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Sutton twin towns mural by Gary Drostle, 1993
United Kingdom · wikidata.org
These seven panels are said to be for each of the seven towns this one is twinned with — a crest and a scrap of scenery for each. According to Wikipedia it's one of half a dozen bits of public art round the same town centre, so somebody there was on a mission at some point. I couldn't find out whose idea it was.
Erisava: Feels like something the council put up to tick a box.
Transport Panels by Henry Collins, 1980
Surbiton · wikidata.org
It's mounted on the wall of a supermarket built on old railway land — which is apparently why the transport history ended up there at all.
Erisava: I don't think you're meant to understand half these symbols without looking them up.