Seaside Gallery

Skegness is So Bracing, BR (ER) poster, 1956

Poster produced for British Railways (BR) Eastern Region (ER), showing a view of the Embassy Ballroom and a funfair, at the Lincolnshire seaside resort of Skegness, with the beach and pier in the background. In the top right-hand corner is shown the famous Jolly Fisherman character, taken from the original GNR poster of 1908 by John Hassall, also entitled Skegness is So Bracing'. The Jolly Fisherman is still used to promote the resort today. Artwork by Kenneth Steel. Printed by R B Macmillan, Derby

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Interior of tramshed, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire

Interior view of a tramshed at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, showing various trams with advertising material: Jacob's Cream Crackers, Colman's Mustard, Lifebuoy Soap, Fry's Milk Chocolate and Symington's Coffee Essence. Seymour Hicks is appearing at the Palace, the Hanneford Family at the Tower Circus, and the Original Finneys at the Tower (Blackpool)

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General view of Port Gaverne from the Port Isaac road, St Endellion, Cornwall. 1906

A view downhill to the beach and village with boats hauled up on to the beach. Bathing huts can also be seen. Port Gaverne was once a busy port used to export slate from the nearby Delabole slate quarry. It was also a very active seining port and the port's four pilchard cellars were capable of processing around 1000 tons of fish per week. By 1900 tourism was the village's main industry and it remains popular with holidaymakers today. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

© From the collection of the RIC