Cocksedge & Co., Ipswich - iron founders - motor warning signs and direction posts : advert in The Municipal & Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932 ; The Standard Catalogue Company ; London ; 1929
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.
A rather fine advert issued by the Ipswich concern of Cocksedge & Co, described as engineers and ironfounders and showing a selection of their wares. The note alongside the direction posts comments on the 'Ministry of Transport's recommendations' and these are likely to be the 1933 that attempted to standardise the designs of the UK's road signs. Th eadvert shows some of the 'new' road signs as well as direction posts - it is difficult to know if these are 'fictional' although the West Yorkshire one could be 'real'. There's also a comparatively late showing for a milestone or post - not many of these were being made and fitted by the 1930s.
Cocksedge & Co., Ipswich - iron founders - motor warning signs and direction posts : advert in The Municipal & Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932 ; The Standard Catalogue Company ; London ; 1929
The second edition of the vast publication the "Municipal and Road Engineers' Standard Catalogue, 1929 - 1932" contains many hundreds of pages of adverts showing plant, appliances and supplies across a wide range of 'municipal' engineering such as road construction, lighting, refuse disposal, water supplies and sewerage and park equipment.
A rather fine advert issued by the Ipswich concern of Cocksedge & Co, described as engineers and ironfounders and showing a selection of their wares. The note alongside the direction posts comments on the 'Ministry of Transport's recommendations' and these are likely to be the 1933 that attempted to standardise the designs of the UK's road signs. Th eadvert shows some of the 'new' road signs as well as direction posts - it is difficult to know if these are 'fictional' although the West Yorkshire one could be 'real'. There's also a comparatively late showing for a milestone or post - not many of these were being made and fitted by the 1930s.