gph2000 Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 Bill Posters should be getting royalties! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 17 minutes ago, gph2000 said: Bill Posters should be getting royalties! I think that Mr. William Posters has got enough out of us all by now............ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 On 24/8/2023 at 4:04 PM, airfixfan said: 1916 of course as nothing happened that year! The real life one was dated 1916, but an enamel, not cast from old Chinese bed irons in a backyard furnace. On 24/8/2023 at 1:45 PM, WRENNEIRE said: Maybe if the (1) was (I) I might have been convinced The 'apple for scale' is worth more than the junk sign. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DERAILED Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Another 'new' one for me and this thread has been mentioned in the argument on Adverts. https://www.adverts.ie/other-antiques-collectables/vintage-old-railway-cast-iron-small-trespass-sign/31527122 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DERAILED Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 If you're getting tired of all the signs here's some vintage farm machinery coming up for sale on Sunday next. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Grab it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 On 21/9/2023 at 10:04 PM, DERAILED said: If you're getting tired of all the signs here's some vintage farm machinery coming up for sale on Sunday next. And there was me offering €25,000 for it because a man told me it was a genuine ancient Egyptian Ming dynasty Victorian Snail-Splicer, almost 4,000 years old. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DERAILED Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Somebody must have tipped them off as the description was updated and they managed to get €38 for the 'signal arms '. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Something very dodgy going on with Cork and Bandon signs The guy who “purchased” the last one now has one up for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said: Something very dodgy going on with Cork and Bandon signs The guy who “purchased” the last one now has one up for sale Most likely the same sign with a clean up and a lick of paint on the letters. The oil-like stains under the O and T in 'Notice' seem to be present (but much fainter) in the picture of the sign from Sept 20 too. I suppose he may be trying to turn a quick profit??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 17 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said: Something very dodgy going on with Cork and Bandon signs The guy who “purchased” the last one now has one up for sale Multiple profiles? It looks like something that got a quick roasting with a blowtorch and a spell in the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) Have two of these cast iron Signal Spectacle holders with arms, you would not want them posted, they weight a fair bit. ]] Edited October 2, 2023 by Georgeconna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Georgeconna said: Have two of these with arms in the shed you would not want them posted, they weight a fair bit. It’s possible there real though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 10 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said: It’s possible there real though? Nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 There was a G S W R Anybody Leaving This Gate Open Is Lialbe To A Fine Of Forty Shillings. sign at the boot sale in Stafford on Sunday. I wondered if the misspelling of 'liable' would make it a lot more valuable, perhaps..? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian Keane Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 49 minutes ago, Broithe said: There was a G S W R Anybody Leaving This Gate Open Is Lialbe To A Fine Of Forty Shillings. sign at the boot sale in Stafford on Sunday. I wondered if the misspelling of 'liable' would make it a lot more valuable, perhaps..? You forgot the two holes drilled in these positions; 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Got to be one of the worst duds yet! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 29/9/2023 at 10:34 AM, Westcorkrailway said: It’s possible there real though? They sure are got them from a railway man in Mallow for some photography I did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Killian Keane said: You forgot the two holes drilled in these positions; The spelling gaffe is proof the maker's first language is not English. The real railway back in the day would never allow signage intended for the public carry an error like that! The actual text ran "GS&WR Notice Any person leaving this gate open is liable to a penalty of forty shillings." The holes are often staggered like that on the real notices, depends on what sort of gate they intended to affix it to. Edited October 17, 2023 by minister_for_hardship 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 A lot of the foreigners that I know are less liable to make spelling mistakes in English that the native monoglots are. Or to use 'liable' when they mean 'libel'. Etc. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) I still recall the grammatical advice that our university lecturer handed out in the 80s - he was the son of a Polish army officer and had been educated in a secret Warsaw school during the Nazi years. Spoke and wrote English with precision! And it’s native speakers who use ‘draw’ when they mean ‘drawer’ and ‘brought’ when they mean ‘bought’. And as for ‘should of’ instead of ‘should have’……. Edited October 17, 2023 by Galteemore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DERAILED Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Here's a crude effort that I came across on Done Deal today. Only €30 and the seller was not making any claims for its authenticity. Vaguely similar to one that used to be adjacent to the road overbridge at Claremorris station. It's a long time since I last saw that sign and I think that it has disappeared in the intervening years but I doubt it had as many spelling mistakes. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On 10/9/2019 at 3:26 PM, DERAILED said: Here's another one coming up for sale in a general auction. What company is it supposed to be from? Ah - that famous Egypt, Bunclody & Singapore Railway, who had those unique 0.7.0s….. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gph2000 Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 I must look out for a Great Eastern mockup. I fancy s sign where GER issues a stiff notice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DERAILED Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Here's two more recent ones - one from the auction house that seems to specialise in the stuff and and another real try-on from Adverts.ie €40 plus fees for the knock-off T&D commemorative plaque (the original of which was stolen some years ago) is staggering - who on earth would pay that for a worthless piece of crap? The 'anvil' - well you've got to admire the barefaced cheek of the seller. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitland Posted Tuesday at 12:31 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:31 One of my neighbours has the Leaving Gate Open warning in MGWR flavour. It looks a bit out of place in upland Derbyshire. But my favourite spoof sign was one I saw near a mooring on the Coventry Canal, which read, "Any person failing to close this gate will be fined five pounds". Since I didn't stop to open and shut it, I'm still trembling in anticipation of the demand arriving. And on a footpath just half a mile from here, there's a sign saying "THIS GATE MUST BE KEPT CLOSED AT ALL TIMES". Which makes me wonder why they bothered putting a gate there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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