Old circular AA and Motor Union Sign on Bury Bar Lane in Newent
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Old circular AA and Motor Union Sign on Bury Bar Lane in Newent
Image: © Milestone Society Taken: Unknown
Old AA and Motor Union Sign set on the wall of a line of three garages or workshops on the northeast side of Bury Bar Lane in Newent, 8½ miles northwest of Gloucester. Newent parish. This is the Circular, village name on black band, Motor Union either side of AA badge at top type, showing distances Gloucester 8½ Dymock 3½ London 112½. There were five series of AA signs, mostly dating from 1923 and made by Francis & Co / Franco in Deptford, London. The village name and distance to London or Dublin were normally displayed. Information on the Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland is here https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Motor_Union_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland. See also https://www.flickr.com/photos/129733140@N05/22527029277 , https://www.flickr.com/photos/majorclanger/11132745236 and https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4766790. Milestone Society National ID: GL-NEWE
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Image Location
Latitude
51.930081
Longitude
-2.404233