Lot 28: Original Travel Poster Largs Ayrshire British Railways

Original vintage travel poster for Largs Ayrshire issued by British Railways - Great artwork by Montague Birrell Black (1884-1964) depicting the seaside in Largs featuring a sandy beach, boats in the sea, seaside green, promenade, trees, town and churches. Bold lettering in the border below alongside town coats of arms -For a happy healthy holiday , Guide free from town clerk, Largs, Ayrshire. Description Large is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about 33 miles from Glasgow. Printed in Great Britain by London Lithographic Co London. British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in 1962 designated as the British Railways Board. After the grouping of 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, there were four large railway companies, each dominating its own geographic area: the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the Southern Railway (SR). During World War I the railways were under state control, which continued until 1921. Complete nationalisation had been considered, and the Railways Act 1921 is sometimes considered as a precursor to that, but the concept was rejected. Nationalisation was subsequently carried out after World War II, under the Transport Act 1947. This Act made provision for the nationalisation of the network, as part of a policy of nationalising public services by Clement Attlee's Labour Government. British Railways came into existence as the business name of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission (BTC) on 1 January 1948 when it took over the assets of the Big Four. Good condition, loss on bottom left corner, small losses on bottom right corner, backed on japan paper Country of issue: UK, designer: Montague Birrell Black, size (cm): 102x64, year of printing: 1940s