Tag Archives: bus posters

Artwork

By crownfolio | Published: May 20, 2011

Well my trip was a definite success, you’ll be pleased to hear.  The mission was a trip to a solicitors’ office in the Home Counties in order to sift through some of the last remaning pieces from Daphne Padden’s estate.  And it was worth the journey up the A303, as I have come back with [...]

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On the buses (and bus stops too)

By crownfolio | Published: March 17, 2011

One of the real joys of writing this blog is getting a response on a subject from People Who Really Know.  So after my post about long thin posters, it was very good to hear from Michael Wickham who gave me a lot more information about where these kind of posters were displayed.  Along with [...]

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Thick and Thin

By crownfolio | Published: March 9, 2011

This has been hanging around on the bookshelves for a bit, waiting to find a home. Which is quite a tricky problem as I can’t exactly roll it up as it’s on card.  Fortunately I’m starting to quite like it where it is; it may be there for a while. The design is by Royston [...]

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History coaching

By crownfolio | Published: January 5, 2011

Happy New Year.  I’ve had flu, so Quad Royal will be easing itself gently into 2011 for the next week or two. Today, I will be mostly reminding you about this. A coach.  Which is advertising The Golden Age of Coach Travel on BBC4 tonight (full details here if you want to know more). I have [...]

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the twenty-third

By crownfolio | Published: December 23, 2010

Time to start thinking about Christmas travel.  Although this looks like one of the chillier methods. They all seem pretty jolly though.  It’s by Daphne Padden, of course, and I’m assuming it’s a coach poster.  Happy Travelling.

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Christmas bay

By crownfolio | Published: December 15, 2010

For once, eBay has come up with something seasonal.  Even better, it’s a classic GPO post early poster. This 1957 design by Huveneers has already come up on the Advent Calendar here, and now you can have your own if you like.  Bidding starts at a moderately steep £22 (well I think it’s steep given that [...]

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