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Ticket; A collection of 19 London County Council Tramway tickets wich contain Army recruiting slogans of the First World War, 1914-1915

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Reference number
2013/8852
Description
A collection of 19 L.C.C. Tramway tickets assembled by an unknown Frenchman during 1914-1915 and mounted on three foolscap paper pages. Fourteen of the tickets contain a different slogan for recruitment to the Army. Each of these are translated into French, with an introduction also in French. A translation of the introduction (by Barry LeJeune) is: "English Tramway tickets with patriotic appeals on the reverse having as their goal to encourage enlistments in 1914 - 1915. "
Printer
Dates
1914
Collection
Object type
  • Ticket
Location
Topics
Completeness
79%

  • Physical description

    Dimensions
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    Height
    325mm
    Width
    210mm
    Colour
    AttributeValue
    Colour
    • Beige
    • Black
    Item content
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    Text
    The slogans are on the reverse of each ticket. The obverse sides of four other tickets are also included plus another ticket with a slogan which duplicates one of the fourteen. The slogans are as follows: WE MUST HAVE MORE MEN / Rally to your King and Empire / OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT NEED YOU / CITIZENS OF LONDON ! YOUR KING AND COUNTRY NEED YOU / CITIZENS OF LONDON ! OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT NEED YOU/ THE EMPIRE is at STAKE RALLY round the FLAG/ SHOW THE STUFF THAT IS IN YOU JOIN TO-DAY/ Come forward now and be trained as a Soldier / Fight for the Flag The Empire calls upon YOU / JOIN THE ARMY FOR DURATION OF WAR/ We are fighting for a worthy purpose / H.M. THE KING / RALLY TO YOUR KING AND EMPIRE JOIN THE ARMY TO-DAY / The Country in her time of need calls upon YOU / IF YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR COUNTRY YOU MUST COME FORWARD NOW / YOU ARE ONLY ASKED TO SERVE FOR THE WAR
    Design
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    Material
    Paper

  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Printer
    L.C.C. Tramways, 1914

  • Associated companies, people and places

    Company
    AttributeValue
    Company
    London County Council Tramway (L.C.C.T), 1914-1915