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Sign Posts Collection

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Great Snoring

Great Snoring
A signpost pointing to the village of Great Snoring, North Norfolk, England, has clearly effected the man beneath it!

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Hikers by Signpost / 1935

Hikers by Signpost / 1935
Feminine rambling fashions of 3/4 length tweed or checked skirts worn with matching or contrasting jackets. Stockings or ankle socks are worn with various styles of shoe

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Bedfordshire road signs 1950

Bedfordshire road signs 1950
A girl in sturdy shoes and long socks, probably school uniform, perches on top of a signpost by the B579 road near Chalton in Bedfordshire

Background imageSign Posts Collection: HURRY! SLOWLY

HURRY! SLOWLY
Hurry! Slowly! This curiously worded signpost is to be seen by the roadside near Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Leicestershire, England. It warns of a open Level Crossing Date: 1950s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: COLD CHRISTMAS SIGN

COLD CHRISTMAS SIGN
An amusing signpost for the villages of Much Hadham and Cold Christmas in Hertfordshire, England! Date: 1950s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Danger - Schoolchildren

Danger - Schoolchildren
This warning notice, reading Danger, schoolchildren round the bend, could have been worded a little differently!

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Rambles in South Devon - 1930s

Rambles in South Devon - 1930s
Front cover of a guide to rambling in South Devon showing a couple enjoying a rest amid open skies and a patchwork quilt of fields, with the sea and coastline just visible beyond. Date: c.1935

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Railway Crossing Sign

Railway Crossing Sign
A railway crossing sign for large vehicles, telling them to stop and telephone for permission to cross! Date: 1960s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: No Parking Sign

No Parking Sign
A No Parking sign, for use during weddings/funerals, Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Five Armed Signpost

Five Armed Signpost
The Five-Armed Post, Teddington Hands, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, built and repaired by four generations of the Attwood family. Date: 1960s photo

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Dark Lane Sign

Dark Lane Sign
Not the way to go by night! A signpost to Dark Lane, seen at Bless Gate, Worcestershire, England. Date: 1960s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Tank Crossing

Tank Crossing
A sign warning drivers to look out for tanks crossing the road! Date: 1960s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Scotland Ireland Sign

Scotland Ireland Sign
Scotland and Ireland have never been closer together than on this signpost seen in Wiltshire, England! Date: 1960s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Twice Brewed Village

Twice Brewed Village
The curiously named hamlet of Twice Brewed, situated near Hadrians Wall, Northumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Amusing Signpost

Amusing Signpost
Beleve it or not, while cycling in Bedfordshire, England, this rider suddenly saw this sign post telling him he was within a mile of Ireland! Date: 1940s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: GOOD EASTER SIGNPOST

GOOD EASTER SIGNPOST
Good Easter, a signpost to a village in Essex, England, the village of Good Wishes. Date: 1950s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: WIG WIG

WIG WIG
Wig Wig! A new dance? No, just the odd name of a small village in Shropshire, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Sixpenny Village Sign

Sixpenny Village Sign
A Sixpenny Village - this is not the work of a practical joker, but the signpost to the Dorset (England) village of Sixpenny Handley! Date: 1950s

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Man at a Road Sign

Man at a Road Sign
A walker contemplates the signpost, unable to decide whether to make for a meal at Middleton or settle for a snack at Straitford. Date: 1893

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Men and signpost

Men and signpost
Two men, one wearing a bowler hat, suit and gaiters, and the other in trilby and pin-striped trousers, look and point at a Surrey County Council signpost to Brighton, Redhill

Background imageSign Posts Collection: ENGLAND SIGN POST

ENGLAND SIGN POST
An England signpost on the border with Scotland

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Half a Mile to Egypt

Half a Mile to Egypt
A cyclist near Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, pauses to contemplate a strange sign reading Egypt half a mile !

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Water Babies / Fairies / Tom

Water Babies / Fairies / Tom
The inhabitants of Polupragmosyne show Tom the way, though they all point in different directions

Background imageSign Posts Collection: Signposts of Future

Signposts of Future
Tomorrows roads will be well signposted with illuminated overhead signs and loud- speakers so that even when travelling at speed you won t miss your way


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