Monthly Archives: April 2017

Railway Safety Posters • Frank Newbould • British Rail • 1947

Here is the text of my NDB entry about Framk Newbould…The posters, above, are about railway platform safety. Frank Newbould was a commercial artist and poster designer who made substantial contributions to the development of British advertising art during the … Continue reading

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Ha Ha Ha…

This was on the BBC news page today, lovely.

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Railway Safety Posters • Brice Angrave • 1950s

Here are a set of small posters produced to encourage best-and-safe-practice on and around the station. These posters are by Bruce Angrave. They date from the early 1950s. Here is a link to a page about Angrave, here Bruce Angrave … Continue reading

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Flying Scotsman • 2017

Here is the Flying Scotsman at the Bluebell Railway, East Sussex.

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Heaven’s Gate • Michael Cimino • 1980

Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate (1980), is a notorious film, credited with the ruination of the United Artists production company. You can read about the how and why of this debacle in Final Cut (1985) by Steven Bach. In its original … Continue reading

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Japanese Railway Posters • 2017

The Seibu Railway Company in Japan has just issued a set of posters reminding passangers of how to behave on the train… The posters are designed in a pop-art variety of the traditional style of ukiyo-e coloured woodblock prints. Marvellous … Continue reading

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Streamliners Across the USA

Here is a map of the historic streamliner services across the USA…

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The Girl on the Train • 2015

I have just started to read this crime novel…not a new idea (Agatha Christie did the same back when) but interesting.

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