Sign of the past

[powernapper]

Hands up all of you who remember old road signs like this one.

I spotted it recently in a street adjacent to Keswick's Alhambra Theatre. Complete with black and white squares and 'cats eye' type reflectors, it is probably made of cast iron, and this one has survived the Lake District's changeable climate with pride.

Sign_8625 by Stephen Thompson, on Flickr

[tesarver]

Re: Sign of the past

Nicely spotted

Tom

[Birdy]

Re: Sign of the past

Well spotted Stephen, its nice to see a few of them surviving. I came across the old 'school sign' a few weeks back with the two children on.

[El Sid]

Re: Sign of the past

Yes I can remember such signs though most had gone by the time I stared driving. Don't think I've seen one in a long while though...

[ctrollen]

Re: Sign of the past

Nicely done. We stayed in Keswick a few years back - a lovely place and we saw some decent shows at the theatre too

[TonyT]

Re: Sign of the past

Nice one, plenty of them still about in the lakes, its a "Cumbrian" thing, rather like the red phone boxes, it's part of the heritage of the place and adds to the charm and oldy worldy feel of the area.....


GOD I MISS HOME ..........

[TonyT]

Re: Sign of the past

It does make you wonder if the road was previously regarded as an A road, but as roads in the UK have improved it was relegated down to a B status, hence the "cut out" B inserted into the sign.

Just checked it also has sections of A road, so a dual prupose sign, I seem to remember one similar indicating the route to Buttermere.