I-Spy AA Village Signs

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 29 May 2018, 18:23

Went seeking this

Old AA sign on shed at Roadhead

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This is where it used to be

: This is not an AA Village Sign, but is where the AA Village Sign was!

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 30 May 2018, 06:28

...and when the goodle streetview caamera passed in 2010 the sign was still there

Roadhead Cumbria AA Village Sign in situ 2010

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 03 Jul 2018, 22:39

Today without engineering a visit we came across this by chance on a little trip to Herefordshire

NewcastleFalcon wrote: 13 May 2018, 10:52 This is, unless you know different, the most comprehensive list of AA Village Signs in Roadside locations in the United Kingdom. So...oo many things you can do with it! Is there one near you

Here's the challenge . Go and take a photo of your bike/dog/car next to one and post it up....hours of pointless endless fun . Roughly 70 on the list.

Cumbria/Lancs
Spoiler: show
Nateby
Great Ormside
Roadhead
Low Lorton
Caldbeck
Hutton Roof
Troutbeck
Melmerby Street View Location
Inglewhite

Glos/Hereford/Worcs
Spoiler: show
Hawkesbury Upton,Cromhall,Newent,Hillesley,Collington,Woonton,Almeley,Pembridge,Bredon,Clifton on Teme

Norfolk/Suffolk/Notts/Linc/Leic
Spoiler: show
Itteringham,Kersey,Hartest,Sewstern,Thoresway,Northorp,Langar,Tythby

South (Berks,Northants,Herts/Dorset/Hants/Oxon)
Spoiler: show
Fringford (Oxon) , Winterbourne (Berks), Tarrant Gunville (Dorset) , Cheddington (Bucks), Tichborne Down (Hants) , Itchen Stoke (Hants) , Anstey(Herts) , Kings Cliffe (Northhants)

South West (Devon/Corn/Somer/Wilts)
Spoiler: show
Megavissey,Mylor Bridge,St Mawes,St Breward,Marldon,Wiggarton,Wearne,Halse,Staple Fitzpaine,Lydeard St Lawrence,Upton,Clapton,Ramsbury,Luckington,Brixton Deverill

Wales
Spoiler: show
Bosherston,Llanddewi Brefi,Capel Dewi,Y Ferwig,GrosMont,Warren,Cresswell Quay,Hundleton,West Williamston,

Yorkshire
Spoiler: show
Seaton,North Dalton,East Harsley,Langton,Broughton,Aldborough

North-West England/Scotland/Ireland
Spoiler: show
Lower Whitley and Norley (Cheshire);Patrickswell,Duncormack and Instiogue (Ireland); Arnprior (Stirling Scotland)

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 04 Jul 2018, 18:34

Herefordshire is full of lovely villages, quite a few in black and white!

Another nice pair today Almeley and Woonton not a kick in the pants from each other.

: nfalcon own work

: nfalcon own work

Regards Neil

Gibbo2286 · Unread post by **Gibbo2286** » 04 Jul 2018, 22:54

I used to stand in for the manager at our company's Hereford shop back in the fifties, loved the place, full of beautiful girls, eye candy.

I knew most of the villages, a large part of our custom was gypsy, they were there for the hop and fruit picking .

One of the villages was called Suckley, some local wags regularly removed the ' le ' from the name on the signpost and replaced it with an ' m '

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 24 Aug 2018, 07:24

Worcestershire's Finest if you are ever in the vicinity...

AA village name plaque on Pottery Cottage, Bredon

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licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Regards Neil

Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur · 26 Aug 2018, 22:08

shame I missed that, we were back there this weekend to collect an eBay purchase. Lovely spot though, will visit again. Great Car Boot Sale there too "The Ketch", Sunday mornings. I had to resist Oxy Acetylene gear with BOC bottles for £100 ono

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 27 Aug 2018, 07:34

Looks like the sign at Bredon was still there on Pottery Cottage in August 2016 when the google streetview camera passed by.

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.0306967 ... 312!8i6656

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 29 Jun 2020, 08:19

Perhaps some members didnt realise this thread existed...

Recently came across another in the delightful village of Kersey in Suffolk

NewcastleFalcon wrote: 28 Jun 2020, 22:59 Well a couple of little fascinating discoveries about Kersey before We even get to the Pub!

It has a "famous" watersplash, but also a TR7 Convertible in the geograph pic!

Kersey watersplash at Spring

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..and it is one of the few villages in the UK with a round AA village sign

Church Hill and AA village sign, Kersey

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licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 22 May 2022, 10:25

Nateby, Westmorland on the road from Kirkby Stephen up and over to Swaledale.

