Title - Day Excursions to London - Ideal Home Exhibition - Olympia.
Location - Grantham to London, England.
Artist - N/A.
Description - This poster for Day Excursions to London from March 7th to 29th, uses a standard "Stock" poster with a red border and British Railways totem at the top. British Railways had huge numbers of these posters printed with just the surround, and then they were run through the printers again to add whatever wording was required at the time.
The wording is all in green print and shows prices and times for departures from Grantham, Stamford Town, Peterborough North, Huntingdon North, St Neots, Sandy and Biggleswade. It is undated, but these stock posters were used in the 1950s.
Excursion posters were always printed in small numbers, so very few examples have survived.
Year Published - 1950s
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Stock Excursion Poster.
Published by British Railways (Eastern Region) PP/89/16 (B541)
Printed in Great Britain by Stafford & Co Ltd, Netherfield, Nottingham.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
No folds, light brown spotting, a little staining and engrained dirt, possibly from being under carpet. More detailed photos are available on request if required.