autofantasia's photos with the keyword: signage

For this week's Sunday Challenge , for which the topic was manly pursuits . A bit of a tricky one in some ways because I don't think that nowadays there are many activities which you could say are for men only. Even hobbies that might once have been seen as for being solely or at least predominantly for men, such as DIY, are now quite popular with women too. The times are no longer as Bob Dylan once sang a-changing ... instead they have changed and changed significantly. Take this temporary road sign I found discarded on the ground behind Northallerton's leisure centre. When I was growing up it was understood that this meant Men at Work . Yet nowadays although the sign looks exactly the same as it always has, and certainly still looks to me like it depicts a man digging, it is now described as indicating road works ahead. I guess it won't be long before the only true manly pursuit left for us guys will be growing a beard! Also for Sight and Sound . I nearly went for the Dylan track referenced, but in the end I couldn't resist the double pun connection offered by Men at Work with "No Sign of Yesterday": youtu.be/TqWJDsCJyiE youtu.be/TQJ_SjMdMq4

This one is dedicated to all my friends in the Sunday Challenge group where the ability to urk , for some at least, has become an art form. It's actually a macro shot of the street sign for Turker Lane in Northallerton just carefully framed, cropped and tweaked. EDIT: I should have explained that it's a running joke amongst group members. For example, if you really don't fancy a particular challenge you might say urk , which is probably much better than some of the alternatives! However, as Urk is actually a real place which can be found in the Flevoland province of the central Netherlands I should say no offence intended to the good people of Urk ... I'm sure it's a lovely town! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urk

Spotted this old road sign nestled under a hedge in Romanby, North Yorkshire.

Once again this was taken, but never used for The Sunday Challenge when the theme was middle of the day . This is the last letter on the sign above the entrance to a local coffee shop, namely Costa which is located behind the High Street in Northallerton.