Object number
2010/61
Title
Warning this wire fence is Electrified,
Collection
Description
Sign reads ‘Warning, This wire fence is Electrified by Woleseley Engineering Ltd etc.’, c. 1960. Electric fencing was introduced in the 1950s,
This rectangular sheet metal sign has white painted lettering on a red background. The sign reads ‘Warning // This wire fence is // Electrified // by // Wolseley // Woleseley Engineering Ltd // formerly // The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co. Ltd. // Witton Birmingham 6. Phone East 0453’. Electric fencing was introduced in the 1950s, and this sign dates from circa 1960.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Sheet metal sign painted red with white lettering: // ‘WARNING // This wire fence is // Electrified // by // Wolseley. // Wolseley Engineering Ltd // formerly The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co. Ltd. // Witton, Brimingham 6, Phone East 0435’ // c. 1960 // Dimensions: 22.3 x 15.2 cm // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co. ltd was founded in 1887 and based in Birmingham by the early 1890s. electric fencing was introduced in the 1950s and in 1958 it merged with Ges Hughes, a Birmingham wheel manufacturer, and the firm became Wolseley Engineering Ltd. // References: …'
Production date
1960 - 1960
Object name
Associated subject
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