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'Tamper proof' signs to foil thieves in Scots hamlet made famous by Sir Terry Wogan

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A hamlet which was cheekily immortalised by late presenter Sir Terry Wogan has declared war on souvenir hunters who constantly steal its famous road signs.Thieves have regularly targeted the official place names for Cock Bridge in Aberdeenshire – but now the fed-up council is working on ones which are “tamper proof”.Wogan regularly made fun on air of the settlement – home to less than 100 people – which is in the Cairngorms National Park.Aberdeenshire Council previously said it was “disappointing” that the place names had been stolen but replacements were on order and will be installed “as soon as possible”.But they were stolen again last summer.

The signs were also a target for people to plaster stickers – such was the eye-catching notoriety of the place name.But since the summer the hamlet has been without a visible name.Now Aberdeenshire Council is working to restore Cock Bridge’s title to its rightful place – for good.A spokesman said: “We are aware of the issues with this sign and are working to replace it using more robust tamper-proof fixings.” The road often disappears under a blanket of snow in winter and is known locally as “the Lecht” – taking the name of the nearby ski centre.The road is one of the highest in the UK and usually the first in Scotland to be affected by snow.

It is frequently closed during the winter.On his BBC Radio 2 show, Wogan – who died in 2016 at the age of 77 – helped bring the Cock Bridge to ­Tomintoul road and local postmistress Mrs MacKay to fame.In 1999, after he criticised the council for never being prepared for the snow, locals wrote in to point out it was not the local authority that cleared the snow but rather Mrs ­MacKay, the silver-haired postmistress and her silver-handled

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