Petition, Staff of South Eastern Railway Company requesting permission to grow moustaches
- Made:
- 1877
Petition, Staff of South Eastern Railway Company to John Shaw, General Manger and Secretary of the SER, requesting permission to grow moustaches, 21/11/1877. Bearing 634 signatures - six sheets. Text reads: 'To John Shaw Esq. General Manager and Secretary of the South Eastern Railway Company. We the undersigned being, Inspectors, Guards, Ticket Collectors and other employe’s in the service of the South Eastern Railway Company having been therefore prohibited from wearing Moustaches by the Rules of the Company’s Service and believing and being advised that the wearing of Moustaches is a protection against the inclemency of the weather and for divers other good reasons, beg most respectfully to solicit your aid in abrogating or obtaining the abrogation of the aforesaid prohibitory rule, by your doing which, you will confer on us a great benefit for which we shall be most grateful.' Overall: 391 mm x 250 mm.
Details
- Category:
- Archive Collections
- Object Number:
- 2011-7078
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) and cardboard
- Measurements:
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overall: 391 mm x 250 mm
- type:
- petition
- credit:
- British Transport Commission