Jan -- yes, it is too silent

Hi Jan and all, Thought you might like to see a 769 'bubble pack' version. (could not find the 769 thread!). I also have a 772 set with a box falling to pieces and the signs rattling around. Ron F

Very interesting! Those bubble pack versions must be quite rare!

The other day I reshuffled the contents of my British Road Signs Set. The signs seemed to have been placed in a rather random order some time before it was acquired by me (like the majority, as confirmed by pictures on the internet). Now it matches the picture in my 1959 Dinky Toys catalogue. However, there is one difference, because the Derestriction sign in the catalogue illustration is replaced by a 30 sign in my set. Indeed, it appears that there are sets with one Derestriction sign and one 30 sign, and deviating sets lacking the Derestriction Sign but containing two 30 signs. In DT&MM (Compendium page 62) and the GBofDT (page 153) this is indicated by: 30/Derestriction (2). Kind regards, Jan

For me the accessory items really add interest to a collection, and I love the way in which this set of signs is presented. I think that the 30 mph / derestriction issue is easily solved - they are both the same sign, with 30 on one side and the derestriction symbol on the other, so you simply need to turn one sign round the other way!

This made me laugh out loud, which is something sorely needed in these times -- thank you! I knew full well that the 30 signs had a derestriction sign on the other side -- which was quite authentic incidentally -- but when Jan posted his message I had completely forgotten this fact. I looked at my set, which is visible but inaccessible behind rows of vehicles in a display, and wryly concluded that I had one of the 'deviating' sets with two 30 signs. LOL!

Thanks, Fred and Jon, my shortsightedness deserves a good laugh indeed! I was puzzling and puzzling why my and many other sets shown are differing from the 'standard' contents. On the other hand, I did not see sets with two Dereliction signs. Now I am relieved that my set is 100% OK, anyway. Finally, below, the official arrangement, a correction which I quickly implemented, of course! Thank you very much for your appreciated comments. It is so silent here these days, which our hobby does not deserve. Kind regards, Jan

Jan -- yes, it is too silent here, so I am ever-more grateful for your interesting and detailed contributions. Unfortunately I have not been back to the UK for about 20 years, but I assume that when leaving a village, one still sees the derestriction signs on both sides of the road, as in this picture, with the '30' limit on the other side of each one.
640 472 Here (courtesy of the Dinky Toys Encyclopedia) is the drawing for the 30/derestriction sign: