Strange Road Signs

[FrothNinja]

Not a road sign per se but I thought you might like this maxim on the Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury:

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Can't believe I've never noticed that. If I did, I've forgotten. That said, there is a chance that I have occasionally been a nuisance in Frankwell and on Victoria & Mardol Quays.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Can't believe I've never noticed that. If I did, I've forgotten. That said, there is a chance that I have occasionally been a nuisance in Frankwell and on Victoria & Mardol Quays.

I lost many a weekend in Shrewsbury in the 80s and nuisance was definitely the order of the day. I'm quite surprised we didn't know about that inscription.

 

[FrothNinja]

Shrewsbury in the 80s

I was there 87 to 89, drank most places but the Dolphin was local - kept returning for a few years after for a blether & piss take

 

[Dogtrousers]

I was there 87 to 89, drank most places but the Dolphin was local - kept returning for a few years after for a blether & piss take

I had friends who lived there from the late 80s through into the 90s. I'm afraid I can't remember the names of the pubs. Apart from the Loggerheads.

 

[Dogtrousers]

On today's ride

 

[oldwheels]

This may have appeared before

 

[lazybloke]

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I'd stand by the sign for a selfie

 

[PeteXXX]

I'd stand by the sign for a selfie

I rode past that sign 🤘
There is a pic somewhere

 

[oldwheels]

I rode past that sign 🤘
There is a pic somewhere

Been there as well but not sure the same pic was shown.

 

[FrothNinja]

This may have appeared before View attachment 629315

I first entered it back in 1986
...on the way to Rousay

 

[oldwheels]

I first entered it back in 1986
...on the way to Rousay

My memory does not stretch that far back. I have been to Orkney several times.

 

[CharleyFarley]

Not a road sign per se but I thought you might like this maxim on the Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury:

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Seems to have been a popular sign. Perhaps there were more nuisances around, back then, than there are, today. London had them, too.

 

[PeteXXX]

 

[Sharky]

I'd never heard of the Road and Path Cycling Association. There's a bit of history about them here: https://www.cyclingnorthwales.uk/cycling-history/road-path-cycling-association/

Apparently there is a sign in Ightham in Kent. I'll look out for it next time I ride through.

Went past the George and Dragon in Ightam and stopped to have a look for the sign this afternoon.....

 

[Sharky]

Went past the George and Dragon in Ightam and stopped to have a look for the sign this afternoon.....

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Well, what a coincidence. Went to Rochester and noticed a book in the museum and I took a sneaky photo of one of the pages......

It's what is now the George and Dragon in Ightham.

You can see the same triangular sign that I took a picture of yesterday.

And if you look carefully at the overhanging sign, it says "Commercial and Cycle Hotel".