Signs

I saw this a good few years ago on a road running off the A1 at North Charlton. Sadly it was gone along with the pole when I passed earlier this year.

This sign is over the door to the now closed Horse & Jockey, Church St Castleford, is of considerable age. It dates from a time when this was just a beerhouse and no spirits were sold here. It is a product of Oldham "Sign Service" Leeds.

Boarded up exit at the former Albion Picture House, Castleford.

Seen whilst wandering around Leicester in the freezing cold. I wonder how you make bread with steam? :-)

Sign at the access point to Polkerris Beach. They must have a different calendar in Cornwall.

It is always good to know what to do when things go wrong. Loxley refractory brickworks.

Restored ghost sign on Ducie Street, Manchester.

Traditional signing for the catering at Huddersfield station. The privately run establishment serves excellent food and a decent range of proper beers.

Safety notice at Faina on the Wassertalbahn above Viseu de Sus.

Whatever!

An overbearing power plant features in this poster which stands at a road junction in Yuanbaoshan. It is an advertisement for the China Construction Bank and says:- 'We will support the enterprises to develop and provide best service to people'.

Apart from a few railway tracks in the concrete loading areas this is all that remained. Point of Ayr colliery was the last colliery in North Wales and closed in 1996. At one time coal was exported by sea using the colliery's own fleet of ships. In its final years it supplied power station coal to Fiddlers Ferry power station near Warrington. The coal seams were worked under the Dee estuary and, despite extensive reserves, it closed as a result of the reduced demand for coal due to the use of gas in electricity generation.

Mixed offerings advertised in the baths building at Caphouse Colliery.

A rare survival in eastern region blue, spotted whilst mooching the streets of Stowmarket.

Birmingham Canal Navigations sign still in place sign on the west parapet of Well Lane bridge, Wednesfield. This section of the Bentley Canal was still officially open at this time, but was actually completely derelict and unusable. Now filled in and built over.

Drybridge Lodge, Mostyn, built in 1849 by Ambrose Poynter, is one of a fine series of 19th century lodges and gates forming the architectural setting of Mostyn Park. It is a castellated lodge of 2 storeys superimposed on a bridge above a road, with an integral tunnel through the building itself.

Level crossing sign at Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction.

The Bird In Hand on London Rd, Trent Vale, has been closed for some time and is now up for sale. I would love to know more about the origins this interesting pub sign on the front wall of the building. Google streetview .