Tiptree Basket Works, West End Road, Tiptree Heath, Essex.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member greysman
N 51° 48.270 E 000° 43.593
31U E 343257 N 5741739
A very rusted enameled sign advertising the Tiptree Basket Works.
Waymark Code: WME5GZ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/06/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GT.US
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Viewable from West End Road and opposite the junction with Simpsons Lane this enamelled sign recalls a bygone age, it is attached to the gable end of one of the outbuildings of Villa Farm.

The sign carries the wording:- 

                     TIPTREE CHIP BASKET
                             WORKS
               QUOTATIONS ON        Telephone
               APPLICATION          TIPTREE 19
Under Tiptree in Kelly's 1933 Directory of Essex it mentions -

Tiptree Chip Basket Works (Jas. Martin, propr.), T N 19.

I am unsure whether or not this refers to wire baskets used for chip frying, or some other type. The word CHIP seems to have been added some time after the main sign was painted and could be as a result of a change of basket making technology.

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