Does anyone know which stations were the last ones on BR to retain early BR (i.e. totems or other regional style) signage (or even older signage for that matter) rather than the standard 1970s/80s ones with black letters on white, and how late they survived?
In this video from the last day of services on the Kilmacolm line on 8th January 1983 (which has since reopened as far as Paisley Canal) at
only Mosspark station appears to have a standard 1970s/80s BR style nameboard, with all others still having older ones with white letters on light blue (which I think was standard for the Scottish Region in the 1950s and '60s).
I would guess that the Kilmacolm line stations may have been among the last surviving examples of these on BR. I expect BR tended to be less bothered about changing the signage at stations that were either already under threat of closure or thought likely to be proposed for closure in the near future.
See also the now closed thread on signage examples from the 1920s onwards at https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/signage-examples-1920s-onward.45792/
In this video from the last day of services on the Kilmacolm line on 8th January 1983 (which has since reopened as far as Paisley Canal) at
I would guess that the Kilmacolm line stations may have been among the last surviving examples of these on BR. I expect BR tended to be less bothered about changing the signage at stations that were either already under threat of closure or thought likely to be proposed for closure in the near future.
See also the now closed thread on signage examples from the 1920s onwards at https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/signage-examples-1920s-onward.45792/