Summary

Note: Location of events unknown.

L/S's of a tramp walking through a village. He has a scruffy beard and wears a shabby coat and hat. The tramp draws a triangular sign on a gate post. The commentator says this sign tells other people that 'know the code' that the path ahead has 'too many callers'. The man draws other signs on a post an example of another is a cross in a circle which mean 'religious but good on the whole'.

Source British Pathé
Title TRAMP SIGNS (issue title - WHAT'S IN A NAME ?)
Description Note: Location of events unknown.

L/S's of a tramp walking through a village. He has a scruffy beard and wears a shabby coat and hat. The tramp draws a triangular sign on a gate post. The commentator says this sign tells other people that 'know the code' that the path ahead has 'too many callers'. The man draws other signs on a post an example of another is a cross in a circle which mean 'religious but good on the whole'.
Archive British Pathe
Year 01/01/1938
Duration 00:00:53:00
Stock Black & White
Sound Sound
Film ID 1258.18

Keywords

tramps hobos religion quirky
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