Images Dated 31st July 2003

Torquay, Devons Riviera, GWR poster, 1930s

Poster produced for the Great Western Railway (GWR), showing a view of the harbour at Torquay, noted for its mild climate, with a fashionably-dressed couple standing in a sub-tropical garden in the foreground. Artwork by Martine

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Eastbourne, SR poster, 1929

Poster produced for the Southern Railway advertising express services and cheap fares to the Sussex coastal resort of Eastbourne. The image shows the resort as seen from a pier, where men and women are shown walking. The beach, promenade and hills are seen in the background, and two flags are flying. Artwork by Kenneth D. Shoesmith (1890- 1939). Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London, Dunstable and Watford

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HST image of NGC 4261 core & dust disc

Evidence for a black hole at the core of a galaxy. False-colour visible light image of the core of galaxy NGC 4261 made by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The doughnut shape is thought to be a region of hot gas with a 300 light year wide inner disc of cooler gas and dust. At the centre is a very bright object, possibly the hot accretion disc of a black hole. There is also a feint V- shaped region coming from the core which correlates well with the jets from the galaxy seen at radio wavelengths. Such jets also support the idea of a black hole at the core. NGC 4261 is about 45 million light years from Earth

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