Signal Collection (page 7)

Broadstone Railway Station Workers, Dublin, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Midland Great Western Railway - Picturing the Signal Shop workers on an outing Date: 1910s

Signal Box, Newbury West, Berkshire
Signal Box, Newbury West, near Hungerford, Berkshire, England. Great Western Railway Date: 1920s

Cornish Riviera Express steam train
The Cornish Riviera Express steam train, running between London and Penzance, drawn by locomotive 7916. Seen here passing a signal box. circa 1960s

Steam locomotive near Lavenham, Suffolk
Steam locomotive and passenger carriages alongside a signal box near Lavenham, Suffolk. Date: circa 1960s

Torbay Express steam train
The Torbay Express steam train, which ran from London Paddington to the West Country, drawn by locomotive 4970, Sketty Hall. Date: circa 1960s

Interior of Railway Signal Box, Unknown Location, Britain. Date: 1900s

No 4 Signal Box, Preston, Lancashire, England. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Date: 1910s

WW2 Christmas card, Good Voyage, Churchill. The message inside the card reads: The Prime Minister, on his passage home in RMS Prince of Wales after the signing of the Atlantic Charter with President

WW2 Christmas card, Victorys Signal. The flaghoist signal used by Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), England expects that every man will do his duty

Boy scout band at camp
A boy scout band at camp, with drums and bugles. Date: 20th century

Two boy scout buglers at camp. Date: 20th century

Dutch boy scouts with signalling equipment, Holland
Two Dutch boy scouts with signalling equipment, Holland

Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, Holland
Two Dutch cub scouts with semaphore flags, Holland

Greek boy scouts doing semaphore signals
Three Greek boy scouts, one of them doing semaphore signals

Armenian boy scouts at refugee camp, Egypt
Armenian boy scouts blowing cook house at the Armenian refugee camp, Heliopolis, near Cairo, Egypt. The camp was formed during the Egyptian Riots of June 1919

Canadian scout with Kings Scout certificate
Canadian scout, Bryan Peterkin, with his Kings Scout certificate

Wolf cubs doing a semaphore test, Canada
Wolf cubs doing a semaphore test (signalling with flags), Canada

1st Port of Spain scout with heliograph, Trinidad. The equipment was made by two scouts, the Potter brothers

1st Port of Spain scouts with heliograph, Trinidad

Crown Devon china mug with flags of the Allies
Crown Devon (S. Fielding & Co. Stoke on Trent) china mug. Transfer shows Britannia and the flags of the Allies with a Dove of Peace and the words Liberty, Justice, Truth, Honour

Christmas Card 68th Divisional Signal Company
Christmas Card. 68th Divisional Signal Company, R.E. - Bungay, Xmas 1918. The Last Line. Commemorative Art

Collection of ephemera relating to the Wilfrid J Jenkins
A collection of ephemera relating to the Wilfrid J. Jenkins - H.M.S. Mersey, 1915. Copy of Naval Signal, dated 11.11.18 sent at 10.56 a.m

Royal Engineers badge, Signal Company Despatch Rider
Motorbike badge, Royal Engineers 1914-1918 Signal Company Despatch Rider. Commemorative Ware. Date: 1914-1918

Boy scout helio signalling, South Africa
Boy scout belonging to a South African troop, helio signalling at camp

How wireless beacons guide ships in the fog
The Marconi invention can determine distance of the ship from the beacon to steer the vessel into a Harbour during foggy weather

Those Signals by Bruce Bairnsfather
Two soldiers sit in a damaged attic, in this Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon. One spots a set of signal lights, but the other is simply not having any of it. Date: 1916

Rejected by the War Office, Mules put to good use by L. R. B
Humorous illustration suggesting what to do with an obstinate mule who has been rejected for usual war work. Why not utilise the mules wonderful kicking powers

Training boys for the navy, WW1
A page of photographs showing boys at the Watts Naval Training School at Elmham in Norfolk undergoing instruction in order to prepare them for the Navy

The Camden Town railway: the Great Northern Railway viaduct
The viaduct of the Camden Town railway crossing the Direct York railway, as viewed from the bridge at the upper end of Maiden Lane, London in 1851. Copenhagen Fields can be seen on the horizon

British signal station on railway track, Western Front, WW1
A British signal station of three men, set up on a railway track, using a daylight lamp, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier in trench with signal rockets, WW1
A British soldier in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One, with rockets used for signalling. Date: circa 1916

How the busiest junction in England is worked: electrical devices which protect the passenger from danger on the District Railway. Showing the newly completed Earls Court underground station, London

Menace of Cloudland by G. H. Davis
Cumulo-nimbus -- the menace of Cloudland. Majestic masses which were a danger signal to aircraft during the Second World War

How wireless waves guide aeroplanes during bad visibility
Method of directing the pilots of aircraft flying to and from Croydon has been revolutioned by the Marconi directional visual beacon station erected at croydon. WWII

Landing aircraft in fog by G. H. Davis
The dot and dash radio beam system of landing aircraft in fog: a method which prevented many accidents during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Modern methods of sea rescue by G. H. Davis
Modern methods of sea rescue during the Second World War: day and night detection devices. Date: 1941

Catching a German spy
A German spy is caught in the act while signalling by lamp at night from a French house. A British Provost-Marshal, in charge of military police in a French town

Athletics event for under-elevens, Seaford, Sussex
An athletics event, a 100-yard sprint for under-elevens at Seaford, East Sussex. The boys stand ready for the starting signal. Date: 1934

Signal Hill Oil Field at night, California, USA, with Long Beach visible in the distance. Date: circa 1938

LMS steam engine and carriages
An LMS (London, Midland and Scottish) steam engine pulling carriages. Date: circa 1930s

Steam engine in a station

View of trains leaving London Bridge Station
View of trains leaving Platforms 9 and 10 of London Bridge Station, with passenger carriages on the left, and cargo trucks on the right. Date: 20th century

People on a railway track alongside a train
People on a railway track alongside a halted train. Date: circa 1930s

A French messenger dog delivers an important signal from Hea
A photograph of three French soldiers, who do not appear to be wearing an official uniform, reading a message that has been delivered in the collar of a dog. 1916

Trainee Traffic Police
A group of British traffic policeman learning hand signals in a training yard. Date: early 1930s

Bridgetown & Gun Hill Signal Station, Barbados, West Indies
Broad Street, the Marine Hotel and Fiarchild Street with part of Carlisle Bay, Bridgetown & Gun Hill Signal Station, Barbados, West Indies. Date: circa 1901

Wood Green and Alexandra Park Station, London
A marvellous postcard looking down on Wood Green and Alexandra Park Station, London (now called Alexandra Palace Railway Station). Date: circa 1905

Tamboers Kloof from Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa
A view of Tamboerskloof, a neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa. It lies on the slopes of Lions Head and Signal Hill (from where this shot was taken)

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