eastwestdivide Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Kiss and ride has been a term for 'passenger drop-off point' for quite a few years, but you don't see it on many signs! However, a quick google after seeing your photo led me to this BBC news story from 2015: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-30908775/kiss-and-ride-sign-erected-at-preston-train-station Edit: and further searching shows a reference from 1956: https://www.waywordradio.org/kiss_and_ride_2/ also cross-referred in the Wikipedia article Edited March 19, 2019 by eastwestdivide 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Nothing Whacky about it. I just thought it might be of interest. I am sure every body knows the name but how many of you have ever seen the real thing? Bernard 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted March 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2019 I am glad that it was a three-lane road!: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bernard Lamb Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Spot the difference. Bernard 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Bernard Lamb said: Spot the difference. Bernard Judging by the top photo, they seem to have a general problem with signage. What's behind the duct tape? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 32 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Judging by the top photo, they seem to have a general problem with signage. What's behind the duct tape? There is a lot of new building in the area including a couple of very large estates with c3000 plus residential units. Traffic is frequently diverted. I think that particular sign was in connection with the upgrading of the entrance road to London City Airport. I took a walking group round the area last Autumn and one of the participants noted that the signs on either side of the approach road had different spellings. Bernard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eastwestdivide Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Tinkering with a hunt-and-peck keyboard and google translate, the first line of the Japanese ここにゴミを might say 'Garbage here' and the second line something about throwing away, but I can't find all of the letters! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 24/03/2019 at 01:59, Bernard Lamb said: Spot the difference. Bernard I grew up in a street where the name of the street was spelled differently on the signs at the two ends of the street, and that was still the case when I was last there a few years ago. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 24/03/2019 at 11:31, kevinlms said: Judging by the top photo, they seem to have a general problem with signage. What's behind the duct tape? Hi pH My guess is, "Warning bad spelling !" Gibbo. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted March 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2019 3 hours ago, pH said: I grew up in a street where the name of the street was spelled differently on the signs at the two ends of the street, and that was still the case when I was last there a few years ago. The next road to where I live is Whitehicks on the signs on the west side of the road, and White Hicks on the east side. The road runs north-south, so each end of the road has a different sign on each side. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted March 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, 5944 said: The next road to where I live is Whitehicks on the signs on the west side of the road, and White Hicks on the east side. The road runs north-south, so each end of the road has a different sign on each side. Y'all living in Hicks Ville then.... 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted March 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2019 The one above looks photo-manipulated, might not be but sure looks like it is. This one is real; it was removed a few years ago when the bridge in the backround was replaced. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2019 19 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: 18 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: Tinkering with a hunt-and-peck keyboard and google translate, the first line of the Japanese ここにゴミを might say 'Garbage here' and the second line something about throwing away, but I can't find all of the letters! A simple case of getting one letter wrong, should be dump? Mike. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: A simple case of getting one letter wrong, should be dump? Mike. Even that could be misinterpreted. 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 G'Day Folks Groan !! 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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