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206. BARNSLEY TIN PLATE 1895 ADVERTISING REMEDIES POCKET CALENDAR. 1.9 x 3.4ins (when
closed). Folding serrated edge tinplate
advertising calendar for CHAS JOHNSON/
The Peoples Drug Store/ 2 Market Street, Barnsley with an image on front of a
labelled packet of their Liver Pills.Inside is a list of their best sellers and opposite a blank
page. On the back an elaborately framed calendar for 1895. If ever the word exquisite
could be applied to a collectable this surely
warrants such? Some very minor wear but in truth exc/ A1. 9/10. NR. £60-80+
207. BARNSLEY OLD NO 7 SHOWCARD. Showcard 25.2 x 19.4ins (visible behind backing sheet), frame 30 x 24ins. Original card showcard with HY CARTER & SONS across the top and 7 MARKET HILL, BARNSLEY across the bottom. Wonderful cellar illustration to centre with named wooden crates and barrels, plus men at work, plus Wine
OLD NO 7 LIVES ON
& Sprit Merchants each side. Two original eyelets at the top to take a string to hang indoors. In small print at the bottom PICKERSGILLS & LIGHTOWLER LITHOS LEEDS. An exceptional early drinks showcard (only recorded example) of some significance. 9/10. NR. £600-800+.
Acorn Brewery now owns the Old No 7 pub - a great testament, ongoing, for a long established town centre pub, and associated with the famed town beer.