Pre-Worboys preservation campaign
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RAF Shawbury, Shropshire. Sadly the sign is gone -- I wonder what it was? -- but the circle atop, and the pole, look original.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.7964512 ... ?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.7964512 ... ?entry=ttu
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Has this one been mentioned on here?
A search for "Duddo" brought no results.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6772997 ... ?entry=ttu
A search for "Duddo" brought no results.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6772997 ... ?entry=ttu
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RCS encountered in Batley while avoiding long delays on the M1.
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I photographed that one back in February. I'm out the country just now but I'll try and remember to post my photo when I get home.aj444 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 18:35 Has this one been mentioned on here?
A search for "Duddo" brought no results.
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Possibly no longer there but has this little beauty in Suffolk been picked up on yet?
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If that's a private road, it'll have hopefully survived.Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 02:14 Possibly no longer there but has this little beauty in Suffolk been picked up on yet?
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I'm not sure if this'll work or not but here's a link to my photo of said sign: https://scontent.fgla3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64882037aj444 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 18:35 Has this one been mentioned on here?
A search for "Duddo" brought no results.
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There's another one nearby I took a photo of in 2007 and it's still there in the 2022 streetview image.Burns wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 21:39I'm not sure if this'll work or not but here's a link to my photo of said sign: https://scontent.fgla3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64882037aj444 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 18:35 Has this one been mentioned on here?
A search for "Duddo" brought no results.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6772997 ... ?entry=ttu
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Here's a photo I took in June 2004 of another one nearby which is also appearing in a 2022 GSV image:Truvelo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 22:10There's another one nearby I took a photo of in 2007 and it's still there in the 2022 streetview image.Burns wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 21:39I'm not sure if this'll work or not but here's a link to my photo of said sign: https://scontent.fgla3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=64882037aj444 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 18:35 Has this one been mentioned on here?
A search for "Duddo" brought no results.
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6772997 ... ?entry=ttu
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Sadly no, there were two on the road leading to Army firing ranges and by the time I went a few years ago both had been removed. They have been recorded on Geograph. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2417986 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2227553Bfivethousand wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 02:14 Possibly no longer there but has this little beauty in Suffolk been picked up on yet?
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That's new to the internet. If anyone gets a chance it needs a personal shot.the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 13:35 RCS encountered in Batley while avoiding long delays on the M1.
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Using logical deduction a pre-Worboys 15 mph sign, hence the ring and new one, as they kept the ring.Klepsydra wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 17:21 RAF Shawbury, Shropshire. Sadly the sign is gone -- I wonder what it was? -- but the circle atop, and the pole, look original.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.7964512 ... ?entry=ttu
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Wow! I have taken a picture as requested. It is too big for this thread so I've entered it in July's picture of the month.
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One I put up on the socials yesterday:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VQtLkQbJnRwApLtm7
Remembered seeing one with those destinations ages ago.
Hadn't seen it for ages, thought it had gone.
Was driving along there slower than I usually do, stopped in traffic, saw it there.
Probably already in this thread. It's still there, but looking a little worse for wear
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VQtLkQbJnRwApLtm7
Remembered seeing one with those destinations ages ago.
Hadn't seen it for ages, thought it had gone.
Was driving along there slower than I usually do, stopped in traffic, saw it there.
Probably already in this thread. It's still there, but looking a little worse for wear
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NSL sign appears to have fallen off the back of the pre-Worboys 30 near Killearn revealing a pre-Worboys 40.
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If you look closely at the bottom of the 30 side, you'll see some bolt-holes - I guess that must have been recycled from an urban area, where it would have been mounted on top of a pole (with both sides visible at the same time).swissferry wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 22:54 NSL sign appears to have fallen off the back of the pre-Worboys 30 near Killearn revealing a pre-Worboys 40.
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I was having a look at Google maps at the area around Tinsley, Sheffield and what's remaining for the former rail yard and TMD.
I nearly fell off my chair when i come across this rare 'Halt at Major road' pre worboys sign here https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3982088 ... ?entry=ttu especially showing in 2018. Sadly the last few years of GSV images it has vanished. Judging by the dodgy direction sign behind it could be a private road which is why it last so long. But i wonder where it went..
I nearly fell off my chair when i come across this rare 'Halt at Major road' pre worboys sign here https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3982088 ... ?entry=ttu especially showing in 2018. Sadly the last few years of GSV images it has vanished. Judging by the dodgy direction sign behind it could be a private road which is why it last so long. But i wonder where it went..
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Since my local one at Pinewood went before I could get it that's the third known remaining but one is so rusty there's almost nothing left of it. I also missed the other one in Birmingham which only went fairly recently.
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Apologies for not posting for a while, the site was erroneously blocked at my local library!
Following my sloppy gaff at putting Wheaton Aston into the wrong county I was banished to NE Scotland, where I had to endure several days of gorgeous scenery. Only a handful of pw signs were encountered, but interesting ones. The one at Kinloss survives, along with another close by;
Following my sloppy gaff at putting Wheaton Aston into the wrong county I was banished to NE Scotland, where I had to endure several days of gorgeous scenery. Only a handful of pw signs were encountered, but interesting ones. The one at Kinloss survives, along with another close by;
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Also surviving are the wonderful pair in Grantown (note River Spey sign too, which I think also counts), along with the Lay-by sign on the B9102 nearby;