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Yorkshire Coast Collection: NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills Object Name: poster Maker: Bee, John; British Railways; Jordison and Company Limited |
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Description: Poster, British Railways (North Eastern Region), Yorkshire Coast by "B" (John Bee), about 1950. Coloured lithograph depicting the fishing village of Staithes. In the foreground two men, one smoking a pipe, lean over a stone wall, looking down on the village below. A woman carries a bucket into a house. Beyond is Roxby Beck, with three fishing boats, with more houses nestling against cliffs by the sea. Caption below with the British Railways 'totem' logo and the words "See England by Rail". Text in bottom margin reads "Published by the Railway Executive (North Eastern Region) R1079, Printed in Great Britain, Jordison & Co. Ltd., London and Middlesbrough". Format double royal. |
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| Bee, John Francis b. 1895, active 1930s-1940s, poster artist, British | |
| Jordison and Company Limited active 1930s, printer; poster printer, London; Middlesbrough | |
| British Railways 1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom | |
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