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James, Gibbo, that's worrying for the future of our much-loved old bits of Aston
Maybe it'll be an exception that proves the rule...
Maybe it'll be an exception that proves the rule...
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Re: Picture(s) of the day......
Keeping it visual
http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/ ... 183842.jpg
there's also a thank you for visiting on the way out nice..courteous.. (this example with added graffitti!)
http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/ ... 561935.jpg
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http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/ ... 183842.jpg
there's also a thank you for visiting on the way out nice..courteous.. (this example with added graffitti!)
http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/ ... 561935.jpg
Regards Neil
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Those signs, remarkably, appear many miles from Milton Keynes proper... They are situated on the MK borough boundaries and some are on the Northants and Bedfordshire borders!!! Some are a good ten miles (if not further) from the town centre and very confusing for visitors...
Although we locals refer to MK as 'The City' it's not officially one - yet...
The nearest of these signs to the town are those around Newport Pagnell as the M1 marks one of the boundaries... Newport Pagnell is not part of MK despite being with a swallow's flight of it - we are very much our own town in Bucks and not MK even though we have an MK Postcode but then so does Bedford!
The locations (and cost) of the signs were a great source of controversy...
Although we locals refer to MK as 'The City' it's not officially one - yet...
The nearest of these signs to the town are those around Newport Pagnell as the M1 marks one of the boundaries... Newport Pagnell is not part of MK despite being with a swallow's flight of it - we are very much our own town in Bucks and not MK even though we have an MK Postcode but then so does Bedford!
The locations (and cost) of the signs were a great source of controversy...
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Re: Picture(s) of the day......
Reviving a subject from the 'Picture(s) of the day...' thread for the second time.......
Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built
Timeshift
BBC Four tonight 9.00pm
2016 sees the fiftieth anniversary of the Severn Bridge, which completed the motorway link between England and Wales. Timeshift tells the inside story of the design and construction of 'the most perfect suspension bridge in the world', and how its unique slim-line structure arose by accident.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0803m60
Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built
Timeshift
BBC Four tonight 9.00pm
2016 sees the fiftieth anniversary of the Severn Bridge, which completed the motorway link between England and Wales. Timeshift tells the inside story of the design and construction of 'the most perfect suspension bridge in the world', and how its unique slim-line structure arose by accident.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0803m60
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Re: Picture(s) of the day......
VoilaCitroJim wrote:Not sure about Milton Keynes but Newport Pagnell proudly announces it is the 'Home of Aston Martin' on all its signsNewcastleFalcon wrote: I wonder if Aylesbury is "Home of the Duck" or Milton Keynes "Birthplace of the Concrete Cow"
Anyone got any good examples to share?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4HS0CnL0YqY/T ... 000611.jpg
Regards Neil
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The sign on the future site of what we all hope will be the new 'retro' 1930s -style Art Deco Shell filling station and museum as discussed previously in these pages...
That picture is from a few years ago. We have a shiny new sign now that carries much the same message...
I ride/drive past this location every day...
Looking forward to the day building work starts on this site. It's looking very scruffy and forlorn at the moment and not a good welcome to our town...
That picture is from a few years ago. We have a shiny new sign now that carries much the same message...
I ride/drive past this location every day...
Looking forward to the day building work starts on this site. It's looking very scruffy and forlorn at the moment and not a good welcome to our town...
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I watched that the other week - it was very good indeed and well worth a second watch.bobins wrote:Reviving a subject from the 'Picture(s) of the day...' thread for the second time.......
Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built
Timeshift
BBC Four tonight 9.00pm
2016 sees the fiftieth anniversary of the Severn Bridge, which completed the motorway link between England and Wales. Timeshift tells the inside story of the design and construction of 'the most perfect suspension bridge in the world', and how its unique slim-line structure arose by accident.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0803m60
I must say I enjoy BBC4 Timeshift a great deal - they are invariably good...
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....oh dear......those garish "Land of the Prince Bishops" signs at County borders, may become tourist attractions in their own right as Counties move away from the "branding phrase" to a simpler "Welcome to...." message.
There are exceptions with bits of "new" branding like in "Herefordshire" stressing the "here" bit.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpspro ... ouette.jpg
This article from the BBC poses the question Love, battles and deities-Is the end nigh for county slogans?
a map view
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpspro ... logans.jpg
and a montage of some
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpspro ... logans.jpg
Regards Neil
There are exceptions with bits of "new" branding like in "Herefordshire" stressing the "here" bit.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpspro ... ouette.jpg
This article from the BBC poses the question Love, battles and deities-Is the end nigh for county slogans?
a map view
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpspro ... logans.jpg
and a montage of some
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpspro ... logans.jpg
Regards Neil
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....continuing a train of thought...I wonder what the continentals do with their regions, departements, communes, towns and villages in terms of signage. The US appears obsessed with the "population" to be notified to the passing visitor while the UK pre-warboys of course tended to require reporting of how far away the settlement was from a couple of other places.
https://static2.stuff.co.nz/1331586809/228/6565228.jpg
..and a bit of a sign tangent...the Spanish sign for slippery roads seems a good deal slippier than the UK version which looks like it still uses a 1959 Ford Popular 100E
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... y-road.jpg
http://www.simoncars.co.uk/ford/slides/ ... 20tail.jpg
Regards Neil
https://static2.stuff.co.nz/1331586809/228/6565228.jpg
..and a bit of a sign tangent...the Spanish sign for slippery roads seems a good deal slippier than the UK version which looks like it still uses a 1959 Ford Popular 100E
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... y-road.jpg
http://www.simoncars.co.uk/ford/slides/ ... 20tail.jpg
Regards Neil
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I loved some of Thelwells' interpretations of road signs. The one above was, IIRC, "Warning, tyre swappers ahead".
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Hell Razor5543 wrote:I loved some of Thelwells' interpretations of road signs. The one above was, IIRC, "Warning, tyre swappers ahead".
Any other examples of Thelwells' interpretations of road signs James? I'd expect them all to be a good for a bit of a smirk...
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I will have to get hold of his book "Belt Up" to find out more. I used to have it, decades ago.
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That could be because they have slippery roads, roundabouts and adverse cambers down to a fine art here: from April, months of the surface being drizzled with diesel and tyre-scuff in the hot sun, and then (in October) the first rains. Lovely!NewcastleFalcon wrote:
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white exec wrote:That could be because they have slippery roads, roundabouts and adverse cambers down to a fine art here: from April, months of the surface being drizzled with diesel and tyre-scuff in the hot sun, and then (in October) the first rains. Lovely!NewcastleFalcon wrote:
Oh - and the cheap vino...
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Reminds me of the big late-summer and early-autumn hazard in Cyprus Chris... Grape Juice on the roads... During harvest Cypriot farmers loaded grapes into open wagons and the bottommost grapes got crushed long before they reached the winery and gushed juice all over the road... It ended up as slippery as ice...white exec wrote: That could be because they have slippery roads, roundabouts and adverse cambers down to a fine art here: from April, months of the surface being drizzled with diesel and tyre-scuff in the hot sun, and then (in October) the first rains. Lovely!
I came a right cropper on it one evening driving toward Episkopi Garrison in my almost-new MG Metro. Crashed it into the side of a cliff. Lucky it was the cliff as the other side of the road was a sheer drop not protected in those days by crash barriers...
I love the two extra signs you offered
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