I-Spy AA Village Signs

[mickthemaverick]

I should point out in my car's defence that Jim spotted the sign as we passed and mentioned it. I immediately requested my car to stop, retrace its steps and come to rest alongside the building, thus facilitating Jim's capture of the image. The car responded magnificently to my control inputs and assumed the position I had requested. Thus I can only assume that any detrimental effect on the image was caused by the photographic equipment employed, or indeed its operator!!

[CitroJim]

That's right, blame Mick's car

[NewcastleFalcon]

Village Signs Revisited some in the rain!

Caldbeck Cumbria through a rainy windscreen	Caldbeck Cumbria
Melmerby 1	Melmerby 2

Neil

[CitroJim]

A bit of a different one spotted today on the side of a pub. whilst out on a bike ride...

Clearly a reproduction but who were the M.U.? Mother's Union?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Clearly a reproduction but who were the M.U.? Mother's Union?

If that wasn't rhetorical Jim, Motor Union.

https://www.cvphm.org.uk/AAVillageSigns.html

The most common design is the circular sign approximately 1 m in diameter. The earliest show the interleaved letters "AA" but not in a badge form. These were erected from 1906 - 1910, when the AA merged with the Motor Union. A rare second style shows the AA encapsulated in a badge, but without wings. These pre-date the merger of the Automobile Association and the Motor Union, whose badge of a winged wheel, seen head-on, gave the merged Association the familiar winged AA badge. Signs which state "AA & MU" are from the period after 1910. The first circular post-merger badges are enamelled in a very deep violet-blue and not black. These are rare. Eventually, in 1923, the "and MU" was dropped leaving just Automobile Association with the winged badge and in black on yellow. The badge-shaped signs are the second most common and these all say "AA & MU" and date from 1912-1920. Scottish signs were erected by the AA and Scottish RAC, there being less rivalry between the two organisations north of the border! Irish AA signs were also prevalent before the 1922 partition and many of these are in Gaelic script and co-feature the badge of the Royal Irish Automobile Club - RIAC.

Neil

[CitroJim]

Oh wow! Thanks Neil That's awesome