Re-live the nostalgia of the seaside of yesteryear... Find out about the Yorkshire coast of vintage railway posters - a bygone era brought to life in artwork - stunning colors and styles...
For a really nostalgic feel of the British seaside at its best, look no further than those evocative British railway travel posters in vintage style...
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These have become very sought after and collectible these days, as a true 'art form' in their own right... but at the time they were pure and simple advertising for the railways.
The well-recognised style of vintage railway posters - bright, bold and stylised - comes from between the two World Wars.
In these days the British seaside was in it's heyday, enjoying immense popularity ... and the way to get there was by train....
You can understand why the seaside became so popular, advertised by these beautiful art forms offering a popular and idealised notion of life by the sea...
Railway companies cut no corners in the production of their advertising posters, and drafted in talented artists and designers to produce these works of art for them.
You can see more traditional 'romantic' views of the coast in some of these posters, emphasising the unspolit country and relaxing nature of the resort.
Other posters are bright, bold, and so stylised to be almost abstract - these posters emphasise the fun, modern feel of the resort.
Personally I prefer the more modern, stylised versions, but I can certainly appreciate that they all have their own beauty and appeal.
These days the vintage railway posters offer us a wonderfully nostalgic look at the British seaside - glimpses of fun, laughter and care-free days at the coast...
No wonder they are so popular - I absolutely love these types of posters with their old-fashioned, and yet still modern view of the coast...
Vintage railway posters have become very collectible in more modern times, and seem to becoming increasingly more so... if you can get your hands on an original it can be worth hundreds (if not thousands!) of pounds...!
Thankfully we don't all need to shell out so much to bring a bit of nostalgia for the coast into our homes... reproduction prints of these vintage railway posters are widely available...
So bring a bit of seaside nostalgia into your own home today... guaranteed to put a smile on your face and make you think of holidays...
