The cover of Southern Railway's 'Rambles In Sussex' booklet. From http://www.srpublicity.co.uk (click to enlarge)
While internet-researching the (old, pre-nationalisation) Southern Railway for information on Bishopstone Beach station, I came across a site demonstrating that what I’m doing here is entirely unoriginal. Once I’d got over the mock indignation and Captain Scott-like disappointment of knowing that, not surprisingly, someone got there first (although I didn’t eat any ponies on the way), it was great to see that the Southern Railway (and the post-nationalisation Southern Region of BR) was encouraging people to jump on board the train for a day out in the country.
In fact, in the days before television the Southern had a publicity department that issued a staggering amount of written information – not just on tickets or destinations but on pastimes, where to live, which school to send your children to, where to go on holiday; often in the form of wonderful Art Deco posters, many of which can be seen here.
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