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lindseymclarke is a group administrator lindseymclarke  Pro User  says:

See this. Let's do it for London. We have an excessive amount of misspelt, amusing, despairing signs out there.

Snap them. Post here and link them up. We will be grateful.

HELP US!

Thanks. Happy capturing.
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secretlondon123  Pro User  says:

Piccadilly Circus tube
DSC00274_2.JPG

No cycling on the pavement - East Street market
no cycling on the pavement

Lottery funded regeneration stuff, Aylesbury Estate
okay..

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secretlondon123  Pro User  says:

Camberwell Squatted Centre, July 2007
Camberwell Squatted Centre - Workers of the world relax!
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saturday's child  Pro User  says:

I support the intent, but I just wish someone had proofread it before going public.
and ASBO?!?!??!?!  AND!!?!!
In the blue it reads: "You could: Receive and ASBO, lose your home or go to prison!"
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buckaroo kid  Pro User  says:


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buckaroo kid  Pro User  says:

internet + barbers
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Plashet Grove, East Ham

nervous patients are very welcome
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Lindsey Street, Smithfield

smoking debris?

No smoking debris??
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Portobello Road

trolley rage
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Kensington Church Court

This is not a police station
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mondoagogo  Pro User  says:

I have a whole set of signs and stuff -- most are from London. Here are some:

beef

Unknown

Check Lists Every Night

Facts

searching

nothing

all ages
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lindseymclarke is a group administrator lindseymclarke  Pro User  says:

This is why I love our Flickrpool. Thanks all - keep 'em coming.
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Orhan Tsolak  Pro User  says:


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trixie  Pro User  says:






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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Ernald Avenue, East Ham

open
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Near Kensal Green

train choreography
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Martin H  Pro User  says:

CA-C At any time
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RachelH_  Pro User  says:

Damn those carousing parents
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a faz [deleted] says:

Tufnell Park Tube
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Hot Grill  Pro User  says:


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saturday's child  Pro User  says:

Southbank
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saturday's child  Pro User  says:

Tate Modern: Street Art, Introduction
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lindseymclarke is a group administrator lindseymclarke  Pro User  says:

Thanks to Orhan and JudyGR so far... we're rolling with this through the summer. Cheers all - your time will come!
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Thanks, lindseymclarke.
Here's another.

Strand Continental Hotel

vacancies
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helen.2006  Pro User  says:

Behave or be banned. Otherwise known as Don't leave your food unattended

behave or be banned
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- Ronski -  Pro User  says:

Sign of the times
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Mulia  Pro User  says:

Genuine Fake

Parking for Italians only

Myspace is 4 losers

Sheep Crossing - Wicklow, Ireland

Please take what you want, IT'S FREE

No Armas
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- Ronski -  Pro User  says:

Paranoia
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northernmonkey  Pro User  says:

Please don't feed the Pelicans.
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- Ronski -  Pro User  says:

Walking on Water
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Annie (falling asleep at the wheel)  Pro User  says:

No Mooing
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Tyla'75  Pro User  says:

Don't kill your wife

Desserts contain calories

Halloween Sale
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armenotti  Pro User  says:

only in London ;)

Signs everywhere
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sunshine indoors says:

and heaven knows he's miserable now

i was looking for a job and then i found a job...
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LondonDave  Pro User  says:

Aha! Just remembered this:

P1010461

You may need to look a the larger size to fully appreciate that the note says "Hello Poo Head!!"
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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

John's Mews

Just north of Theobalds Road
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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

Also Linds - I've added loads of good ones to the bottom half of this set: flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/sets/72057594107253560/

But don't have time to copy them over to this thread. Feel free to use.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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helen.2006  Pro User  says:

This lamppost is undergoing repair

guess where in westminster
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helen.2006  Pro User  says:

Mr Rabbitte invites

Mr Rabbitte invites...

All dogs welcome!
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Secret Pilgrim  Pro User  says:

Beer garden, the Brockley Barge.

The Brockley Barge
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Simon Crubellier  Pro User  says:

If you're going to do typos, do them in style. Do them in three-inch-high neon letters -

Another tick in the 'I-Spy Book of London Flickr'

Sadly I never got a shot of the café on Belsize Road that offered 'expresso' and 'Full English brekfast', frosted into the front window.
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Ed'  Pro User  says:

In or near Tottenham:

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secretlondon123  Pro User  says:

The Windmill, Brixton

No Barking
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Martin Deutsch  Pro User  says:

Rubbish signs seem to be my specialist subject...

no teabags

Putting the fun into funerals

Please do not touch the walrus

REDUCED FEE'S

Unheeded
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Martin Deutsch  Pro User  says:

Oh, and one more...
Could they perhaps be related?
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amanda farah  Pro User  says:

Wait Here I Have Gone To Get Help
Wait Here I Have Gone To Get Help
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Simon Crubellier  Pro User  says:

This is supposed to be "tuckahoe"...

Pffft
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Ronald Hackston  Pro User  says:

Here's a few...
No Fun
Owl StretchingTime
New Sex Enjoyment
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Ronald Hackston  Pro User  says:

And there's more:
Hell in a Handcart
Tee Hee
No Fun At All
Named & Shamed
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Tyla'75  Pro User  says:

Is straight the new gay?

