An Early 20thC London & Southwestern Railway Painted Cast Iron Sign; ‘Shut This Gate’ Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Notable events in the year

Notable events in the year 1883 included the publication of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and the opening of the first electric railway in Brighton

every 291/2 days – which is one lunar month

which offsets the central field wonderfully well

the dolphin grieved itself to death

An Early 20thC London & Southwestern Railway Painted Cast Iron Sign; ‘Shut This Gate’ Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Notable events in the yearOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 20 Width: 18 Height: 3 Depth: 0. 5 The rectangular shaped painted cast iron railway sign, in black capital lettering to an emerald green ground reading Shut this gate in capital lettering, and surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. In original condition, the whole has not been re painted or meddled with and the paint has flaked beautifully with age. There are