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THIS HANDBILL IS NOW 64 YEARS OF AGE AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE-AN HISTORICAL RELIC FROM A BYGONE AGE….WITH MUCH HISTORICAL,SOCIAL,SPORTING AND TRANSPORT INTEREST….
THIS HANDBILL IS FROM 1956 FOR A CHEAP TRIP TO-STAFFORD-STOKE-MACCLESFIELD-STOCKPORT-MANCHESTER-CREWE-RUNCORN-LIVERPOOL,WITH BOOKINGS THROUGH TO NEW BRIGHTON AND SOUTHPORT….WITH DEPARTURE FROM NORTHAMPTON CASTLE AND RUGBY MIDLAND …ISSUED BY BR LONDON MIDLAND REGION,LEICESTER….ONLY ON 1ST JULY 1956….AND PRINTED BY ARTHUR GAUNT OF HEANOR….THIS IS A SINGLE SIDED HANDBILL…SECOND CLASS RETURN FARE,NORTHAMPTON TO SOUTHPORT,JUST 20/6,WOW THEY REALLY WERE THE DAYS….
THESE HANDBILLS WERE OFTEN IMPALED ON A NAIL OR HOOK CLOSE TO THE BOOKING OFFICE,ON STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LAND….THE PASSING PUBLIC TUGGED THEM OFF WHENEVER THEY WANTED….THIS WOULD OFTEN LEAVE DAMAGE TO THE TOP CENTRE OR CORNER OF THE HANDBILL-THIS ONE IS ENTIRE AND COMPLETE AS SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH,AND APART FOR A COUPLE OF YELLOWED SIDES IS IN FINE FETTLE….
THESE INTERESTING ITEMS OF RAILWAYANA CONVEY THE AURA OF WHAT THE RAILWAYS WERE IN BUSINESS FOR-NAMELY TO PERSUADE THE PUBLIC TO TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES TO SAVOUR THE LEISURE ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE WAY-THIER GREATEST ATTRACTION PERHAPS IS THAT THEY ARE A PERMANENT REMINDER AND REFERENCE TO LONG VANISHED LINES AND STATIONS LONG CLOSED,DISMANTLED AND DESTROYED….
THIS HANDBILL IS IDEAL FOR FRAMING,AS A PRESENT OR JUST A FAB CONVERSATION PIECE….IT WOULD LOOK JUST GREAT IN YOUR RAILWAY ROOM OR STUDY….
I HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE HANDBILL TO SELL ON E BAY-KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ALL OF THEM….
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ALL MY RAILWAYANA ITEMS ON E BAY.
I ACCEPT PAYPAL ONLY….THE HANDBILL WILL BE POSTED WITH PROTECTED PACKAGING AND CARD BACKING….
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Category: Collectables:Transportation Collectables:Railwayana:Paper Railwayana:Handbills
Location: Bristol, Avon