Monthly Archives: July 2015

‘Think metric’. A customary way to success

Posted on 2015-07-31 by Ramsden

We look at the metric changeover in the UK construction industry, and some of the posters that were part of it. Likes(1)Dislikes(0)

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Changing standards and definitions, including several best forgotten

Posted on 2015-07-24 by Ramsden

After the controversy of recent weeks with bashed bridges, furlongs and novel signs, we turn to something deadly dull – the definitions of length, mass (or weight) and capacity (or volume) and their relationships. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

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Novel signs around the UK

Posted on 2015-07-17 by ronniec

Following on from our article last week about those curious signs in Southend, Ronnie Cohen, one of our regular readers, now reports on a few others that have attracted his attention. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

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Signs of the past in Southend-on-Sea

Posted on 2015-07-10 by Ramsden

There has been an exchange of views on Facebook recently about alterations to signs in Southend-on-Sea carried out by “activists” over a decade ago. This has provided an opportunity for Metric Views to restate the legal position and to discuss … Continue reading →

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Another bridge bashed

Posted on 2015-07-03 by Ramsden

John Frewen-Lord posted this comment on Metric Views but was unable to add the pictures that he took at the scene. We can, and accordingly we have made it the subject of a short article. Likes(1)Dislikes(0)

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