Signs and Notices
- Honeywell Computers: West London
- STRICTLY NO ADMITTANCE
mind the step!
- A Northern Sign
- MANCHESTER HEALTH & FITNESS CLUB
Take lift to Second Floor
- An Oxford Sign
- VARSITY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH - press bell on left; when buzzer sounds, push
hard on door and enter; take first left and second right, go to far end of
corridor and ascend spiral staircase: our welcome desk is situated diagonally
opposite the second-floor landing. PLEASE ASK FOR DETAILS of our six-week
intensive tuition course, "ESSENTIAL ENGLISH FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS".
- A Legal Sign
- NO ENTRY for those bearing burdens
[Entry to London Law Courts]
- A Tribute Notice
- Owing to misfortunes in childhood, he was almost entirely self-educated.
[statue of F Henry Royce, in Sinfin]
- An Ecclesiastical Notice
- The Brothers of the Misericord harbour every kind of disease and have
no respect for religion.
[source: Guardian Weekly]
- A French Traffic Notice
- To the right, "Toutes Directions".
To the left, "Autres Directions".
[source: Guardian Weekly]
- An Inconvenient Notice
- In the toilets of an office block in Harare: "This urinal is out of
order, please use the floor below".
[source: Guardian Weekly]
- A Memorial Inscription
- NOW AT REST
from his wife and family.
- And another - as seen in an undertaker's window display
- In loving memory of ROSE
who budded, bloomed, then faded away.
- An Examination Notice
- Negligently presented and slovenly work will be penalised.
[Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board]