Attleborough (London Road) - Attleborough, Norfolk
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N 52° 30.701 E 001° 00.186
31U E 364487 N 5819826
Attleborough village sign on the edge of the town, London Road, Attleborough.
Waymark Code: WMN0G9
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/02/2014
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The town sign includes cider making and turkeys.
One side of the sign shows apples being pulped, and on the reverse a cider press. There was until 1995, when it was closed and operations moved to Somerset, a Gaymers Cider brewery in the town. (
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"The rearing of turkeys was a particularly successful form of business in the Attleborough area, with the 1930s being a very busy era for this. Market day, every Thursday, would see thousands being sold. The town sign has a turkey on it, reputed to refer back to earlier times when turkeys were walked to London rather than taken by cart and train; it is said their feet were tarred to assist them in travelling such a long distance."
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There is a second sign situated in the village green in the centre of town.