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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject: Famous Orkney Road Sign keeps being stolen! |
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Orkney Islands Council counting the cost of road sign thefts
"Visitors to Orkney are always on the look-out for an unusual souvenir to take home with them.
But the latest craze is becoming something of a nuisance for the OIC, with tourists, armed with screwdrivers, stealing Twatt road signs.
A council spokesman said three of the £600 4ft by 5ft signs have been stolen in the last 18 months - unscrewed from their supporting poles.
He added: "The council can only assume that people have become interested in Orkney genealogy and local history before these signs have been going missing." "
The photo is mine - no I didn't steal the sign, but I was in Orkney on holiday back in September this year!
Cherskiy _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Why dont they just make extra roadsigns and sell them in the gift shops for all those Twatt lovers. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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