Saturday, February 21, 2009

Tyrral's Ford

These photos were taken during a trip to England. Tyrral's Ford is a pub near Ringwood, in the south of England. If any of my readers pass though that way, I'd strongly recommend their steak and kidney pie.

There were also two particularly interesting (if entirely grammatical) signs.







This seems like something out of a fantasy novel.






The same wording was used on several other signs I encountered in England. I was surprised that the British explicitly labeled their marriage licenses 'civil'. It seems like a savvy way of using precise language to resolve a tricky social issue.


And for context, here are the signs in their natural habitat.