The Golden Age of Railway Posters

TV legend Michael Palin brings you this evocative collection of some of the greatest British railway posters from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, showcasing the stunning graphic design of the period.

Few sights can reawaken memories of happy holidays of yesteryear as vividly as the superb railway posters that were so much a part of the great age of mass rail travel. Between the 1930s and 1950s-regarded by many as the heyday of advertising graphic art-a huge range of posters appeared, bearing slogan...