No Smoking signs

snipped-for-privacy@notigg.not.no wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I slouch at my keyboard to be corrected but I believe that green signs (where they existed) were to designate smoking compartments/saloons and that red has always been used to designate no smoking areas. I believe that initially they were round on BR.

Periander wrote in news:Xns972BEDABD4374ulmbritwarcouk@130.133.1.4:

I recall the NO SMOKING signs as being as you describe above but red in colour with a white triangle around the "NO SMOKING".

Remember, back in those days, smoking was the norm, "no smoking" the exception.

Yes, blue with white edging, rather like a small station name sign.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

I concur with that. Most defiantly red sign with white text.

Indeed, who remembers those kids sweets that were the shape and colour of a cigarette - complete with filter and 'red burning tip'?!...

":::Jerry::::" wrote

And tasted like sawdust!

John.

In message , Roger T. writes

There was a green sign, in the compartment next to the guard's van, which said "Ladies only".

and "Spanish Gold" tobacco shaped coconut shavings dusted with some brownish red sugary stuff... even came in a wax paper "tobacco pouch"... halcion days :o)

IIRC that was due to the edible (?!) paper that was wrapped around the end to make it look like the filter.

On the Altrincham electrics the Ladies compartment did have the green Ladies Only sign but did not as I remember it carry a no smoking sign

- I know this 'cos I once got into it without realising, endured the chilly atmosphere from the surprising number of women in the compartment and only realised what I had done as I was getting off and I saw the sign.

Many thanks team - I now have to look at how to add small red triangles to the DMU sketches on the website - I know these bulk human wagons would be troublesome.

Regards

Mike

Was that because a lady couldn't smoke in public?

Ken.