Title - Redcar - It's Quicker By Rail.
Location - Redcar, Yorkshire, England.
Artist - Leonard Wilfred Cusden (1898-1979).
Description - Possibly the best poster produced for Redcar. We are down on the sandy beach with a foreground view of a group of children studying a lobster pot inside a small fishing boat. Behind them there are people playing with a beach ball in the sea and groups lounging on the sand, including one with a stylish orange parasol. There are some changing tents at the right side, and the pier giving some background interest in the sea. Redcar was very popular for day trips from the industrial areas of Teeside from Victorian times, and the beach is part of miles of unbroken sand. Sadly the pier suffered major damage during the war and in later storms, and the remains were finally demolished in 1981.
Year Published - 1936
Size - Quad Royal (approx 50 x 40in or 127 x 102cm) plus linen border.
Other Details:
Original Vintage LNER British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by The London & North Eastern Railway.
Printed in Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons Ltd, Norwich & London.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/B. We have had this poster conservation-backed on linen. For more details of the process please see the "Conservation" page of this website.
Repairs to fold tears and small paper-losses at edges. Slight discolouration from old tape on rear of central fold from left side. Some light brown spotting and markings throughout, and general ageing of edges, mainly due to ageing within the paper. Watercolour pencil touch ups to any repairs and to tone-in some of the brown markings. None of it really distracts from a fabulous bright image, and the poster displays very well. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Leonard Wilfred Cusden was born in Reading. He worked as a commercial artist and poster designer, active from the 1930s. He produced a number of posters for the railway companies before the war, and is well known for his post-war work of hundreds of influential posters he produced for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.