The choice of the Royal Exchange as the reference point for distances to the city, rather than either Glasgow Cross or a municipal building, suggests mile markers like this were paid for by the Royal Exchange itself, which served as a meeting place for merchants and businessmen wishing to trade in commodities, such as coal or iron, or services, such as shipping. If so, it would suggest they were as much an early form of advertising as they were a public service.
Cast iron mile post on Glasgow Road in Milngavie to the northwest of the city. The measurement of the distance to the Royal Exchange indicates it was made after 1827 (when the exchange was first established), while the alternative spelling for Aberfoyle suggests it was made prior to the start of the 20th Century when the current spelling for this town became standard.
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Well, most of it. Some of the views in Mogden were interesting, but I might struggle to call them beautiful!
@openstreetmap folks: I made a JOSM preset for entering direction/destination details on street and trail direction guideposts. I've made sure it also works in Vespucci 
Docs: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Presets/GuidepostDirectionsAndDestinations
Discussion: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/presets-for-josm-vespucci-guidepost-directions-destinations/133833
#OpenStreetMap #JOSM #Vespucci #Mapping #Fingerpost #Guidepost
Can't park there, mate.
Someone failed to negotiate the bend on Benty Heath Lane. They appear to have been able to get out without cutting gear, so presumably weren't seriously hurt.
I was just grateful that they missed the #Fingerpost.
As it's #Fingerpost Friday, #TodaysWalk took me across the Old Kent Road, where an ancient example, painted with the logo-before-last of Southwark Council, points to the Livesey Museum which hasn't been open for seventeen years, and the Bird-in-Bush Community Centre, which is now "Old Kent Road Nursery and Pre-School (formerly Bird in Bush)".
In Peckham, I found Spring Tide Close, a nod to a flood-plain heritage which, being behind the police station, is currently used for parking their wagons.
First and Last Signpost, Land's End, Cornwall, c.1950s - RA Series RP Postcard
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Signpost, Land's End, Cornwall, c.1950s - RP Postcard
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Known for over 200 years as "Brokken" Bridge, this signpost is clearly some modern abomination as it uses metres instead of yards.
This Is My Glasgow
Passed Wonder
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