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New Scientist need your help!
New Scientist are trying to find out if the story below is true or not. Anyone able to help...? 
Use rear entrance
SEVERAL readers have sent us what appears to be a photograph of a sign outside Northampton General Hospital in the UK that says: "Family planning advice - use rear entrance". This would count as a great example of a sign that carries a meaning dramatically different from the one intended, were it not for the fact that the internet abounds with claims that the sign has been seen outside hospitals in other English towns as far apart as Barnstaple and Doncaster. This seems improbable - and photos are very easy to fake these days.
On the other hand, none of the urban myth websites has taken up the story and debunked it, so we are appealing to you for help. Is the Northampton photo a computer-manipulated concoction or does the sign really exist? Any hard evidence that can settle the question either way will be gratefully received.
Use rear entrance
SEVERAL readers have sent us what appears to be a photograph of a sign outside Northampton General Hospital in the UK that says: "Family planning advice - use rear entrance". This would count as a great example of a sign that carries a meaning dramatically different from the one intended, were it not for the fact that the internet abounds with claims that the sign has been seen outside hospitals in other English towns as far apart as Barnstaple and Doncaster. This seems improbable - and photos are very easy to fake these days.
On the other hand, none of the urban myth websites has taken up the story and debunked it, so we are appealing to you for help. Is the Northampton photo a computer-manipulated concoction or does the sign really exist? Any hard evidence that can settle the question either way will be gratefully received.
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