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Question: With country pubs being difficult to find, stand-alone signs are used as opposed to or in conjunction with?
Context: Most British pubs still have decorated signs hanging over their doors, and these retain their original function of enabling the identification of the pub. Today's pub signs almost always bear the name of the pub, both in words and in pictorial representation. The more remote country pubs often have stand-alone signs directing potential customers to their door.

decorated signs hanging over their doors
