New Brighton Wallasey - Have Fun in Sunny Cheshire

Poster, British Railways (London Midland Region), New Brighton, Wallasey, Have Fun in Sunny Cheshire, by Ken Kelly, 1956. Coloured lithograph depicting a child's spade in the form of a cat. The space is stuck into a sandy beach. A towel is wrapped around the shaft and there are white sunglasses on the handle, made to resemble a Cheshire cat's face. Text across the sky reads "Have fun in sunny Cheshire". At the foot of the poster is a British Railways 'totem' logo with details of how to obtain information on holiday guides and train times. Text in the bottom margin reads "Published by British Railways (London Midland Region) LM 14856. Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London and Dunstable.