What is the best ‘temporary’ thing in the UK? – 21 items that have grossly outstayed their welcome

12.

‘Them stickers on the doors and windows of pubs. ‘Premier League 2010/11 shown here’. I’ve seen some that are 15 years old.’
–UnableSite6745

13.

‘The East Bergholt bell cage in Suffolk. The donor ordered the bells for the church, but ran into some rather complicated legal trouble before the church tower could be completed, so purely temporarily the bells were housed in a ground-floor wooden structure.

…and that was in 1531. The bells are still there.’
–Grebzanezer

14.

‘For me personally, my two front teeth. I bashed them out going down the rapids at Centre Parcs when I was 12. This precipitated a trip to the emergency dentist. He then was able to put some ‘temporary enamel’ in so that I could eat and more importantly not have exposed nerves and what not.

When we went to our regular dentist to take a look they said the emergency dentist had done such a good job that he’d leave it in. I’m 39 now and touch wood they’re still going strong.’
–esn111

15.

‘What about the Covid distancing signs, stickers and footprints. Still plenty of them around.’
–_ian_mcc_

16.

‘Probably Nightingale hospital in Exeter. It wasn’t meant to exist, but it was erected during Covid as a temporary overflow, and now it is still there for basic testing things.’
–deadlygaming11

17.

‘Tyneham Village, Lulworth ranges, Dorset. The entire village was evacuated ‘temporarily’ in 1941 for the army to use it to train for D-day, long story short it is still army training grounds today.

The village is open to the public on certain days, and the old church/schoolhouse is still standing as it was in 1941, it’s beautifully haunting to visit.’
–ProfessionalTea14

18.

‘When the Tamar road bridge joining Plymouth and Cornwall was opened in 1962, locals were told that the toll charge was temporary. Guess what…’
–FlorianTheLynx

19.

‘A rail bridge near Lewisham station (carrying the line from Nunhead over the lines to Orpington) was destroyed by a crash in December 1957. A temporary bridge was built to replace it in January 1958. That’s 68 years for anyone counting.’
–the_gwyd

20.

‘The Mersey Tunnel opened 91 years ago. The fee to travel through was temporary, supposedly being removed after two years once the tunnelling costs were accounted for. Still charging. Bastards.’
–Signal-Ad2674

21.

‘Near Middlesbrough uni there’s a billboard that says something like ‘Students, join today to receive a free iPhone 5!”
–AGamerDraws

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