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especially, the tradition, by which publicans were obliged to identify their premises by a sign, dating from the reign of
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reveal that most of their street-front shops displayed an identifying sign outside.
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Pub sign painters are often poorly documented; an exception was
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History of a now defunct studio and examples of painted signs
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"Retrospective for Master Sign Painter – the remarkable talents of Bridport's George Biles"
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