NEW SIGN... OLD SIGN??

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 12:13 am

Some department has arranged for the good old fashioned cast iron sign to be removed and replaced with one of these modern sheets of plastic.It is on the old Canal office building, now converted to flats.This is a protected building, how can they just rip off the old one?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 12:33 am

Quite so Brunel - municipal vandalism at its worst !! Incidentally I am a bit surprised that the LS10 postal district comes so near to the city centre.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 12:34 am

Brunel wrote: Some department has arranged for the good old fashioned cast iron sign to be removed and replaced with one of these modern sheets of plastic.It is on the old Canal office building, now converted to flats.This is a protected building, how can they just rip off the old one? Ls10 ? i thought it was Ls1

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 8:54 am

Doesn't even look straight.

simong · Post by **simong** » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 1:19 pm

Brandy wrote: Ls10 ? i thought it was Ls1 That's what Google says, although the south end could be different. Dock Lane is LS10 according to the sign visible on StreetView.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 5:10 pm

That's a real shame. What was wrong with the old one? If it ain't broke, don't fix it (or put the new one up wonky.)Incidentally, I think the sign at the end of my street is probably original. It's made of wood and is so badly weathered it is almost impossible to read, but it is a tiny bit of history. It might even be the temporary sign that somehow got forgot, back in 1879 when that end of the street was built. I wouldn't want to see it go. I'll post a pic if I get the chance.

sirjohn · Post by **sirjohn** » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 9:04 pm

the other side of that street is LS11

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 24 Apr, 2009 10:16 pm

Bridgewater Place - and others are in LS11. You might (or might not) be surprised to learn that there are representations to alter the boundary so that they are within LS1. This is said to be to make them more desirable and, desirable of course means more expensive and ergo, more profit of course!

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sat 25 Apr, 2009 9:45 am

The sign on the other side of the road has been painted recently.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 25 Apr, 2009 6:31 pm

chameleon wrote: Bridgewater Place - and others are in LS11. You might (or might not) be surprised to learn that there are representations to alter the boundary so that they are within LS1. This is said to be to make them more desirable and, desirable of course means more expensive and ergo, more profit of course! I'd have thought it would be LS11 - but Tetleys in on Hunslet Road and I suppose that's LS10. I always thought Holbeck, Beeston, and Meadow Lane were LS11.