I am not the only one 'collecting' these glimpses of the past – Sam, Mr Ghostsigns, has organised a free scavenger hunt to on the afternoon of Saturday 21st April with the aim to make a database. If you are going to join in I'd suggest a bit of pre-event sleuthing via google streetview which will save time and shoe leather.
I won't be able to join in that day as I will be leading events of my own so, to help anyone who is going to join in on the days I thought I'd give you a heads-up and pull together all the NE signs I have collected myself. Well, I say 'all' but I mean the ones I have labelled and filed correctly – I am pretty sure I have other photos in a folder on my desktop titled "to name and file"!
As regards the design of these enamel signs, I notice that there is no fixed punctuation style – colons, commas, full points and semi-colons appear to be interchangeable.
Along my travels I have also found some North (N.) and South East (S.E.) signs from the same era :
These signs from Hackney and Southwark are the same style as the N.E. signs including the typefaces, casing and fixings. |
More types of street name signs in the Clapton area can be found here.
And this post, also from 10 years ago, shows a variety of road name changes.
Evering Road is N when you look behind the drainpipe. It's right on the border, but definitely N. Have just tweeted with some pictures that I'd love to get a copy of so that I can create a montage of all known NE survivors.
ReplyDeleteIs it really it an N, and not an NE? Seems odd that I wouldn't have checked when I was there taking the photo. But OK!
ReplyDeleteAreas that also fell under the NE postcode were Bethnal Green, Haggerston, Leyton etc
ReplyDeletewere the proff ive not seen that in benthol green ive seen it hackney ,and haggeston but not tower hamlets benethal green
DeleteI have not seen that in benethal green ive seen it in hackney but not in tower hamlets Bethnal Green
DeleteLate to the party on this. Just to say that Southampton is SO and Sheffield is S
ReplyDeleteOops. Yes. I’ll amend that. Thanks, Jane
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