Itinerary sheets for Great Eastern Railway Outings, 1903-1911

Itinerary sheets for Great Eastern Railway Mineral Office annual outings between 1903-1911. Includes Mineral Manager's Department 2nd Annual Outing and Dinner at Shepperton, hand drawn and photostatted, 13 June 1903. Mineral Manager's Office 6th Annual Outing to Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, highly decorated, hand drawn and photostatted, 31 May/1 June 1907. Two copies of Mineral Manager's Department 8th Annual Outing to Bournemouth, highly decorated, hand drawn and photostatted, 21/22 May 1909. Two copies of Mineral Manager's Department 9th Annual Outing at Hastings, highly decorated, hand drawn and photostatted, 27/28 May 1910. Two copies of Mineral Office (London), 10th Annual Outing to Felixstowe via Ipswich and the Orwell, highly decorated, hand drawn and photostatted, 20 May 1911.

The railways made it much easier to travel for work or leisure.

These leaflets from the early twentieth century show an annual leisure event put on for the workers in the Great Eastern Railway Mineral Office. They were made by hand and copied to be distributed among the workers. The level of detail and care in the leaflets suggest this was a much anticipated event in the workers' year.