Object number
2010/60
Title
Fire Danger,
Collection
Description
Enamel sign ‘Forestry Commission, Fire Danger, State Forest. Don’t light fires, Don’t drop matches or cigarette ends, Don’t take risks.'1960s.
This is a rectangular enamel sign with black and red text on a white background. The sign reads ‘Forestry Commission // Fire Danger // State Forest. // Don’t light fires // Don’t drop matches or cigarette ends // Don’t take risks.' The sign dates from the 1960s when the public were given the ‘right to roam’ in Forestry Commission forests.
Label Text
Forestry Commission sign. This sign dates from the 1960s when the public were given the 'right to roam' in Forestry Commission forests. The Forestry Commission was created by the Forestry Act of September 1919, to rebuild and maintain a strategic timber reserve. The public were given a 'right to roam' in Commission forests in the 1960s.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Rectangular enamel sign, white background with lettering in black and red: ‘FORESTRY COMMISSION. FIRE DANGER. STATE FOREST. DON’T LIGHT FIRES. DON’T DROP MATCHES OR CIGARETTE ENDS. DON’T TAKE RISKS.’ // Corrosion to surface, particularly top centre. // 1960s. // Dimensions: 53.5 x 38 cm // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. The Forestry Commission was created by the Forestry Act of September 1919, to rebuild and maintain a strategic timer reserve. // The public were given a ‘right to roam’ in Commission forests in the 1960s. // References: …'
Production date
1960-01-01 - 1969-12-31
Production period
1960s
Object name
Associated subject
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