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British Railways handbill 'Football Excursions to Darlington and Middlesbrough Every Saturday 19 August to 23 September'. Published by the Railway Executive (North Eastern Region), August 1950.

Football Excursions to Darlington and Middlesbrough Every Saturday 19 August to 23 September

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1950

British Railways handbill 'Excursion to London for the Cup Final'. The F.A. Amateur Cup Final Bishop Auckland v Willington 22 April 1950. Published by the Railway Executive (North Eastern Region), April 1950.

Excursion to London for the Cup Final

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1950

Handbill, "Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances West End of London & Crystal Palace Rail from Pimlico terminus",1857.

Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1857

Handbill, Great Eastern Railway, 'Rail and Boat Excursions to Harwich and Ipswich Thursday 4th October 1866', With fares and times and handwritten note on the reverse, 23rd September 1866

rail and boat excursions to Harwich and Ipswich Thursday 4th October 1866

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1866

Handbill, Great Eastern Railway , "Family Tickets to Watering Places on the Norfolk and Suffolk Coasts" with the prices at their reduced rates, 1866.

family tickets to watering places on the norfolk and suffolk coasts

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1866

Handbill, Great Eastern Railway, 'Cheap Mid Day Excursions to Stratford', with times and prices, 2395/3/22, March 1922, dimensions 212 x 144mm, badly mounted on paper with letters regarding the offer of the handbill.

cheap mid day excursions to stratford'

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1922

Great Eastern Railway handbill 'combined rail and hotel weekend tickets'. With times and prices. And advertisement for the Felix Hotel Felixstowe on the reverse. Printed at the company's works in Stratford.

combined rail and hotel weekend tickets

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1921

Handbill (double-sided). London Midland & Scottish Railway. Cook's Cheap Tickets to Gargrave, Bell Busk, Giggleswick, Clapham, Bentham, Ingleton, Settle, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ribblehead and Dent from Leeds, Bradford, Shipley, etc, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 3 May-28 October 1933. Published April 1933. Printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby and London. Slight damage and marking at top.

Cook''s cheap tickets to ...

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1933-04

Handbill (double-sided). London Midland & Scottish Railway. Cook's Cheap Tickets to Gargrave, Bell Busk, Giggleswick, Clapham, Bentham, Ingleton, Sttle, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ribblehead and Dent from Leeds, Bradford, Shipley, etc, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 3 May-28 October 1933. Published April 1933. Printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby and London. Slight damage and marking at top.

Cook's cheap tickets to ...

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1933

Leaflet, London and North Eastern Railway, "Evening Excursion From Middlesbrough to Redcar" with timetable, 1934.

Evening Excursion From Middlesbrough to Redcar

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1934

London, Chatham & Dover Railway handbill entitled Saturday to Monday at the seaside. The document advertises cheap tickets from Victoria, Holdborn Viaduct, Ludgate Hill and Herne Hill to 12 different locations, including Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Canterbury & Dover. The tickets can be obtained from Cook & Son's tourist office at Ludgate Circus. Printed by the railway company at their works at Victoria Station, Pimlico. Dated February 1881.

London, Chatham & Dover Railway handbill

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1881

Leaflet, "Stockton, West Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle", printed by Petty, Leeds, 1927.

Stockton, West Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1927

Handbill of Additional Steam Rail Cars from Hitchin to Baldock, issued by London & North Eastern Railway; with drawing of steam rail car and horse drawn carriage, January 1929.

Additional Steam Rail Cars from Hitchin to Baldock

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1929

Handbill issued jointly by LNWR, MSLR and MR advertising fares and times for fast trains from Sheffield Victoria to London. Issued by order of Mark Huish, James Allport and Edward Watkin

Fast Trains between Sheffield Victoria Station and London

Documents

1856

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway handbill advertising Dean & Dawson's fast, express excursion for 1,2,3,5 or 6 days to Chester and north Wales. Black ink on white paper.

