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Butlins Holiday Camp, Clacton-on-Sea, LNER poster, 1940

London & North Eastern Railway poster. The inter-war years saw the rise of the holiday camp because the standard of living improved and families had more money to spend on leisure. Annual holidays became popular and massive investment programmes were launched at popular resorts to attract visitors. The holiday camp provided all the delights and fun of the seaside on one site. Butlin's, at Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, opened in June 1938 and closed at the end of the summer season in 1983. Artwork by J Greenup. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd of Norwich & London

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Antwerp via Harwich, LNER poster, 1923-1947

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote the company's ferry services to Antwerp via Harwich, Essex. The poster shows a view of Antwerp dominated by the cathedral. Artwork by Fred Taylor (1875-1963), who was commissioned in 1930 to design four ceiling paintings for the Underwriting Room at Lloyd's and murals for Reed's Lacquer Room. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and other London galleries and worked for the Empire Marketing Board, LNER, London Transport and several shipping companies

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The Train Ferry, 1924-1948

Watercolour painting by Frank H Mason showing a view of Harwich-Zeebrugge train ferry at sea with the Cork lightship in the background, produced for a London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) poster. The LNER was formed in 1923 when three railway companies, the Great Central Railway, Great Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway, amalgamated. They operated ferry services between Harwich and the continental ports of Zeebrugge, Belgium, and the Hook of Holland. In 1948 the company's ferry fleet was nationalised, becoming part of the British Transport Commission

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