Cast Metal Signs: An Unsung History

A guide to cast-metal signs, an under-researched aspect of Britain’s industrial history.

The manufacture of cast-metal signs is an aspect of Britain’s industrial history about which remarkably little research has been carried out, and yet the output of the unsung but highly-skilled craftsmen who created those signs was essential, informative, instructive and undoubtedly saved countless lives. The sign-makers made everything from the little brass ‘Do not use the toilet while the train is sta...