Local vernacular road signage

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[marinyork]

I can imagine one in York where I used to live with regards the "pedestrianized" zones and a sign with Lord Kitchener on it and "Mike Usherwood says no".

Slow down duck and slow down luv would be short and not require a very large sign.

 

[Dayvo]

I can imagine one in York where I used to live with regards the "pedestrianized" zones and a sign with Lord Kitchener on it and "Mike Usherwood says no".

Slow down duck and slow down luv would be short and not require a very large sign.

I'm 'related' to him!
My great-grandmother's cousin!

 

[Landslide]

"Bus Lane - 7 in't morning while 7 in't evening"
"Geeoer" (Give Way)
"Dirty Pigs This Way" (Signage to Brammal Lane)

 

[marinyork]

Geeor lol. Ooh yes I'm liking these and they'd be incorporated near some of my regular cycling.

 

[Maz]

I saw a sign in Millhouses Park (Sheffield) many years ago that read "Dogs must be lead", to which someone had added "Cats must be zinc".

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

There was a sign in Sheffield:

'Wait here while the train passes'

Except in Sheffield 'while' means 'until' as in 'Im working 9 while 5'.


It caused no end of bother.

 

[Maz]

"Dirty Pigs This Way" (Signage to Brammal Lane)

How very dare you! I'm Blade through and through!

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

Every sign in Liverpool would say:

"What yooou lookin' at?'

 

[marinyork]

How very dare you! I'm Blade through and through!

I'm not though

I like the zinc one though, I think that's worthy of the sorts of stories in eats, shoots and leaves.

 

[Maz]

There was a sign in Sheffield:

'Wait here while the train passes'

Except in Sheffield 'while' means 'until' as in 'Im working 9 while 5'.


It caused no end of bother.

That's true.

And apparently so is this; when pedestrian crossings were being introduced in Sheffield, instructions on how to use them were published, which read "Do not cross while the green man is flashing", and some people waited until the green man flashed before starting to cross the road.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i always wondered what the sisters of mercy song 9 while 9 referred to, while i went to uni in sheffield

 

[marinyork]

What's up with dee? Slow down.

 

[Maz]

Oi naah then, where tha' goo'in?...No Entry

 

[Fnaar]

Hawaay man, divven't gan so fast