MS&LR handbill

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1894

Handbill advertising Easter excursions to the West of England and the Channel Islands issued by Arthur Watson, General Manager, London & North Western Railway

L&NWR Easter excursions

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1922

Handbill, London & North Western Railway, "Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Manchester", with map of the area, 1887.

royal jubilee exhibition at manchester

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1887

London & North Eastern Railway handbill advertising Dean & Dawson's restaurant car excursions to London (Marylebone), on Thursday 13th December. Dated November 1928.

London & North Eastern Railway handbill

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1928

Great Central Railway handbill advertising cheap excursions, every Saturday, from Lincoln and Saxilby between January and March, 1906.. Signed by Sam Fay. Dated December 1905. Black ink on orange paper. December 1905

Great Central Railway handbill

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1906

Handbill. "re. conveyance of passengers' luggage in advance during the summer season, giving charges, conditions of carriage and towns and villages served, isued by South Eastern and Chatham Railway

conveyance of passengers' luggage in advance

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1904

MR handbill. Smithfield Club Cattle Show, Agricultural Hall, Islington. Cheap Excursion Train from Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield, etc, to London, 6 December 1875. Printed by Thos Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 260 x 155mm.

Smithfield club cattle show

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1875

MR handbill (double-sided). Temperance Fete at the Crystal Palace/ International Exhibition. Cheap Excursion Train to London for five days from Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield, etc, 20 July 1874. (On reverse details of onward bookings to Paris, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium or the Rhine). Printed by Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm.

temperance fete

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1874

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Easter Holidays 1881", with advertisement for Crystal place on the reverse, printed at the company works, 21st March 1881.

Easter holidays 1881

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1881

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Saturday to Monday at the Sea Side", with times and fares, printed at the company works, 1st February 1881.

Saturday to Monday at the sea side

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1881

Handbill, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Margate Regatta Cheap Return Tickets" with the fares, Printed at the company works, August 31st 1880.

Margate Regatta Cheap Return Tickets

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1880

Great Northern Railway handbill entitled 'season ticket rates Leeds and Wakefield" with prices of first and third classes. Issued by Oliver Bury, general manager. Dated August 1904. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited.

season ticket rates Leeds and Wakefield

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1904

Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway handbill giving passenger train service times on and from June 5th, 1933, on the Greenore and Newry line and the Greenore and Dundalk line. Black ink on white paper.

DN&GR handbill

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1933

Great Northern Railway handbill entitled 'season ticket rates Leeds and Wakefield" with prices of first and third classes. Issued by Oliver Bury, general manager. Dated August 1904. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited.

season ticket rates

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1904

Handbill, London & South Western Railway, 'Availability of Return Tickets from Waterloo to City', Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, London, 1898.

Availability of Return Tickets from Waterloo to City

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1898

London & North Western Railways handbill advertising a cheap ticket to Mold, on Whit-Monday, June 4, 1906. Dated May 1906 and signed by Frederick Harrison, general manager. Scrawled writing on the reverse.

London & North Western Railways handbill

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1906

Handbill, London & South Western Railway, 'Sandown Park Steeplechases (esher) Thursday 28th Feb.,Friday1st and Saturday 2nd March', printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, London, 1901.

Sandown Park Steeplechases

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1901

Handbill, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'Annual Clearance Sale at Willow Walk Goods Depot Old Kent Road. Weatherall and Green will Sell by Auction on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 14th, 15th and 16th May at 12 for 1 o'clock Precisely Each Day a Large Quantity of Miscellaneous Property from the Company's Unclaimed Property office", Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London.

Annual Clearance Sale at Willow Walk Goods Depot

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Handbill, paper and card, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'Worthing Every Saturday First Class Cheap Return Tickets", With sketch of the seashore, Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, London, 1893.

Worthing Every Saturday First Class Cheap Return Tickets

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1893

Handbill, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Excursion Bookings to Ireland via Greenore", McCorquodale, London, 1924.

excursion bookings to Ireland via Greenore

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1924

Handbill, London Brighton & South Coast Railway 'Lewes Races Cheap Return Tickets'', printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, 1877.

