Tuesday 14 June 2022 at 6.30pm via webinar

£5 (free for Friends of Lettering Arts Trust)

Book in advance.  The link will be sent to the audience on Monday 13 June.

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The arrival of passenger and freight railways in the early Victorian period required the demarcation of new locations and services across our nation. Imagine putting up the sign at the very first railway station and subsequent stops! How were the signs chosen and what were the challenges? As the Victorian system grew into the 19th century and beyond, how did the relationship with lettering and fonts develop? Robert Webb’s presentation will take you on a journey to some key moments in time, visiting people and organisations that utilised lettering and fonts to create clarity, safety, identity and trust in railway transport.

Robert Webb is a founder member of Station House Community Connections (SHCC) and has served as Trustee-Director and Secretary to the Society since incorporation.  He has many years of experience in health, social care and the voluntary sector as practitioner and business lead, trainer, academic, educationalist, and health service commissioner. A Campsea Ashe resident in Suffolk for the past 25 years, he has a keen interest in social and local history.  He has been researching and presenting on Suffolk's railway history for many years and has given talks and presentations to a wide variety of audiences.