[Talk-GB] Balaam Street

[Philip Barnes]

On Wed, 2022-01-05 at 17:58 +0000, Mark Goodge wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/01/2022 15:42, Colin Smale wrote:
> 
> > What would happen if there were evidence on the ground that conflicts
> > with the official record? In this case there isn't any but there
> > could be. What if someone were to find a signpost with "B166"? As
> > Mark says, that wouldn't change the fact that it *IS* the B116,
> > according to the authoritative source. Does "on the ground" win, or
> > the "official truth"?
> 
> The problem with signs is that they can, and sometimes do, linger
> beyond 
> their validity. There's a classic example of that in my town centre, 
> where this heavily faded "One Way" sign no longer has any legal 
> significance:
> 
> https://goo.gl/maps/YLsKA16qibuMFGbM8
> 
> The street on which it exists is now completely split by fixed
> bollards, 
> so both ends must, of necessity, be two-way. But the sign remains!
> 
Or pre-worboys signs, which have historic significance, but are now
nowhere near the roads to which they refer.

https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=126207389481821

Phil (trigpoint)