<div dir="auto">Very good! <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We could possibly add,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"... lest their Deliveroo order arrive cold and uneatable from long adventuring to and from the neighbour houses. "</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 19 Mar 2021, 11:58 Andy Mabbett, <<a href="mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk">andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I thought colleagues might enjoy this item, from Showell's Dictionary<br>
of Birmingham (1885):<br>
<br>
"Numbering of Houses.—We are rapidly improving in many ways, and the<br>
gradual introduction of the system of alternate numbering, the odd<br>
numbers on one side of the street, and the evens on the other, is an<br>
advance in the right direction. Still, the fixing of the diminutive<br>
figure plate on the sideposts of a door, or, as is frequently found to<br>
be the case, in the shadow of a porch, is very tantalising, especially<br>
to the stranger. Householders should see that the No. is placed in a<br>
conspicuous spot, and have the figures painted so that they can be<br>
well seen even on a dusky evening."<br>
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-- <br>
Andy Mabbett<br>
@pigsonthewing<br>
<a href="http://pigsonthewing.org.uk" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://pigsonthewing.org.uk</a><br>
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