In 1871, the British Government declared the Bank Holidays act, throughout the year there were official holidays allowing people time away from their jobs. While the wealthier families often stayed for a week in the summer, the great improvements made to the railway system some thirty years before allowed the working classes to get away on day trips for some healthy fresh air at seaside towns. This great influx of visitors led entrepreneurs to build accommodation and new attractions to capitalise and kick started economic growth in the coastal towns.
This is part 3 of a 4-part series on British Seaside Posters:
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| c1935 Great Yarmouth and Gorleeston on Sea Septimus E. Scott |
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| 1936 Cornwall GWR Ronald Lampitt |
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| 1936 Cornwall GWR Frank Newbould |
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| c1936 Bridlington (Yorkshire) L.N.E.R. Tom Purvis |
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| 1936-37 Redcar It's Quicker By Rail L.N.E.R. Leonard Cusden |
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| c1937 Blackpool by Fortunio Matania R.I. |
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| 1937 Cornwall England GWR Leonard Cusden |
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| 1937 Butlin's Holiday Camp Skegness It's Quicker By Rail Artist not found |
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| c1938 The Seaside Calls, Go by Train, Take a "Kodak" Gert Sellheim |
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| 1938 Plymouth, Devon GWR SR Claude Buckle |
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| 1938 Cromer Gem of the Norfolk Coast LMS LNER Walter Dexter |
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| 1938 Brighton and Hove, Southern Railway Kenneth Denton Shoesmith |
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| 1938 Bridlington, It's Quicker By Rail L.N.E.R. Septimus E. Scott |
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| 1939 Whitley Bay, Its Quicker By Rail L.N.E.R. Frank Newbould |
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| 1940s Torquay GWR Frank Newbould |
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| before 1941 Walton on Naze L.N.E.R. Henry George Gawthorn |
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| before 1941 Skegness is So Bracing L.N.E.R. George Henry Gawthorn |
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| before 1941 Mablethorpe L.N.E.R. Henry George Gawthorn |
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| before 1941 East Coast To Scotland L.N.E.R. Henry George Gawthorn |
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| 1941 Redcar, It's Quicker By Rail LNER Frank Henry Mason |
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| 1945 Newquay On The Cornish Coast GWR Sir Herbert Alker Tripp |
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| 1945 Devon GWR Frank Sherwin |
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| 1946 Tenby GWR Ronald Lampitt |
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| 1946 Devon GWR Frank Newbould |
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| 1946 Cornwall GWR Frank Sherwin |
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| c1946 Cornwall GWR Leonard Richmond |
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| 1947 Bude (Cornwall) Southern Railway Herbert Alker Tripp |
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| By 1947 Hunstanton, It's Quicker by Rail L.N.E.R. Henry George Gawthorn |
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| By 1947 Skegness is So Bracing, It's Quicker by Rail Joseph Greenup |
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| By 1947 Scarborough L.N.E.R. artist not found |
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| By 1947 Saltburn by the Sea, Yorkshire L.N.E.R. Frank Newbould |
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| 1948 Newquay On The Cornish Coast British Railways Harry Riley |
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| 1949 Morecambe and Heysham, British Railways Claude Buckle |
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| c1950 Eastbourne, British Railways Ronald Lampitt |
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| 1950 Rothsey, Isle of Bute British Railways Frank Mason |
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| 1950s The Yorkshire Coast, See Britain By Train British Railways Frank Sherwin |
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| 1950s New Brighton, Wallasey, Cheshire Coast British Railways Desmond Barnes |
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| 1950s Brighton, Southern Rail H.G. Gawthorn |
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| 1952 Sunny Rhyl The Children’s Paradise Douglas Lionel Mays |
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| 1952 Penzance British Railways Harry Riley |
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| 1952 Blackpool Gay and bright, day and night British Raiways Dickens |
