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A pop of yellow
Should you want to be influenced by the influencers, then a ‘pop of yellow’ in your house is a recommendation we can endorse. Glad it's not a ‘pop of beige’, as we've never had demand for such a neutral colour house sign. But should you want a plaque...
We don't like to pry ...
Most of the names you choose for your signs are easy to interpret, but some arouse our curiosity. Why is Robert J. Zamora operating out of a tiny hamlet in the Eden Valley, Cumbria? Does it even have streets, let alone mean streets? And what was the...
Hold very tight please. Ding ding!
For any of us above a certain age those words bring back plenty of memories, along with ‘no standing upstairs’ or ‘room for one more inside’. Yes, I’m talking about riding on a double decker bus in the days when they had clippies – conductors – who took...
Utterly Ottery
We’ve added an adorable otter to our wildlife range, based on a lifelike watercolour painting. The otter house sign will be great for any homes near the water, whether river, lake or even the sea, but maybe not the River Otter in Devon where the newly-established...
More methods of mounting
Normally I recommend Velcro pads for mounting our signs, as they are invisible from the front and have been known to stick like limpets. But occasionally there are obstacles to using Velcro – some brick or sandstone is permeable and it won’t work. And...
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