On Sunday I went to Crossness (Open House Day). From Coulsdon I took
the 405 to Croydon, then the 75 to Lewisham, then the 180 to just past
Abbey Wood, then walked. Somewhere on the 180 route I'm sure I saw
one of the old road signs, the cast iron rectangular type with the red
triangle above. It must be decades since I've seen one of these; was
I seeing things, or is there really one there? If so, where exactly
is it, and why has it never been replaced by the new triangular type?

On Sep 23, 9:33*pm, wrote:
On Sunday I went to Crossness (Open House Day). *From Coulsdon I took
the 405 to Croydon, then the 75 to Lewisham, then the 180 to just past
Abbey Wood, then walked. *Somewhere on the 180 route I'm sure I saw
one of the old road signs, the cast iron rectangular type with the red
triangle above. *It must be decades since I've seen one of these; was
I seeing things, or is there really one there? *If so, where exactly
is it, and why has it never been replaced by the new triangular type?

There is another one at http://wikimapia.org/
#lat=51.4092165&lon=-0.2625507&z=19&l=0&m=s&v=2, a "school" sign
facing southwards, beside but not on a lamppost.

A birds'eye view from the South using http://maps.live.com/, shows
it as a distince, but unreadable object.

I saw it, directly by eye, earlier this-afternoon.

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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:33:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Sunday I went to Crossness (Open House Day). From Coulsdon I took
the 405 to Croydon, then the 75 to Lewisham, then the 180 to just past
Abbey Wood, then walked. Somewhere on the 180 route I'm sure I saw
one of the old road signs, the cast iron rectangular type with the red
triangle above. It must be decades since I've seen one of these; was
I seeing things, or is there really one there? If so, where exactly
is it, and why has it never been replaced by the new triangular type?


I've seen on on the road between Cheam and Belmont. Often wondered why
no ones pinched it as they are so rare.

Dave