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From Flickr: “SMT from London to Edinburgh by daily express motor coach service, 1947” by mikeyashworth

I’m not sure when the SMT London – Edinburgh services re-started after WW2 or, indeed, if they were suspended or curtailed during hostilities. That said here is the 1947 leaflet advertising what was for many years one of the company’s premier services. The design is a simple, striking view of Read More →

From Flickr: “SMT from London to Edinburgh by daily express motor coach service, 1947” by mikeyashworth

I’m not sure when the SMT London – Edinburgh services re-started after WW2 or, indeed, if they were suspended or curtailed during hostilities. That said here is the 1947 leaflet advertising what was for many years one of the company’s premier services. The design is a simple, striking view of Read More →

From Flickr: “London & North Eastern Railway – Belgian Coast for the Holidays, 1928; design by Fred Taylor” by mikeyashworth

I say – steady there old girl! The Belgian Coast has possibly never seemed quite so alluring as in this LNER brochure from 1928. The LNER are publicising their sailings from Harwich and Hull (Summer only) on their own ships. They promised Rest & Quietude, Sunshine & Laughter and History Read More →

From Flickr: “London & North Eastern Railway – Belgian Coast for the Holidays, 1928; design by Fred Taylor” by mikeyashworth

I say – steady there old girl! The Belgian Coast has possibly never seemed quite so alluring as in this LNER brochure from 1928. The LNER are publicising their sailings from Harwich and Hull (Summer only) on their own ships. They promised Rest & Quietude, Sunshine & Laughter and History Read More →

From Flickr: “London & North Eastern Railway – Belgian Coast for the Holidays, 1928; design by Fred Taylor” by mikeyashworth

I say – steady there old girl! The Belgian Coast has possibly never seemed quite so alluring as in this LNER brochure from 1928. The LNER are publicising their sailings from Harwich and Hull (Summer only) on their own ships. They promised Rest & Quietude, Sunshine & Laughter and History Read More →

From Flickr: “London & North Eastern Railway – Belgian Coast for the Holidays, 1928; design by Fred Taylor” by mikeyashworth

I say – steady there old girl! The Belgian Coast has possibly never seemed quite so alluring as in this LNER brochure from 1928. The LNER are publicising their sailings from Harwich and Hull (Summer only) on their own ships. They promised Rest & Quietude, Sunshine & Laughter and History Read More →

From Flickr: “London & North Eastern Railway – Belgian Coast for the Holidays, 1928; design by Fred Taylor” by mikeyashworth

I say – steady there old girl! The Belgian Coast has possibly never seemed quite so alluring as in this LNER brochure from 1928. The LNER are publicising their sailings from Harwich and Hull (Summer only) on their own ships. They promised Rest & Quietude, Sunshine & Laughter and History Read More →

From Flickr: “Marconi Sounding Device in wartime, advert 1944” by mikeyashworth

As this simple advert notes wartime conditions made the use of radio echometer sounding devices even more critical. The company appears to have been associated with the Marconi International Marine Communications Co Ltd who were major players in the development and supply of maritime radiotelegraphy services. via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2d8bjgj

From Flickr: “London & North Eastern Railway – wandering the Continent, 1937” by mikeyashworth

A splendid scene – hikers high above a Continental river gorge (my money is on the Rhine!) and what a lure for 1937 travellers who wanted to get away for an ‘inexpensive and adventurous holiday with the aid of Youth Hostels’. This booklet, typical of the high quality output of Read More →

From Flickr: “How the LNER ‘expresses’ freight, booklet issued c1938” by mikeyashworth

A typically bold item of publicity from the London & North Eastern Railway – the cover of a 1938 booklet describing the company’s express freight services – so a pun here on ‘expressing’ itself and the speed of services! In Gill Sans, and showing loco 4771 – the only V2 Read More →