That's Entertrainment! Everyone should Train for the Stage', BR poster, c 1970s.
Poster produced for British Rail, promoting 'Theatre and Concert Rail Club' excursions to London, showing an intercity locomotive, with crowds of theatre- goers and the lights and billboards of London's West End theatres in the background. Nelson's Column is seen in the distance. Designed and printed by Dewynters Ltd, London.
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Diesel Rail Car Services, poster, 1960.
BR(ER) poster. Hull, New Holland and Barton-on-Humber Diesel Rail Car Services, 2 November 1959-12 June 1960. Artwork by Kenneth Steel.
'Travel First Clas for £6 Extra'., c 1980s.
British Rail poster advertising first clas travel for an extra £6 at weekends on Intercity East Coast trains.
'East Coast Frolics, No 4', LNER poster, 1933.
Poster produced for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to the East Coast of England. The poster shows a rabbit swinging a golf club, with a seagull shouting 'fore!' in the background. One of a set of six humourous posters exhibited in the 1933 LNER Poster Art Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries in London. Artwork by Frank Newbould (1887-1951), who studied at Bradford College of Art and joined the War Office in 1942. He designed posters for LNER, Great Western Railway (GWR), Orient Line and Belgian Railways.
'Rail Rovers - Oh, to be in England...', BR
Rail Rovers - Oh, to be in England...', BR (CAS) poster, 1992. Poster produced for British Rail (BR), promoting the Rail Rover scheme, which provided rail pasengers with the freedom to travel to a variety of places within a chosen area, for a limited time. The poster shows a view of York Minster from the city walls. Printed by Edward Wright Ltd. Dimensions: 1010mm x 635mm.
'Explore Lincolnshire', LNER poster, 1936.
Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to and within Lilncolnshire. This poster is one of a series of six bird's-eye views of the areas served by LNER. The other posters featured the Home Counties, East Anglia, Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham and Scotland. Artwork by Montague B Black, who was educated at Stockwell College and concentrated on military and naval artwork. He designed posters for LNER, Southern Railway (SR) and London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). Dimensions: 1016 mm x 1270 mm.
