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This is the main gallery for Pre-Worboys signs.

Only featured pictures should go in this gallery - put the rest in one of the sub-galleries below.

 
Pre-Worboys
 
 
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' Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Aug 25, 2007 by Truvelo
Pair of pre-Worboys warning signs, Shepreth - Geograph - 3443580.jpg
Pair of pre-Worboys warning signs, Shepreth. The road junction icon has fallen off, leaving behind its shape in the dirt.
Pre-Worboys sign on the corner of... (C) David Howard - Geograph - 3490989.jpg
The black arrowhead has fallen off the end (you can see the shape where it was) but otherwise in very good condition. This is where Tennyson took many walks, and Blackdown is the highest hill in Sussex at 919 feet, around a mile along the road.
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Pre-Worboys style sign near Burley which may not be as old as it looks.
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A303 to Exeter this way please.....This old sign has pointed this way to Exeter from before the war you can see it at Hindon on the B 3089
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Castle Rising sign 1
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Castle Rising sign 2
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Old 'Telephone' sign, Ecclefechan

This is at the south of Ecclefechan village, where the original route of the A74 would've gone through the village. An early by-pass curves round the the left here.

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jun 15, 2008 by leopard680
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A Pre-Worboys sign entering Folkestone in 2004
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Taken approx 2012 and still there in 2016. Edmondbyers in County Durham on the road leading up to Weardale.
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Old Stop II

Old Stop Sign in Kent

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 16, 2007 by a228_mb
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Old Stop Sign, Canterbury

Located at the University of Kent, Canterbury, where delivery traffic meets Parkwood Road.

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jan 29, 2006 by Gareth Thomas
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Sign at Llandudno, N. Wales
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Sutton Montis pre-Worboys sextet (1).jpg
Two of the full set of six pre-Worboys direction signs at the junction in Sutton Montis village.
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Two of the full set of six pre-Worboys direction signs at the junction in Sutton Montis village.
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Two of the full set of six pre-Worboys direction signs at the junction in Sutton Montis village.
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The sign approaching the exit from the Royal Mail Management Centre & College, Coton House, Churchover, Warwickshire onto the A426 a short distance north of M6 Junction 1.
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Pre-Worboys signage historically located in Broad Street, Wolverhampton heading towards Princes Square.
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Pre-Worboys signage on Princess Street, Wolverhampton looking towards Princes Square
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Pre-Worboys signage on Stafford Street, Wolverhampton (then part of A460) looking towards Princes Square
Ministry of Transport standard typeface used on pre-Worboys signs
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An old Pre-Worboys 'Parking Lights not Required' sign formerly located in Pool Street, Wolverhampton. This sign was removed before 2009.
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1905 sign from the Zigzag Bridge, Aldridge Road (A453), Perry Barr, Birmingham. The sign is in the possession of Birmingham City Council roads depot.
20200529 1851 - Old sign warning bridge travellers about weight, Nuthampsted Road 51.993891N 0.020041E-cropped.jpg
20200529_1851 - Old sign warning bridge travellers about weight, Nuthampsted Road 51.993891N 0.020041E-cropped.jpg
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Old Roadsigns at Cat Hill Roundabout These old style signs for the A111 and A110 roads originally had white paint in the centre area around the wording. Much of it has flaked away revealing the overall yellow of the lower coat.
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Low quality image of the Winterborne stickland fingerpost
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Winterborne Houghton- finger post An old Dorset signpost complete with location and grid reference on the circular part of the finial, now rather obscured by brambles. For a close-up of the finial under less cluttered foliage, see 1752509.
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Winterborne Stickland- downhill from Normandy Lodge Looking down the road which has come from Bryanston and Blandford, as it heads down into the village of Winterborne Stickland. The finger-post has in recent years been fitted with a traditional style Dorset roundel giving location and grid reference. See 5710890 for a close-up.
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Winterborne Stickland- Whiteway road junction Since March 2016 (4864820) the signpost has been replaced, and been adorned with a traditional Dorset roundel giving location name and grid reference. See 5710879 for a close-up of the roundel.
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Fingerpost, Winterborne Stickland Winterborne Stickland is first and foremost a working village. Its many thatched houses are interspersed with more modern buildings which have mellowed with the years into a harmonious whole.
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Pre-Worboys signage remains on several approaches to Blennerville.
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Old pole, possibly for pre 1956 crossroads sign erected in late 1930s when the neighbouring houses were built.
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All of the signs here are badly positioned, but this one is the most obvious. It also looks very tired and makes a poor use of space.
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One of several old signs preserved in Dalkey.
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As ever, the signs are tucked out of the way.
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One of several old signs preserved in Dalkey. Space around the arrows suggests it has either been cleaned or patched.
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This is my favourite one of the set.
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A pre-Worboys cattle grid warning sign.
 

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