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Post by trt on May 24, 2019 5:52:18 GMT
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Post by aslefshrugged on May 24, 2019 7:42:45 GMT
10/14, got 1, 5, 12 and 13 wrong although 13 is quite obvious given a second look!
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Post by Chris M on May 24, 2019 9:24:38 GMT
12/14 - I got 2 and 8 wrong.
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Post by stuartroy on May 24, 2019 11:30:46 GMT
13/14, although ashamed that the one I got wrong was Glasgow!
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Post by rincew1nd on May 24, 2019 11:35:12 GMT
I got thirteen correct (only getting the InterCity posteer wrong), some were educated guesses uses clues in the posters that perhaps should have been redacted.
For example "See England by Rail" isn't likely to be Edinburgh, an LNER poster is unlikely to be Newport and I doubt a poster for Hartlepool would advertise "Through trains from the north".
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Post by xplaistow on May 24, 2019 12:22:23 GMT
I did exactly the same as stuartroy and rincew1nd. I reckon that InterCity one might be the hardest. |
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Post by Chris M on May 24, 2019 13:59:38 GMT
I got thirteen correct (only getting the InterCity posteer wrong), some were educated guesses uses clues in the posters that perhaps should have been redacted. For example "See England by Rail" isn't likely to be Edinburgh, an LNER poster is unlikely to be Newport and I doubt a poster for Hartlepool would advertise "Through trains from the north". That's how I identified #5 - only one of those towns would be advertised by the Southern region. ~~~~ |
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Post by theblackferret on May 24, 2019 15:27:33 GMT
14/14. Dead easy for an old git like me with a penchant for history, except,as @rince1wind and xplaistow have said,for that Inter-City one. I guessed it had to be the least likely to adhere to all the marketing Johnnies(I will assume the marketing Joannas were either thin on the ground in that era or were far too intelligent to try and produce that level of bull) put up there, so one of the three would surely have been promoted majorly around the water, another majorly for its' shops, which left the right answer. Tell you what would be fun, though, to find 14 existing venues with open stations for which to design a 'go there or be square' poster, for venues with rather less exotica or natural attractions than the poster might suggest. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on May 24, 2019 15:56:26 GMT
All right except No 8 - although I was surprised at the "through trains from the north and Midlands" for any of the three possibilities, given their current services
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Post by Chris M on May 24, 2019 17:06:47 GMT
14/14. Dead easy for an old git like me with a penchant for history, except,as @rince1wind and xplaistow have said,for that Inter-City one. I guessed it had to be the least likely to adhere to all the marketing Johnnies(I will assume the marketing Joannas were either thin on the ground in that era or were far too intelligent to try and produce that level of bull) put up there, so one of the three would surely have been promoted majorly around the water, another majorly for its' shops, which left the right answer. Tell you what would be fun, though, to find 14 existing venues with open stations for which to design a 'go there or be square' poster, for venues with rather less exotica or natural attractions than the poster might suggest. For TfL-served stations: 1. Stonebridge Park 2. Queen's Road Peckham 3. Acton Main Line 4. Turkey Street 5. Caledonian Road & Barnsbury 6. Emerson Park 7. Gunnersbury 8. Hatton Cross 9. West Silvertown 10. Kentish Town West 11. Latimer Road 12. Maryland 13. Devons Road 14. Barkingside |
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Post by goldenarrow on May 24, 2019 22:02:05 GMT
14/14 Only because Glasgow was the only choice that I can think of that already had something of a well regarded reputation for its shopping districts in those days. I'd like to know what kind of wizardry was employed to make the Clyde look so Mediterranean!
Part of me really does wish the railways would return to this more simplistic form of advertising. Obviously the picture of Britain these posters portray is one that is glorified, but they serve as a timely reminder of just how much there is to explore in this country through our still substantial network. As someone who has been fortunate enough to live abroad during my childhood, I do believe that you can have as much fun exploring the country you thought you knew as with those you didn't.
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Post by aslefshrugged on May 25, 2019 5:55:15 GMT
Glasgow? The national flower of Scotland is the...
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