Shite Old Road Signs

[warch]

11 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Might be of interest to some 

I'm enjoying trying to work out where all these signs are situated, I'm guessing somewhere between Dulwich and Balham?

[mitsisigma01]

I had to Google map it because I thought it was still there but its not. Probably went years ago. Just off to book some dementia tests 😕

But you do get a bonus Invacar 

[barrett]

I think that's just by West Dulwich station (where the railway bridge is), but not much of the rest of the landscape has survived

[LightBulbFun]

heres a slightly higher rez version from my thread if its any help  

(also with regards to previous discussion in this thread note the different (original) rear lights and the pressed white on black metal plates on the Model 70 JPH417K)

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

heres a slightly higher rez version from my thread if its any help  

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ATE "tin lantern" traffic signals, so much more compact than the awful plastic Mellor design that replaced them.

[busmansholiday]

Spotted this on the A6 at Darley Dale

 

[bunglebus]

Papped this going through Stock earlier

 

[willswitchengage]

One I found in Wokingham a few years ago.

I say found - I was reading one of the fantastic blogs on https://www.roads.org.uk/articles/war-worboys which is this thread on acid.

 

[mk2_craig]

On 7/14/2021 at 3:01 PM, mk2_craig said:

Still a few of those “pre-Worboys” road signs in Jersey, haven’t got any of my own photos but I’m sure there was a thread on a website somewhere. 
 

EDIT: Sent to me by a friend

Here’s one I did see recently, it is presumably not older than the sixties but features an older variant of the bus silhouette icon than the standard one that’s been used everywhere for decades. 
 

Been making a mental note of where I see these, went back for this one today:

Great! Except it’s a crossroads:

Maybe they felt the sign for a three arm junction was adequate. 

[DSdriver]

On 8/7/2021 at 11:01 AM, warch said:

I'm enjoying trying to work out where all these signs are situated, I'm guessing somewhere between Dulwich and Balham?

Get paper map and a compass and draw circles centred on each location to the distance indicated, where they intersect should give you a triangulation.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Been making a mental note of where I see these, went back for this one today:

Great! Except it’s a crossroads:

Maybe they felt the sign for a three arm junction was adequate. 

I guess it's because the road ahead is a dead end. Where is that, with Yellow stop lines?

[mk2_craig]

5 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I guess it's because the road ahead is a dead end. Where is that, with Yellow stop lines?

[Andrew353w]

On 7/12/2021 at 4:30 PM, dozeydustman said:

Being a soft southerner there are still plenty of fingerpost style roadsigns lurking around here in Sussex, but also in Kent. One of my favourites is this one.

 

These went through a phase of being stolen on a regular basis, so some now read Sandwich Ham

This road sign was pictured in a school mathematics book I used during the 1970s! For the life of me I cannot remember why it was in the book, but it might have been something to do with symmetry!

[bunglebus]

Saw this in Rayleigh today - street view image

[bunglebus]

Not strictly a Road sign, in the (now) blocked off entrance to a field. 

Looks quite official though 

[AndaBoss]

At East Barnet, what was the A1 back then is the current A1000

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not strictly a Road sign, in the (now) blocked off entrance to a field. 

Looks quite official though 

Who do you ask though, if the service has been superb?

[dozeydustman]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not strictly a Road sign, in the (now) blocked off entrance to a field. 

Looks quite official though 

Quite possibly the road into an old municpal dump or landfill. Some old maps will tell you what was there.

[bunglebus]

It's here

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6641136,0.3715495,243m/data=!3m1!1e3

[J R Hartley]

[J R Hartley]

Spotted on the side of the Caley Sample Room pub in Edinburgh. An overgrown sign for Rootes Group service. 

 

[martc]

A couple on the Isle of Bute, apologies for the over exposure due to the good weather, normal service will be resumed shortley...

[martc]

Further south than my pics of similar signs at North Dalton and Garton on the Wolds, but that there London is now about 30 miles further away (only 10 miles more nowadays).

[Rusty Pelican]

On 4/18/2022 at 5:28 PM, J R Hartley said:

Spotted on the side of the Caley Sample Room pub in Edinburgh. An overgrown sign for Rootes Group service. 

 

WOW - Just wow , pinched the image for a Rootes group facebook page if thats OK

 

[J W Pepper]

[J R Hartley]

23 hours ago, Rusty Pelican said:

WOW - Just wow , pinched the image for a Rootes group facebook page if thats OK

 

Yes, absolutely. 👍

[High Jetter]

On 5/17/2022 at 8:18 PM, Rusty Pelican said:

WOW - Just wow , pinched the image for a Rootes group facebook page if thats OK

 

Looks more like Gardener's World, tbh.

[scruff]

I notice this gem every time I travel the A45 through Ryton. But where could I share such enthusiasm, I wonder.

Once again AS serves up a blinder. There's a few more in our little corner of the world, I will endeavour to record them now.

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[High Jetter]

I'm not keen on their bread though...

[CaptainBoom]

I've seen this one in Crayford for years, the sign is quite new, but the wording to me seems a bit old fashioned:

which is a bummer for these guys:

also, with all of the parked cars on Orchard Hill, a bit of a contradiction?