Lord Sterling Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Here's a few I've spotted over time: Spotted in Selly Oak/Harborne border. Now since gone: Spotted in Harborne, not sure if its still there but certainly from around the 50s/60s maybe earlier given the language used: A non-motoring sign spotted in Bewdley but still old and interesting nonetheless. martc, Dick Longbridge, bunglebus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 At the summit of the M62 - all the letters have fallen off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 OK, they are Google Street View, but I see these regularly on the A61 on the way home from Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Not that far from me will keep an eye out next time I pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Ghosty said: At the summit of the M62 - all the letters have fallen off. So, inSIGNifecent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 rainagain, LightBulbFun, hennabm and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 3 hours ago, busmansholiday said: "This bridge was intentionally under-engineered" busmansholiday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack D Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Located at the motor museum in Bourton-on-the-Water. worldofceri, LightBulbFun and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R Hartley Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Old AA call box at St Mary's Loch. mk2_craig, bunglebus, J W Pepper and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LessThanEqual Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Excuse the steet view screenshot, this one is a few miles from me. Holland county council hasn't existed since 1974 so older than that yet still maintained. bunglebus, worldofceri, CaptainBoom and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Chinley, High Peaks. This has been recently repainted by the council. Nice to see the modern nature reserve sign added to it much later is in the same style. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 4 hours ago, martc said: Chinley, High Peaks. This has been recently repainted by the council. Nice to see the modern nature reserve sign added to it much later is in the same style. There's some obscure law about things in an area of historic interest/beauty or somesuch having to be in keeping - hence the skinny yellow line. My mate pointed the lines out to me in the Yorkshire Dales years ago martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 7:14 PM, bunglebus said: There's some obscure law about things in an area of historic interest/beauty or somesuch having to be in keeping - hence the skinny yellow line. My mate pointed the lines out to me in the Yorkshire Dales years ago Hell to pay if they don't! https://www.kentonline.co.uk/weald/news/garish-yellow-lines-ruining-our-prettiest-streets-251929/ bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R Hartley Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 There's a lot of these in Cumbria. LightBulbFun, J W Pepper and bunglebus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R Hartley Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 bunglebus, AnnoyingPentium, worldofceri and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, J R Hartley said: That is calling for both “do not paint” and “please restore me” in equal measure J R Hartley and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garythesnail Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I know there's going to be similarities in language but to find that the Welsh words eglwys fechan relates directly to Ecclesfechan has made me a smile. J R Hartley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 No 'S' tho. Symp restore, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 The Peak District still had quite a few 30 signs with a flat topped 3 well into the late 1990s, & possibly more recently on some side roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R Hartley Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 8:49 PM, Garythesnail said: I know there's going to be similarities in language but to find that the Welsh words eglwys fechan relates directly to Ecclesfechan has made me a smile. Fun fact: The place name Ecclefechan is Welsh in origin and Lockerbie is of Norse origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Duggleby, near Malton, still there about 90 minutes ago. LightBulbFun, busmansholiday, mk2_craig and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Ancient signs on the M3 where it meets ye olde M25. You can hardly read it and drivers are always making last minute lane swerve manoeuvres. Funny thing is there's roadworks around here every night. Bizarre that no one has ever thought to splash out a couple of quid on some new lettering. I bet there's some sort of M3 vs M25 budget vagueness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 2001 (could be 1931) Still there, last time Google visited. LightBulbFun, Vantman, bunglebus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 8:49 PM, Garythesnail said: I know there's going to be similarities in language but to find that the Welsh words eglwys fechan relates directly to Ecclesfechan has made me a smile. Of course Welsh was the main language for much of what is now England and central Scotland for quite a long time, hence the Strathclyde (Welsh) Kingdom of north-west England and South West Scotland in the early medieval period (after the Romans buggered off). Alusilber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudster Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Not old, but certainly shite, they’ve installed Australian traffic signals at M1 junction 26. mk2_craig, bunglebus, Vantman and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alusilber Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 6 hours ago, warch said: Of course Welsh was the main language for much of what is now England and central Scotland for quite a long time, hence the Strathclyde (Welsh) Kingdom of north-west England and South West Scotland in the early medieval period (after the Romans buggered off). Welsh, or Brittonic/Brythonic as it was back the days of the Ancient Britons. Some reckon Pictish in the north of (what is now) Scotland was much the same thing too. warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, Alusilber said: Welsh, or Brittonic/Brythonic as it was back the days of the Ancient Britons. Some reckon Pictish in the north of (what is now) Scotland was much the same thing too. Welsh being an exonymic term for the Brythonic god bothering people of the British Isles coins by pagan settlers from Northern Europe. I kind of love how history refuses to play ball for various modern day nationalist movements due to cultural reach. Alusilber and De Selby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 As you can obseve, my daughter is now too old for a perambulator, and I am fortunately too young to require an invalid carriage. But we were heartened to find that those fiendish horseless carriages would not irk us whilst traversing this narrow thoroughfare in Sheringham, Norfolk. mitsisigma01, mk2_craig and De Selby 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Side street in Sutton Coldfield puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Shot in 2010. Them signs look a bit faded. Google 2021, they're still a bit faded bunglebus and mk2_craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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