Ian Jelf wrote:
In message , Brimstone
writes
Announcements to remind people to take their belongings are very
recent in the history of train and bus travel
But signs, at least here in the Midlands, are not.

Midland Red instituted "Have you forgotten anything" signs in the
forties which lasted until the early seventies.

Cynic
I suppose people still forgot things, though.
(/cynic

I was referring to audio announcements. I agree that printed signs have been
around for a long time.