[Talk-GB] Same old, same old...

[Andy Mabbett]

I thought colleagues might enjoy this item, from Showell's Dictionary
of Birmingham (1885):

"Numbering of Houses.—We are rapidly improving in many ways, and the
gradual introduction of the system of alternate numbering, the odd
numbers on one side of the street, and the evens on the other, is an
advance in the right direction. Still, the fixing of the diminutive
figure plate on the sideposts of a door, or, as is frequently found to
be the case, in the shadow of a porch, is very tantalising, especially
to the stranger. Householders should see that the No. is placed in a
conspicuous spot, and have the figures painted so that they can be
well seen even on a dusky evening."

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk