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Sunday signage: old stones

Old stones set into brick walls. One a reminder of a burial ground, the other slightly mysterious.

A selection of signage recently appreciated, from the Fishergate/Fulford Road/Lawrence Street areas of York.

On outbuildings under the trees behind King’s Manor, names, dates and handprints imprinted in what looks like panels made from mud.

Admiring some handsome lettering on Yearsley Baths, and taking photos of it through tree branches.

The signs around the site while the work was taking place on Scarborough Bridge deserve a special mention.

To be found all over York and everywhere else: chiseled into stone and brick. ‘Each one unique’.

What lies beneath the plastic signage: old painted lettering. Corner shops and high street shops reveal their earlier owners.

A new sign seems wrong, but isn’t. And a fine old (1940s) photo of part of this old hamlet.