In his fantastic book on London street signs, @alistair documents the rebranding exercise that the City of London undertook in the 1980s, which resulted in the wholesale replacement of its street signs. I do have a soft spot for what went before though, including this beast from Great New Street.

@lccmunicipal @alistair I was honoured to get a mention in Alistair's book following the work on Hackney's surviving N.E. postal district signs:

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/projects/nesigns/

N.E. Signs | Ghostsigns

N.E. Signs| Ghostsigns | The following is an account of the work done in 2018 (and since) to record the surviving remnants of London's lost N.E. postal district. A more detailed paper documenting the history of the N.E. postal district and its surviving street signs can be found in Volume 21 of Hackney History. This is available for £5+P&P