England's Playground, brochure issued by the North Eastern Railway, c1912
A charming - if sightly menacing - pierrot drawing attention to the north east coast of England as a holiday playground - the area served by the North Eastern Railway and stretching down from Northumberland to Yorkshire. The bracing resorts such as Whitley Bay, Scarborough and Filey were heavily promoted by the NER. This booklet was issued, I suspect, on an annual basis, with a different cover for each year. The NER's "Literature for Tourists" was an extensive list and it heavily influenced the new LNER that the company was subsumed into in the Grouping of 1923.
England's Playground, brochure issued by the North Eastern Railway, c1912
A charming - if sightly menacing - pierrot drawing attention to the north east coast of England as a holiday playground - the area served by the North Eastern Railway and stretching down from Northumberland to Yorkshire. The bracing resorts such as Whitley Bay, Scarborough and Filey were heavily promoted by the NER. This booklet was issued, I suspect, on an annual basis, with a different cover for each year. The NER's "Literature for Tourists" was an extensive list and it heavily influenced the new LNER that the company was subsumed into in the Grouping of 1923.