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Paul Philbin

Racy advert that has had Scousers laughing for over 20 years

A raunchy advertising board has had people laughing for over two decades.

The advert has been visible since 2002 and it continues to raise smiles for thousands of people who pass it daily.

Climax Scaffolding, which is joined to the back of Broadgreen train station, created the tongue-in-cheek sign on the back of the "getting off at Edge Hill" term.

The tongue in cheek billboard hasn't really had the recognition it deserved.

However in 2017, following the collapse of a wall near Lime Street, one Guardian reader saw the bright side of the line closures and sent in a witty letter.

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The sign, which is on the platform travelling away from Liverpool, says: “Why jump off at Edge Hill when there’s a climax at Broadgreen?”

And if you’re from the city you will understand the racy innuendo to the sign, but if not we’re here to explain it for you.

The raunchy advert that only Scousers will understand at Broadgreen Station (Google)

With Edge Hill being the last station before Liverpool Lime Street, the Scouse saying of getting off at Edge Hill is a euphemism for not going the whole way...

However coming from Lime Street towards Broadgreen could lead you to Climax.

Gordon Balme’s letter in the Guardian said: “Following your report on the track closure at Lime Street station (2 March), I anticipate a fall in the local birth rate in nine months’ time as more people have to ‘get off at Edge Hill’”.

Jane Merrick first spotted the letter and claimed that all Scousers would understand what it meant.

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