Whatever happened to the..........................

[Hell27]

dabber said:

......and for extra points - on which motorway does it say "The pies, the pies" ?

M57 near Aintree - They've redone the artwork since I last saw it......

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&am...

[Uhura fighter]

Hell27 said:

dabber said:

......and for extra points - on which motorway does it say "The pies, the pies" ?

M57 near Aintree - They've redone the artwork since I last saw it......

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&am...

M58 heading into Liverpool

Pies this is your time

[BigS]

There used to be a "Jesus saves greenshield stamps" around here when I was a kid.
Oh and there's a railway bridge that's got "Pistols OI!" and "Wales for Mexico 86" on it still.

[masermartin]

Jonny671 said:

What is the Motorway where at the side of the road, its on a hill there is a big big satilite dish thing, but is concrete..

Oh now I hate you. I know the one you mean, I just spent ages street-viewing along the M40 trying to find it near Stokenchurch, failed, but I'm certain that's where it is.

[Flintstone]

Ferg said:

I took this picture on our narrowboat holiday of a wall in Stoke purely in memory of M Khan on the North Circular.

Excellent.

[oniznorb]

BigS said:

There used to be a "Jesus saves greenshield stamps" around here when I was a kid.
Oh and there's a railway bridge that's got "Pistols OI!" and "Wales for Mexico 86" on it still.

I remember a couple of Free George Davis - with every four gallons quite a few years ago

[Jonny671]

masermartin said:

Jonny671 said:

What is the Motorway where at the side of the road, its on a hill there is a big big satilite dish thing, but is concrete..

Oh now I hate you. I know the one you mean, I just spent ages street-viewing along the M40 trying to find it near Stokenchurch, failed, but I'm certain that's where it is.

Glad I'm not the only one who knows it! Yeah M40 would make sense as I seem to remember it on the drive to Manchester..

[dabber]

Uhura fighter said:

Hell27 said:

dabber said:

......and for extra points - on which motorway does it say "The pies, the pies" ?

M57 near Aintree - They've redone the artwork since I last saw it......

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&am...

M58 heading into Liverpool

Pies this is your time

[Flintstone]

oniznorb said:

I remember a couple of Free George Davis - with every four gallons quite a few years ago

FREE NELSON MANDELA!!!With every packet of cornflakes

[Skodaku]

....... Likely Lads ?

[petrolsniffer]

[Timberwolf]

hectic said:

..But does anyone remember the "London Thing" scrawl on the 44 miles sign for London (east bound obviously) on the M4?

Yes, I remember that one.

There are a few ones - always liked the "give peas a chance" bridge.



Sadly a shadow of its former self now:

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.582353...

Also anyone remember the old "Why Do I Do This Every Day?" fence on the M40? Think it was as you approached London around High Wycombe sort of area.

Edited by Timberwolf on Friday 10th September 23:22

[thatone1967]

There a bridge in Sandhurst (The Berkshire Sandhurst to save confusion) known locally as the Happy Christmas Bridge, someone painted it on there years ago, and to my knowledge it's still there... will have a look tomorrow and see if I can post up a pic

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...
and
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

Best I can do linkwise...

Edited by thatone1967 on Saturday 11th September 17:52

Edited by thatone1967 on Saturday 11th September 18:55

[EDLT]

This one always makes me smile:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&am...

[volumeone]

Hmm good question. I like the Gouranga signs and it was good idea.

Hare Krishna members used to put them up, but I don't know how and when. I guess they've probably given up trying to spread happiness among our miserable self-destructive society so no more signs.

Might have to move on to burning Korans.

[wildcat45]

Flintstone said:

oniznorb said:

I remember a couple of Free George Davis - with every four gallons quite a few years ago

FREE NELSON MANDELA!!!With every packet of cornflakes

In my town for years on a shop shutter "free Spencer Mandela"

[obscene]

thatone1967 said:

There a bridge in Sandhurst (The Berkshire Sandhurst to save confusion) known locally as the Happy Christmas Bridge, someone painted it on there years ago, and to my knowledge it's still there... will have a look tomorrow and see if I can post up a pic

That came to mind as I was reading this thread.

[Rubin215]

Shilbottle in Northumberland keeps having its direction signs amended by crossing the l to make it a t.

Puerile, but it still makes me laugh.

[Ferg]

Rubin215 said:

Shilbottle in Northumberland keeps having its direction signs amended by crossing the l to make it a t.

There's a sign on the A120 near Braintree for the 'Dog and Partridge Underpass' which has been changed with sticky letters, no less, to '..Underpants'.

[Negative Creep]

The one way arrow sign by my grandparent's house had "if your (sic) gay" written underneath it. Clever stuff