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From Flickr: “The City of leicester Passenger Transport official handbook c1935” by mikeyashworth

A sizable number of municipal (and indeed company) transport operators issued ‘official handbooks’ during the 1930s – this for Leicester in 1935 has details of the city and the tram and bus routes that served it. This guide has a very contemporary front cover. via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/vXwJ37

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From Flickr: “Leicester City Transport advertisment from Leicester Official Guide, 1938” by mikeyashworth

A very bold publication, this 1938 city guide to Leicester – all Gill Sans and modern in layout, and spirally bound, a real period touch. Interestingly, Coventry, just down the road, did a similar guide the same year – municipal rivalry! The City Transport department was keen to show progress Read More →

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