauty on a search and here it is. I haven't seen a white on blue directions but it's clearly pre-1933 as it's not of the later design. The simple reason there is no arrow is it's for straight ahead on the main road, but for reasons unknown the current route to these places is in the opposite direction.
Probably busy documenting grade crossings in the southeastern United States.
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I wondered that as well, but the bolts seem to have been as old as the sign and they tend to replace them when repositioning signs as the old ones rust. Also if it misleads drivers the council would probably have told them to move it.
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Then I guess the road lay-out around there must've been massively different, or it was erroneously posted there. The only other alternative I can think of would be that the building got moved at one point to preserve it while allowing redevelopment of where it originally stood, but, admittedly not really knowing the area, I don't feel that's super unlikely.
Probably busy documenting grade crossings in the southeastern United States.
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It's a listed building so has been there a long time. On a closer look the holes use screws, and while some are darkened some look new so a bit of a mystery as if it has been moved it's barely travelled much more than across the road. Maybe a note to the address would help?
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There's a police notice no waiting on a wall in Melton Mowbray. All I know is it's on one of the roads heading out of the centre but hours of searches have raised a fat zero. I think it's still there but must be well hidden. Is anyone familiar with it? They used to be quite common, often no parking, and must be part of the national system as the police had the power to make them.
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It was on the corner of Mill Street but went in around 2016. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.76310 ... ?entry=ttu
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Such a tiddly thing. I thought you meant a round sign (like NO PARKING).DavidNW9 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 02:40 It was on the corner of Mill Street but went in around 2016. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.76310 ... ?entry=ttu
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Plenty of those if you want them. Police notices tended to be oblong and said no parking, although I don't have one, this was far rarer as it said no waiting. All no parking signs otherwise were oblong except one I found but no waiting were round. Rare but findable if you ask me for locations. This is very unusual and also a portable version with a concrete base.
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This one and its mate have been linked here for ages but now I have some free time I ran through them all and went to get them today in Stratford on Avon along with the others there which I'll put under private and council signs.
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This is a first, certainly in my experience, the space above the set of signs in Leighton Buzzard has just had the original sign which used to be there replaced. Does anyone know how this happened?
signs by David Howard, on Flickr
signs by David Howard, on Flickr
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Is it possible the owner of the building they're on had the original taken down to be restored or reproduced at some point and just finally got it put back-up?DavidNW9 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 19:32 This is a first, certainly in my experience, the space above the set of signs in Leighton Buzzard has just had the original sign which used to be there replaced. Does anyone know how this happened?
signs by David Howard, on Flickr
Probably busy documenting grade crossings in the southeastern United States.
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Quite possibly, however although it's in perfect condition the paint is weathered so not repainted, and up close you can see it's an original. But either way I'm delighted it's there now, maybe someone local will know when it was last there but I'm going back over five years and Streetview can confirm about 15 with its absence.
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Nice direction signs (but quite rusted)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166323901864
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166323901864
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I have promoted this farm sign to pre-Worboys as it's probably unique and older than 70 years. It's in Weston Colville, Cambs.
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Here's a nice little one in Odiham, Hampshire.
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