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Whitby / Gyrth Russell (1950)

An old British Railways-Whitby poster from 1950. Pinched from the Science Museum’s rather extensive collection.

I should really do a Railway-Poster-of-the-Day thing in a similar vein to ‘Retro Computer Adverts‘.

Local58

Always fun, there’s a new Local58. And It’s AI themed this time.

The Apple 1 at Retro Computer Adverts.

Retro Computer Adverts has a rather special post to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apple’s founding; a look at their first – and probably most important product – the Apple 1.

‘British Railways Locomotives’ (circa 1956)

A lovely poster from the Science Museum Group; British Railways Locomotives from around 1956.

While I have both tags and categories marked as ‘Ephemera’, my random collection of witterings about various bits of historic ephemera is no-where near as well structured or as well targeted as Ephemeral 80s.

I’m going to be honest, while any site can be for anyone, you probably have to be of a certain age and to have spent time in certain select (but middling) British demographics for it to truly hit home.

‘To York, Dick Turpin’s Ride’

Poking around the Science Museum’s archives, I came across this rather fabulous ‘Dick Turpin’ themed LNER poster for train travel to York.

Just look at how wonderful it is!

P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-Pancake Day!

Double-Decker Bus Racing… Sponsored by Acorn Computers

Double-decker bus racing from 1982. I absolutely love that it’s sponsored by Acorn Computers a year after they launched the BBC Micro!

Trains of the Future, Trains of the Past

Here’s something to take the edge off that liminal space between Christmas and New Year; two nicely illustrated articles from Adam Rowe’s always fun 70s Sci-Fi Art.