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Cleethorpes

Collection:  NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Name:  poster
Maker:  Hick, Allanson (artist); Jordison & Co Ltd (printer); British Railways, Eastern Region
Place Made:  London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom
Date Made:  about 1952
Materials:  paper
Measurements:  overall: 1016 mm x 635 mm

Description:  Poster, British Railways (Eastern Region), Cleethorpes by Allanson Hick, about 1952. Coloured lithograph depicting the beach under a section of Cleethorpes pier, with children playing on the sands and people seated in deckchairs. Text below advertises guides and timetables, with the British Railways 'totem' logo in the centre. Text in bottom margin reads "Published by the Railway Executive, (Eastern Region) P.P.7074, Printed in Great Britain, Jordison & Co. Ltd., London and Middlesbrough". Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Object Number:  1991-7152

3 Related People

Jordison and Company Limited
active 1930s, printer; poster printer, London; Middlesbrough
Hick, Allanson
1898-1975, watercolourist; draughtsman; poster artist, British
British Railways, Eastern Region
1948-1992, regional railway company, British
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