'Leicester Square' London Underground Enamel Platform Sign (1960s)
Leicester Square - Enamel London Underground platform roundel sign.
Vitreous enamel and steel sign c.1960s. Bruton Signs Ltd. Measures 71cm x 66cm. Maker’s name and code X.42313 embossed on back Condition: Superb, some small marks consistent with being in situ for decades. Original drilled mounting holes.
Leicester Square is an iconic tourist landmark in the heart of London’s West End. Over 100 million people visit Leicester Square every year (2.5 million a week!). A third of whom arrive via it’s Underground station on Charing Cross Road.
This sign was displayed on the track-side wall of Leicester Square tube station which is served by Northern and Piccadilly Lines. It is likely to have been removed in the early 1980s when signs across the network were updated with the ‘New Johnston’ typeface. This style of sign were installed from the early 1960’s, earliest ones have a darker blue bar and rectangular shape.
The Underground station at Leicester Square first opened in 1906 on the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Road Railway (almost immediately referred to as the ‘Piccadilly Tube’). 1907 saw the arrival of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (known as the Hamstead Tube, becoming the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line).
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Leicester Square - Enamel London Underground platform roundel sign.
Vitreous enamel and steel sign c.1960s. Bruton Signs Ltd. Measures 71cm x 66cm. Maker’s name and code X.42313 embossed on back Condition: Superb, some small marks consistent with being in situ for decades. Original drilled mounting holes.
Leicester Square is an iconic tourist landmark in the heart of London’s West End. Over 100 million people visit Leicester Square every year (2.5 million a week!). A third of whom arrive via it’s Underground station on Charing Cross Road.
This sign was displayed on the track-side wall of Leicester Square tube station which is served by Northern and Piccadilly Lines. It is likely to have been removed in the early 1980s when signs across the network were updated with the ‘New Johnston’ typeface. This style of sign were installed from the early 1960’s, earliest ones have a darker blue bar and rectangular shape.
The Underground station at Leicester Square first opened in 1906 on the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Road Railway (almost immediately referred to as the ‘Piccadilly Tube’). 1907 saw the arrival of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (known as the Hamstead Tube, becoming the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line).
FREE UK DELIVERY. Non-UK Delivery available, please request a quotation
Leicester Square - Enamel London Underground platform roundel sign.
Vitreous enamel and steel sign c.1960s. Bruton Signs Ltd. Measures 71cm x 66cm. Maker’s name and code X.42313 embossed on back Condition: Superb, some small marks consistent with being in situ for decades. Original drilled mounting holes.
Leicester Square is an iconic tourist landmark in the heart of London’s West End. Over 100 million people visit Leicester Square every year (2.5 million a week!). A third of whom arrive via it’s Underground station on Charing Cross Road.
This sign was displayed on the track-side wall of Leicester Square tube station which is served by Northern and Piccadilly Lines. It is likely to have been removed in the early 1980s when signs across the network were updated with the ‘New Johnston’ typeface. This style of sign were installed from the early 1960’s, earliest ones have a darker blue bar and rectangular shape.
The Underground station at Leicester Square first opened in 1906 on the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Road Railway (almost immediately referred to as the ‘Piccadilly Tube’). 1907 saw the arrival of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (known as the Hamstead Tube, becoming the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line).
FREE UK DELIVERY. Non-UK Delivery available, please request a quotation