Lewes Races

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1877

Handbill, Southern Railway, 'The Cheapest Way to Explore the Beauties of North Cornwall, Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley'. With maps of the areas, Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited, March 1936.

The Cheapest Way to Explore the Beauties of North Cornwall, Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1936

London Brighton & South Coast Railway handbill entitled 'Folkestone military races Friday April 15th'. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited. With train times and fares. Issued by J.F.S. Gooday. April 1898.

Folkestone military races

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1898

MR handbill (double-sided). Foresters' Grand Fete at the Crystal Palace, 19 August 1873/ International Exhibition. Cheap Excursion Train to London from Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield,etc, 18 August 1873. (On reverse details of onward bookings to Paris, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium or the Rhine). Printed by Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm.

Foresters' grand fete

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1873

Handbill, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, "Extra Pullman Car Service Brighton and London", Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited., London, 1889.

Extra pullman car service brighton and london

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1889

Handbill, Great Western Railway "Pic-nic or Pleasure Parties On and After May 1st 189- first, Second and Third Class Return Tickets at a Reduced Fare", issued by Henry Lambert, printed by Waterlow Bros & Layton Limited, London, April 1890.

Pic-nic or Pleasure Parties

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1890

One handbill: Fete, Queen's Gardens, Kilburn Gate, April 8th, 1844. Announcing the ascent of a "Gigantic Balloon".

Fete, Queen's Gardens, Kilburn Gate

Art

1844

MR handbill (double-sided). Foresters' Grand Fete at the Crystal Palace, 19 August 1873/ International Exhibition. Cheap Excursion Train to London from Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield,etc, 18 August 1873. (On reverse details of onward bookings to Paris, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium or the Rhine). Printed by Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm.

Foresters' Grand Fete

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1873

Handbill re. alterations to services on the occasion of the Funeral of His Late Majesty King Edward VII on 20 May 1910, issued by William Forbes, General Manager, London Bridge Terminus, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, May 1910. [Poor condition]

Alterations to services on the occasion of the funeral of His Late Majesty King Edward VII

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1910

Isle of Wight Central Railway handbill 'I.W. challenge cup first round, Ryde v. Cowes at Cowes Saturday 3rd January 1914' with fares. Issued by Russell Willmott, printed by W.H. Upward. Dated December 1913.

I.W. challenge cup first round

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1913

Isle of Wight Central Railway handbill 'increased train service from July 12th 1915'. Printed by W.H. Upward. July 1915. Issued by Russell Willmott, general manager.

increased train service

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1915

Isle of Wight Central Railway handbill 'A rustic fete and sale of work followed by the pageant "The Sorrows of Ireland" at Newchurch' with fares. Issued by Russell Willmott, printed by W. Blake and Son. Dated June 1914.

A rustic fete and sale of work followed by the pageant

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1914

Isle of Wight Central Railway handbill 'August Bank Holiday excursions to the garden isle' with fares. Issued by Russell Willmott, printed by W. Blake and Sons. Dated July 1914.

August Bank Holiday excursions to the garden isle

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1914

Isle of Wight Central Railway handbill 'King's Birthday Celebrations 4th Battalion royal fusiliers with ceremonial trooping of colours.' with fares. Issued by Russell Willmott, printed by W.H. Upward. Dated June 1914.

King's Birthday Celebrations 4th Battalion royal fusiliers

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1914

Isle of Wight Central Railway handbill 'special trips to Bournemouth'. Issued by Russell Willmott, printed by W.H. Upward. Dated June 1914.

special trips to Bournemouth

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1914

Isle of Wight Central Railway handbill 'Christmas Holidays 1915'. With passenger fares. Issued by Russell Wilmott, general manager. Printed by W.H. Upward. Dated December 1915. On orange paper.

Christmas Holidays 1915

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1915