A portal to another world.
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
Travel to Ireland via Holyhead [North Wales] in the 1940s and 50s, as depicted in these dreamy travel posters by Norman Wilkinson and others…
Posters via Railwayana and TravelPosters.com
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Love these.
Mind you, they probably had to market the route to passengers from UK to Ireland given that they were full heading over there one way with emigrants!
Exactly what I thought, Hoop! Only dreamy one way…
Ireland must have looked magical to English travellers in the 40s and 50s, no bomb sites and less rationing…
Also, apparently, The Hogwarts Express.
Maybe that’s where JK Rowling/film producers got the idea. From that very travel poster. Or other old travel posters. Or from other films/book covers influenced by old travel posters.
It is fascinating how one thing influences another, was just watching the video of Kate Bush’s Babushka last night, her bikini at the end was clearly influenced directly or indirectly by Carrie Fisher’s outfit in Star Wars.
I think old posters/book covers were hugely influential on subsequent generations.
Oh SO much of Rowling’s world must have been inspired by this sort of imagery, it absolutely has a magic of its own.
Wonderful,aren’t they ?
The originals are worth serious money but you can buy very good poster copies.
One of my favourite art forms.
https://www.allposters.ie/-st/Vintage-Art-posters_c2152_.htm
Ollie, old travel posters always lift my spirits, so I thought they might be a good thing for a Monday post..
Indeed.
Thank you for that – I love the old British railway seaside posters which are evocative of their time and wonderful paintings.
I have this one on the wall of my man cave.
https://www.travelpostersonline.com/butlins-clacton-on-sea-essex-lner-vintage-travel-poster-by-joseph-greenup-1930s-1166-p.asp
Lovely Ollie. Just the thing to brighten up an interior in the irish weather. I love the colours of this poster in particular.
These are lovely, Sibling :)
Glad you like them, for me they are like a portal to another world of magic!
Did the ferry crossing recently. Isn’t it a shame that Holyhead is still such a kip. Thought I’d leave the spare buffer hours to the end and grab a bite there instead of ferry food. 6pm and nothing open. Peered into the Dublin Packet pub and saw enough to move on. North Wales is lovely though – the port town is like a cold sore on a pretty face. Wonder if the passing trade would stop and spend if they were given the option.
It is a shame.
There’s a good book on the history of the Dublin-Holyhead ferries out there. There was at least one prosecution for manslaughter arising out of a fight on deck (the case is famous because they couldn’t find the body, but presumed the victim dead on the basis of circumstantial evidence … a freezing cold night, miles from land, no ships in the area had picked him up, number of pints imbibed in double figures, his mother hadn’t heard from him again etc.) Marina Guinness died of a heart/attack stroke in a cinema on Holyhead-Dublin ferry in the 1980s on the way back from a cultural tour in Britain. Both tragedies were on the ‘scenic’ route, god knows what happened on the other one!
Hoop, I love your history posts and we should try joint history stuff on historical themes of interest to Broadsheet readers at some point, if you care to do so.
Read about that missing body alright.
Would absolutely love to team up Sib! These posts are fascinating.
Hoop, that is wonderful. Email me siblingofdaedalus@gmail.com whenever you like.
Anyone else interested in contributing to historical posts, you are very welcome too!
See, Mildred?
Nobody is judging them…..
Oh it’s Mildred now is it??
Thought it sounded better on the wedding invites.
Are you a Bartholomew or an Albert, Bert?
(The calligrapher charges by the letter, fyi).
It’s Wilbert but keep that to yourself :)
Passing the Kish when it was nobbut a lightship – bless
The Rosslare/Fishguard Rail and Sail option is now completely unviable due to changes in timetables. A 3 to 4 hour wait in the middle of the night in Swansea is no one’s idea of a holiday.
unless you’re into dogging
That’s just you unfortunately
maybe you’re right
It’s difficult sometimes to convince the onlookers to stick around for the finale
And Stan Collymore.
Illustrious company
And your own good self.
Don’t lie. I know you bring popcorn too.
Don’t forget the wet wipes …
You kinky basterd
I cannot deny that charge.
holyhead is a bit of a dump now in all fairness to the kip
Another great post Sibling! Really enjoyed this one.
Thanks very much, Millie.
I do hope we could have a regular Monday post…
Hint hint, she says hopefully.
I have hunted down some new stuff lately, so maybe! It’s nice to have a bit of colour on a winter Monday, but non-watermarked colour historical images can be hard to find. I’ll do my best.
Gorgeous artwork. I think I’d have preferred to sail in the 40s and 50s than now, which feels more 1970s than 21st century.
Great post, more of this please :)
Thanks a million Janet :-)