Complex sentence: Until the 1980s, the road sign at the north end of the village proclaimed "Birds Edge", while approaching from the south, although there was no village sign, the road sign on the A629 proclaimed "Birdsedge".
Split into simpler sentences: Until the 1980s, the road sign at the north end of the village proclaimed "Birds Edge", while approaching from the south. Although there was no village sign, the road sign on the A629 proclaimed "Birdsedge".