: May 14th 2018

Regards Neil

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 16 Mar 2023, 13:26

Came across this today. Not in its original location but in the Bridge End Public House Ruabon
So where is Ruabon...2.8 Miles from the famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct & Canal World Heritage Site

Old AA Sign located in the Bridge End PH on the northwest side of the B5605 Bridge Street, Ruabon. Ruabon community. This is the Circular, village name on black band, no Motor Union symbol or name type, dating from 1923 showing distances Wrexham 5¼ Llangollen 6 London 180.

There were five series of AA signs, mostly dating from 1923 and made by Francis & Co / Franco in Deptford, London. The village name and distance to London or Dublin were normally displayed.
Milestone Society National ID: DEN-RUABON

and apart from the aqueduct and canal nearby what is Ruadon notable for...
These things of course, the area, and the firm of J.C.Edwards was a brick and tile making powerhouse.

Neil

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 16 Mar 2023, 15:34

Nice one Neil

Ruabon used to be the site of a big and important railway marshalling yard and junction... The Terminus of the long-gone Ruabon to Barmouth line...

Now just a shadow of its former self...

momag46 · Unread post by **momag46** » 18 Mar 2023, 09:08

The Toft sign was, until recently, on a private house that had been a pub, it must have closed in the 50’s. I started drinking in about 62-63 (aged 15-16) and it was closed before then. Pubs are almost a thing of the past now!

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 18 Mar 2023, 09:53

momag46 wrote: 18 Mar 2023, 09:08 The Toft sign was, until recently, on a private house that had been a pub, it must have closed in the 50’s. I started drinking in about 62-63 (aged 15-16) and it was closed before then. Pubs are almost a thing of the past now!

momag46 wrote: 17 May 2018, 10:06 Just noticed the ‘Toft’ AA sign post. I live at Bourne so just up the road from Toft.
The sign was on the side of a house in the village that had been the Butchers Arms pub, I didn’t know it had been moved to the hotel (that had been a private house until the early eighties).

Maurice

Thanks Maurice nice to see a new entry on the thread. I presume the repro sign (or maybe the original with a bit of a paint job restore) could still be in the Toft Country House Hotel & Golf Club, Toft, Bourne, Lincs

Neil

PS Popped up a photo of the old Butchers arms on the Pubs Gallery thread here...
viewtopic.php?p=748879#p748879

NewcastleFalcon · Unread post by **NewcastleFalcon** » 18 Mar 2023, 21:07

This one is just down the Road from the Blind Fiddler

Yellow AA Road Sign, Rose Cottage, Anstey, Hertfordshire

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licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Selected from the internet's most comprehensive list of such things by pure logic as a decent bet for possible participation.

NewcastleFalcon wrote: 13 May 2018, 10:52 This is, unless you know different, the most comprehensive list of AA Village Signs in Roadside locations in the United Kingdom. So...oo many things you can do with it! Is there one near you

Here's the challenge . Go and take a photo of your bike/dog/car next to one and post it up....hours of pointless endless fun . Roughly 70 on the list.

Cumbria/Lancs
Spoiler: show
Nateby
Great Ormside
Roadhead
Low Lorton
Caldbeck
Hutton Roof
Troutbeck
Melmerby Street View Location
Inglewhite

Glos/Hereford/Worcs
Spoiler: show
Hawkesbury Upton,Cromhall,Newent,Hillesley,Collington,Woonton,Almeley,Pembridge,Bredon,Clifton on Teme

Norfolk/Suffolk/Notts/Linc/Leic
Spoiler: show
Itteringham,Kersey,Hartest,Sewstern,Thoresway,Northorp,Langar,Tythby

South (Berks,Northants,Herts/Dorset/Hants/Oxon)
Spoiler: show
Fringford , Winterbourne ,Tarrant Gunville , Cheddington ,Tichborne Down , Itchen Stoke , Anstey , Kings Cliffe

South West (Devon/Corn/Somer/Wilts)
Spoiler: show
Megavissey,Mylor Bridge,St Mawes,St Breward,Marldon,Wiggarton,Wearne,Halse,Staple Fitzpaine,Lydeard St Lawrence,Upton,Clapton,Ramsbury,Luckington,Brixton Deverill

Wales
Spoiler: show
Bosherston,Llanddewi Brefi,Capel Dewi,Y Ferwig,GrosMont,Warren,Cresswell Quay,Hundleton,West Williamston,

Yorkshire
Spoiler: show
Seaton,North Dalton,East Harsley,Langton,Broughton,Aldborough

North-West England/Scotland/Ireland
Spoiler: show
Lower Whitley and Norley (Cheshire);Patrickswell,Duncormack and Instiogue (Ireland); Arnprior (Stirling Scotland)

Regards Neil

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