I'm a dedicated admirer of the vanishing art of hand-painted signs and actually make part of my living from doing sign-writing. These lovely examples were found today on a drive in North Yorkshire. You'd think the wide availability of computer technology would have made effective sign communication open to everyone but sadly this hasn't happened. Both of these hand painted signs display a naive elegance and colourful charm which wasn't evident on the virtually unreadable PC produced A4 black & white roadside notices for village fetes which I also spotted while out and about today....