RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2019 For no particular reason, the first thing that came into my head when I saw that was Cuckmere Haven. You are only saying that because I live a couple of miles from said Haven and have a computer rammed with photos of the Cuckmere valley. Some have escaped online http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/album/502159 but to save you ploughing through a load of non-railway snaps, here's just one. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 Annie's recent comment reminds me that I meant to point out that railway company posters would more often than not be seen on the lines of other companies as well, in an attempt to lure the locals to visit the area. This will apply especially to posters produced by companies attracting tourism. So Cambrian posters would be fair game on the WNR and on Annie's line - and vice versa. I don't seem to have any Cambrian ones but this is in a similar vein and the right period. Jonathan 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 Annie's recent comment reminds me that I meant to point out that railway company posters would more often than not be seen on the lines of other companies as well, in an attempt to lure the locals to visit the area. This will apply especially to posters produced by companies attracting tourism. So Cambrian posters would be fair game on the WNR and on Annie's line - and vice versa. I don't seem to have any Cambrian ones but this is in a similar vein and the right period. LNWR North Wales.jpg Jonathan I think we can do better than that: Not only is the scenery picturesque but the carriages are comfortable too. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I think we can do better than that: Best Route for Comfortable Travel.jpg Not only is the scenery picturesque but the carriages are comfortable too. And the obviously first class passengers are so involved with stuffing their faces in the dining car that they're paying absolutely NO attention to the picturesqueue scenery! Is there a poster depicting some of the more average passengers in a 3rd smoking compartment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) The only way to travel is by The True Line. Sorry she's not JA or pre-raphaelite, but you can't have everything! Jim Edited January 27, 2019 by Caley Jim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 Is this our second outbreak of Poster Wars this year or was the last round longer ago? I lose track... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Trying to work out whether there is anywhere in Hunstanton that would be high enough to permit this view - and I am still not sure - I came across this website - http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/west/index.htm - anyone round here responsible for this whimsy? Any website that uses a photo of John Betjeman has to be kosher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I think we can do better than that: Best Route for Comfortable Travel.jpg Not only is the scenery picturesque but the carriages are comfortable too. Reminds me of that old saying "St George for England; St Pancras for Scotland". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Argos Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2019 I think we can do better than that: Best Route for Comfortable Travel.jpg Not only is the scenery picturesque but the carriages are comfortable too. I'll see your Midland Carriage with:- And raise with another golfing girl:- 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 Fore Jonathan 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 And the obviously first class passengers are so involved with stuffing their faces in the dining car that they're paying absolutely NO attention to the picturesqueue scenery! Is there a poster depicting some of the more average passengers in a 3rd smoking compartment? What's also struck me as curious is that they appear to be in a Mk2d/e/f air-conditioned carriage - no Midland dining carriage had a window of those proportions! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Argos Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) There is always cricket if golf is not to your taste..... Looks like a future England batsman in training.... Edited January 27, 2019 by Argos 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buhar Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Me Auntie Mabel could have sent that for four wi' a stick o' rhubarb! Through the corridor of uncertainty and took middle and off. Weight all over the place and he's taken his eye off the ball. Must be an Essex lad on holiday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 If we're going to have posters, then it has to be for a proper railway.... A realistic representation of the locale, no bathing beauties, no warped perceptions. Factual, oozing atmosphere! Possibly the best image of any railway! (Not a poster as such, but just WOW!) 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 Possibly one for Norfolk people weary of a flat landscape. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) A realistic representation of the locale, no bathing beauties, no warped perceptions. Oh, so not like this one then: "Natural beauties" eh? Edited January 27, 2019 by Compound2632 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Oh, so not like this one then: Cornish Riviera.png "Natural beauties" eh? Doesn't the Italian one look a bit Steampunk? However... At least they don't look like cardboard cutouts.... Edited January 27, 2019 by Hroth 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 You are only saying that because I live a couple of miles from said Haven and have a computer rammed with photos of the Cuckmere valley. Some have escaped online http://www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/album/502159 but to save you ploughing through a load of non-railway snaps, here's just one. Cuckmere Haven, the old Coastguard Cottages & The Seven Sisters 8 6 2015.jpg Yes and no Phil. I was of course aware from your postings that you live in Sussex - so did I once, but to the East of the Cuckmere not the West. The picture just struck me as very similar to the view looking West from the beach. However, I have to say I've no evidence that there were ever any semaphores there. Notwithstanding all that, a very nice picture anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 The only way to travel is by The True Line. Sorry she's not JA or pre-raphaelite, but you can't have everything! Jim Did someone mention Pre-Raphaelites? This is the catalogue from the National Gallery of Australia's current major exhibition, which we visited yesterday. There are, in my opinion, very few reasons to go to Canberra for the weekend but this was definitely one. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 There is always cricket if golf is not to your taste..... LNWR Morecombe poster.jpg Looks like a future England batsman in training.... Too many T20 games... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) When Millais was painting Ophelia, his model Elizabeth Siddal had to pose in a bath of water. In the winter. To stop it going cold, Millais placed lamps under the tub to keep it warm. On one occasion the lamps went out and Siddal caught a severe cold... Edited January 27, 2019 by Hroth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 When Millais was painting Ophelia, his model Elizabeth Siddal had to pose in a bath of water. In the winter. To stop it going cold, Millais placed lamps under the tub to keep it warm. On one occasion the lamps went out and Siddal caught a severe cold... Something I didn't know until reading one of the captions yesterday was this (from Wikipedia): "Colonel Holman Fred Stephens was the son of Frederic George Stephens, Pre-Raphaelite artist and art critic, and his wife the artist Rebecca Clara (née Dalton). He was named after his father's friend and former tutor, the painter Holman Hunt, although the two later fell out. He was a great nephew of the naturalist, explorer and biologist, Charles Darwin." No wonder the Pre-Raphs and CA are such a good fit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 If we're going pre-raff again, lets have some Ford Madox Brown polychromatica..... He looks as if he's going to do himself an injury! (And Juliet looks a bit old, don't you think?) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Rain_Steam_and_Speed_the_Great_Western_Railway.jpg Possibly the best image of any railway! (Not a poster as such, but just WOW!) I spent quite a lot of time gazing at the original painting. Mind you the Turners and Monets were in the same area and most could be seen best by standing back a bit which meant you view kept gwtting interrupted by tourists who I assume had little appreciation of art. The big Monet of Waterlilies in particular would be pretty meaningless at the distance of the normal tourists. Don I just realised that would have been about 50 years ago. Are the pictures still in the NAtional Gallery come to that is the Gallery still in Trafalgar square ( I think that is still there!). As one of my favourite songs says "Who knows where the time goes" pps another favourite is I feel Love an ideal accompaniment to one of those Welsh Highland Garrets working hard Edited January 27, 2019 by Donw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted January 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2019 Doesn't the Italian one look a bit Steampunk? However... vintage-edwardian-midland-railway-country-and-seaside-holidays-poster.jpg At least they don't look like cardboard cutouts.... I quite like that one. I think I'll 'borrow' it for posting at one or two of my stations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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