I was only… 85 miles from Holyhead

(To the 'Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa' tune obviously…)

Sign at Chester station showing distances to London and Holyhead, 25/6/14

This sign hangs on the wall between platforms 3 and 4 at Chester station, now orange in colour I suspect that it was once painted London Midland Region maroon and over the years the weather has taken its toll…

Its location, high on a wall beside the fast line through the station probably means that it will never be repainted again and so it lingers on, a reminder of the days when railways still erected signs like this one, of little or no use to the railway itself and of only casual interest to passengers using the station.

(The dead bird will probably be there for a while too…)