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restricted area

1942

Staggered Holidays 1945

28 May 1945

Restricted Areas

1942/04/15

To Smokers

Holiday Trains in Short Supply

24 July 1945

'No, not that one - it's a non-smoker...'

1945/01/10

The Railways are Short of Locomotive Coal

1946

restricted access

1939-1945

Transport of Flowers by Rail

1943

To Smokers

Restricted Areas

1942/04/15

restrcited access

restricted access

1942

packages tendered for conveyance

1915

restrictions on access to coastal areas

1943

To Smokers

To Smokers

Transport of Flowers by Rail

1943

'To Senders and Consignees of Goods'

Holiday Trains in Short Supply

24 July 1945

Notice is Hereby Given that, due to the National Emergency the following alterations in Passenger train travel ...

1939/09/11

Notice of Increase in Through and Port to Port Passenger Fares

1939

Restrictions on Access to Coastal Areas

To Senders and Consignees of Goods

Withdrawal of Restaurant Cars from 5 April 1944

1944
Original time clock and time stamp from early 'pay-and-display' parking meter as designed by Major R A Youell and manufactured by the Universal Parking Meter Company Limited, Vale Road, Tonbridge, Kent, c. 1960-1980. With analogue dial. Front plate numbered L2731. Dial plate includes sticker saying 'as selected for the DESIGN CENTRE LONDON'.

Original time clock and time stamp from early 'pay-and-display' parking meter

1960-1980
East Kent Railway notice 'Support the local line' with timetable from October 16th 1916. Issued by H.F. Stephens. Dated October 1916.

Support the local line

1916
'Microtronic' kitchen scale, electronic balance (0-2kg & 0 - 5lb) by Salter Housewares Ltd, 1997, with original packaging

'Microtronic' kitchen scale

1997
Slimmer's scale, spring balance, (0-8oz & 0-250g ranges) by Salter Housewares Ltd, 1997, with original packaging

Slimmer's scale

1997
Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR). Special Notice. Passenger, Merchandise, Mineral, Live Stock and Coal Class Traffic. Curtailment and interruption of services in consequence of the war. 1939/08. Black text on white background with red border. British Railways ref: No 25. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

passenger, merchandise, mineralm live stock and coal class traffic

1939/08
Notice. British Railways (GWR/LNER/LMS/SR). Christmas and New Year Passenger Travel Arrangements. Black text on white background with orange border. British Railways ref: No 39. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

Christmas and New Year passenger travel arrangements

Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR). Send Fewer Parcels this Christmas. Red and black text on white background. British Railways ref: No 80. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

send fewer parcels this christmas

Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Restricted Areas. (In Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight). Issued 24 October 1942 with paste-over stating that Isle of Wight Stations are unrestricted from 1 January-1March 1943. Black text on white background. Ref: No 71. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge.

Restricted Areas. (In Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight)

1942
Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Withdrawal without notice of more trains during the summer due to increasing pressure on the railways. 1944. Red text on white background. REC ref: No 86. Printed Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Withdrawal without notice of more trains during the summer due to increasing pressure on the railways

1944
Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Restricted Areas. (In Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight). Black text on white background. REC ref: No 57. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Restricted Areas. (In Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight)

1939-1945
Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR) and London Transport. Christmas Parcels. Black text on white background with orange border. British Railways/London Transport ref: No 59. Printed Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Christmas parcels

Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Cartage of Goods. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 67. Printed Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Cartage of goods

Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Transport of Flowers. Restrictions on the conveyance of folwers form 16 February 1943. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 74. Printed Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge.

Notice, Railway Executive Committee

Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR) and London Transport. Christmas Parcels. Black text on white background with orange border. British Railways/London Transport ref: No 59. Printed Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Christmas parcels

Notice. GWR/LMS/LNER/SR. 1923-1944. A Message from The Prime Minister to the railway companies on their twenty-first anniversary thanking them for the war effort against Germany. 1944. Red, white and beige background. Printed by Jas Truscott & Son Ltd, London & Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

A message from the Prime Minister.....

1944
Notice. GWR/LMS/LNER/SR. Time Tables. The Railway Companies' time tables dated 7 October 1946 to 4 May 1947. Blue text on white background. Ref: No 106. Printed by Jas Truscott & Son Ltd, London & Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

time tables

1946
Notice. (Railway Executive Committee). Notice of Reduction in Sea Surcharges on through Rates for conveyance of Merchandise and Live Stock Traffic by passenger Train or other similar service between Great Britain and the Isle of Man from 1 September 1946. Green text on white background. Ref: No 103. Printed by Jas Truscott & Son Ltd, London & Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

notice of reduction

1946
Notice. (Railway Executive Committee). Notice of Increases in Sea Surcharges on through and Port to Port Rates for Conveyance of Merchandise Train Traffic, Passenger Train Traffic and Livestock between Grat Britain and Ireland and between Great Britain and the Isle of Man from 1 May 1946. Green text on white background. Ref: No 95. Printed by Jas Truscott & Son Ltd, London & Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

notice of increases

1946
Notice. (Railway Executive Committee). Notice of Reduction in Sea Surcharges on through Passenger Fares between Great Britain and Ireland from 1 September 1946. Red text on white background. Ref: No 104. Printed by Jas Truscott & Son Ltd, London & Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

notice of reduction

1946
Notice. (Railway Executive Committee). Notice of Reduction in Sea Surcharges on through Rates for Conveyance of Merchandise Train Traffic between Great Britain and Ireland and between Great Britain and the Isle of man from 1 September 1946. Blue text on white background. Ref: No 105. Printed by Jas Tryscott & Son Ltd, London & Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

notice of reduction

1946
Card notice (double-sided). 1: Rother Valley Railway. Agency. Parcels Received Here for Stations on this Line - Quick Transit, Cheap Rates, Frequent Services. April 1903. Red and black text with map of Rother Valley Railway Company's System. Printed by Bradbury, Agnew and Co Ld, Railway and General Printers, London and Tonbridge. 2: South Eastern Railway. Fares for Passengers from Headcorn Station on and after 1 May 1897. With eyeholes for hanging.

parcels received here

1897-1903
Illuminated address. South Eastern Railway/South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Illuminated address presented to Mr J F Costello on his retirement on 31 May 1908 after sixty-one years service in the Electric Telegraph Department of the South Easter Railway and South Eastern & Chatham railway. Designed and illustrated by H & AV Osborne, Tonbridge. 1908. Removed from frame with staining, damage and loss to edges.

Illuminated address presented to J F Costello, South Eastern Railway

1908
Notice. Cash on delivery arrangement. Railway Executive Committee.

Cash on delivery arrangement

1939
Notice. Railway Executive Committee. No Restaurant Cars. Withdrawal of Restaurant Cars from 5 April 1944. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 83. Printed Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Withdrawal of Restaurant Cars from 5 April 1944

1944
Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR). If you Must Travel - Travel Light. 1944. Black text on white background. British Railways ref: No 84. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 635mm x 1016mm.

if you must travel - travel light

1944