Metal Signs

[amethyst]

I love to see old metal signs eg gasoline stations signs
Railway signs
Tea & Coffee signs

Any one else a fan or collects them

[Twocky61]

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I love them

Places like Beaulieu Motor Museum have them on display on their old petrol station & workshop displays

[amethyst]

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I love them

Places like Beaulieu Motor Museum have them on display on their old petrol station & workshop displays

Maybe one day it would be worth taking a look

[Twocky61]

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Milestones Basingstoke is another museum around nostalgia similar to Beaulieu

[amethyst]

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Milestones Basingstoke is another museum around nostalgia similar to Beaulieu

I had a look at The Beaulieu site and its pricey adults £21 each entry

[Twocky61]

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It does give an additional entry free within twelve months of purchaes so that makes each visit £10.50 each; similar to Longleat house & safari park in Warminster Wiltshire uk

[marc]

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Metal signs, that brings back memories. The sad part about this, is that many corner shops had some very old signs on the walls. When they closed, the signs were simply thrown away.

Some of the signs I remember are:-

Spillers Shapes
Colman's Mustard
Corona

[amethyst]

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I love old metal signs.The motor Museum in Bourton on the water-Cotswold have got hundreds of these signs inside on the walls they are great to look at.

[marc]

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I love old metal signs.The motor Museum in Bourton on the water-Cotswold have got hundreds of these signs inside on the walls they are great to look at.

I've haven't been to that museum for about twenty odd years. What I remember, it was very good.

[amethyst]

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I've haven't been to that museum for about twenty odd years. What I remember, it was very good.

Yes we enjoyed when we visited the museum last year

[Big Tim]

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We have a small number of metal signs (three) which we bought at "Auto Jumbles" a few years back, all ex-motor trade ones. Michelin Tyres; Castrol Oil and Murco (petrol). At a guess they will have been from the 1960's originally. I used to attend Auto Jumbles (essentially a car boot sale specialising in motoring accessories/parts etc.) regularly, and these signs were often seen for sale, for very little money; however I've not seen many in recent times, they're probably sold privately (Ebay and the like) as there seems to be a few collectors of such memorabilia.

[Big Tim]

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Side note, it's probably 25 years since I visited Beaulieu and even as a youngster I really enjoyed it; lots to see, and not just restricted to motoring, although from memory it was probably better to go in the summer as quite a lot of it was outdoors. I think I'm overdue a return visit.

Lots of little motor museums also worth a look too - the new Lakeland Motor Museum (now at the south end of Lake Windermere after relocating from Holker Hall near Ulverston) is very good; as is the Craven Motorcycle collection at Stockton on Forest near York and also the little museum at Thornton Dale near the North York Moors - all have a selection of these old signs.