THANK you to JHW for sending us this example of eccentric punctuation from the Edwardian era (at least we guess it’s Edwardian), from a mansion block entrance in London’s Great Titchfield Street. Even in those days it seems that the humble artisan – in this case, a letter-cutter –  was keen on extraneous commas and full stops.

Says grammarian Harry Mount: “I fear the poor sign writer is a classic over-punctuator. Gets in a panic at lots of capital letters and so fears they need some punctuation to anchor them in place…”