Is straight the new gay?
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lindseymclarke is a group administrator lindseymclarke  Pro User  says:

Thanks to M@, Martin Deutsch & Simon Crubellier - yours all coming up. Keep them coming, please! Cheers.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Ewan-M  Pro User  says:

Spot the mistake
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Simon Crubellier  Pro User  says:

RIP

CEEP CLEAR
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acechick  Pro User  says:

Beware of evil
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simon_white  Pro User  says:

This is one of my favourite ever signs: it adorned the door of what is now Carluccio's in Covent Garden whilst it was a building site. We never did get to the bottom of why it was on the outside of the door.

Somewhere in London
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simon_white  Pro User  says:

And then there's the rant against No Smoking signs that was at St Saviour's Church, Warwick Avenue

No smoking in St Saviour Warwick Avenue
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johanna  Pro User  says:

here are a few

The Albion

dress

orange s and lemons and letters

Upper Clapton Road

strictly not for sale (reverse psychology?)

ding dong merrily



and my fave:

you are here
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cakehole  Pro User  says:

one more:


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lindseymclarke is a group administrator lindseymclarke  Pro User  says:

Thanks, all! Do keep them coming x
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Incessant Flux  Pro User  says:

Myriad criteria for entering this small shop
A selection of polite notices
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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

Urine luck

From the Still and Star, Aldgate.
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cowfish  Pro User  says:

Here's a few:
Copyright is a cock

Guess Where

To Rent

I Wish 2

guerre bg

I've just had a look and I have a worryingly large number of piccies of words...
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CdL Creative  Pro User  says:

Best foot forward???

Watney market

Steve
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secretlondon123  Pro User  says:

human hair

As long as you are here

Tables

They didn't have them (I checked).
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Marshall Manson  Pro User  says:


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_sarchi  Pro User  says:



-- from _sarchi - (?)
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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

Dear Sherlock

From the Sherlock Holmes Museum. Read to the end.
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secretlondon123  Pro User  says:

TOILET

Former public toilet for rent - corner of Grange Road & Tower Bridge Road in Bermondsey SE1.
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dan_a  Pro User  says:

LDN wall painting, Shoreditch, London
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sandy/唐吉珂德 says:

hi all
how to get my picture here?
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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

Reserved for Camels

From the Prince of Wales pub, Clapham
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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

Dressing room key

One of the streets in Covent Garden.
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shutters closed and nobodys home  Pro User  says:

Customers Wanted

this is one of my favourites, from a shop in North London.
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shutters closed and nobodys home  Pro User  says:

immediate(ish)

and one more... from the back door of (i think) the Oxfam Bookshop in Brighton.
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halcyonday  Pro User  says:

Two for the collection:



And try as I might, I haven't been able to find more context for this one...


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cakehole  Pro User  says:

a few more:


this used to be in Newington Green


round the back of Oxford Street somewhere


creative mechanics


a summer classic
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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

Confusing parking sign

Clear as spunk parking restrictions in Grove Road, Denmark Hill.
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twenty_questions  Pro User  says:

debate

Cambridge Heath Road, London.
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

no motors

Catton Street, WC1.
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

caution

in Kensal Green Cemetery
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

warning

Fair warning in Mayfair.
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cowfish  Pro User  says:

Pissing

No Shit
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dartar  Pro User  says:

happy nightmares
Vallance Road, E1.
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secretlondon123  Pro User  says:

Pedestrian loading only

No cargo on the tube, Liverpool Street station.
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cakehole  Pro User  says:

bad news(paper)



bargain cuppa

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lindseymclarke is a group administrator lindseymclarke  Pro User  says:

Please keep them coming! Or email to londonist@gmail.com if you have a good one.
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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

Do Not Climb on the Lions
Lions, what lions?



please don't start...
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steve_w  Pro User  says:

More prohibition:

Prohibited

It does, you know...
Victory Works

No Cycles...

Police Will Remove
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futureshape  Pro User  says:

Persons with the intent of stealing your money by futureshape

Anti-climb paint gone mad by futureshape

Not a play area by futureshape

East London by futureshape

Basically, you're not welcome by futureshape

Please Help by futureshape

Door Opens Inward(s) by futureshape

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QPR James says:

Friendly Sign by QPR James

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Matt From London is a group administrator Matt From London  Pro User  says:

Japanese Knotweed

King's Cross railway lands
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trailerfullofpix  Pro User  says:

Itinerant Ice Cream Banned in Greenwich (by trailerfullofpix)
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pooparazzi  Pro User  says:

Cleaning rags, cotton waste, MUTTON!!!!???

[http://flickr.com/photos/27348204@N08/2941912053/]

Lothair Road, South Ealing, London.
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Jono B says:

fiction.JPG by Jono B

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cakehole  Pro User  says:

Ssshhhhh!


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JudyGr  Pro User  says:

dead loss
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Andy Wilkes  Pro User  says:

Lo Rice

Lo Rice - Friday 25th Oct

Taken in Borehamwood - within the M25 - Check the Geo-tag on the pic.
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Fin Fahey  Pro User  says:

Just clocked this thread, have to add a few:

Harrow Road montage (what is it with this road?):

Misspellings, Dyslexia Street (aka Harrow Road)

Lettering, Bethnal Green

Falling Down, Bethnal Green

Duel Fuel, Stoke Newington

'Duel' Fuel, Stoke Newington

Better then crazy sale, Dalston

'Better then crazy sale', Dalston
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etcher67  Pro User  says:

wet autumn
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onionbagblogger  Pro User  says:

Clapham North Deep Level Shelter 19 by onionbagblogger


Deep down below at the Clapham North Deep Level Shelter.
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Martin Deutsch  Pro User  says:

Charismatic Impact for Christ Ministries
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