http://www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/tags/gasworks/ Wed, 02 May 2012 15:04:18 -0700 Wed, 02 May 2012 15:04:18 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2072/buddyicons/22455491@N02.jpg?1285013908#22455491@N02 http://www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/tags/gasworks/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/7136941659/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/22455491@N02/">Renown</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/7136941659/" title="'Pre-grouping' road sign."><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8159/7136941659_84fa33a6b8_m.jpg" width="229" height="240" alt="'Pre-grouping' road sign." /></a></p> <p>Sorry it's a little damaged and not as sharp as it might be, but I thought it worth sharing never the less. It's another shot from a small bunch taken by my father in his quest to record the passing of old Kidsgrove. This North Staffordshire Railway road sign guarded the canal bridge at Hardings Wood where the road went over the Trent and Mersey. It basically says that the bridge is unsuitable for anything other than the normal traffic of the district (whatever that might be!). I seem to recall another similar one on the entrance road to Kidsgrove (Central / Harecastle) station which was also over the same (railway owned?) canal which prohibited 'Heavy Locomotives'... presumably Traction Engines.<br /> I wonder where these delightful relics ended up?</p> Wed, 02 May 2012 15:04:18 -0700 1965-12-01T00:00:00-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Renown) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7136941659 53.089114 -2.247787 53.089114 -2.247787 24912 'Pre-grouping' road sign. <p>Sorry it's a little damaged and not as sharp as it might be, but I thought it worth sharing never the less. It's another shot from a small bunch taken by my father in his quest to record the passing of old Kidsgrove. This North Staffordshire Railway road sign guarded the canal bridge at Hardings Wood where the road went over the Trent and Mersey. It basically says that the bridge is unsuitable for anything other than the normal traffic of the district (whatever that might be!). I seem to recall another similar one on the entrance road to Kidsgrove (Central / Harecastle) station which was also over the same (railway owned?) canal which prohibited 'Heavy Locomotives'... presumably Traction Engines.<br /> I wonder where these delightful relics ended up?</p> Renown gasworks stokeontrent roadsigns staffordshire trentmerseycanal kidsgrove northstaffordshirerailway hardingswood