Continental Services between England & Continental Europe, 1939; brochure issued by Associated British & Irish Railways : cover by Reginald Mayes
A fine use of photomontage and artwork here that captures the excitement of the steamer as it plyed its way across the narrow seas! A brochure issued by the 'Associated British & Irish Railways" that was the overseas marketing enterprise formed by the initially by the LMSR, LNER and SR with the GWR and Great Southern of Ireland joining a couple of years later.
The various railways appear to have taken turns to produce the annual editions of the literature and this carries the print code of the Southern Railway who, along with the LNER, had the lion's share of Continental steamer services in the day when railways also ran ships. Sadly this brochure would not see its dates out as on 3 September 1939 the Second World War effectively sealed off the UK from the Continent for six long years and post-war travel would never seem quite so exotic. The artwork is signed with "M", an initial that appears on numerous other items of railway publicity and that refer toReginald Mayes.
Continental Services between England & Continental Europe, 1939; brochure issued by Associated British & Irish Railways : cover by Reginald Mayes
A fine use of photomontage and artwork here that captures the excitement of the steamer as it plyed its way across the narrow seas! A brochure issued by the 'Associated British & Irish Railways" that was the overseas marketing enterprise formed by the initially by the LMSR, LNER and SR with the GWR and Great Southern of Ireland joining a couple of years later.
The various railways appear to have taken turns to produce the annual editions of the literature and this carries the print code of the Southern Railway who, along with the LNER, had the lion's share of Continental steamer services in the day when railways also ran ships. Sadly this brochure would not see its dates out as on 3 September 1939 the Second World War effectively sealed off the UK from the Continent for six long years and post-war travel would never seem quite so exotic. The artwork is signed with "M", an initial that appears on numerous other items of railway publicity and that refer toReginald Mayes.