Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Poster to Poster
• Map of England and Wales Region by Alan Young
• Contents
• Maps Indicating Poster Locations
• Abbreviations
• List of Posters and Prints
• Foreword by Dr Pete Waterman OBE
• Acknowledgements
• INTRODUCTION
• Opening Remarks
• Railway Developments in the Region
• The GWR and LMS are Formed
• The BR Era of Regional Advertising
• The Layout of this Volume
• CHAPTER 1 From Three Spires to the High Peak
• The Journey Starts in South Staffs
• The City of Three Spires
• Stafford and the Potteries
• North into Derbyshire
• Arrival in the High Peak
• CHAPTER 2 The Eastern Shires of England
• The Derbyshire Dales
• South Derbyshire and into Derby
• Robin Hood Country
• Leicestershire Beckons
• The City of Peterborough
• Rural Northamptonshire
• CHAPTER 3 Dreaming Spires and Fine Words
• Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
• Into Oxfordshire
• The City of Dreaming Spires
• Fine Posters for Stratford-upon-Avon
• A Visit to a Wonderful Castle
• An Elegant Midlands Spa
• History and Industry
• CHAPTER 4 Into the Land of the Three Choirs
• Time to go 'Home' to Shropshire
• South into Worcestershire
• Worcester and the Malverns
• Eastern Worcestershire
• The Beautiful Cotswolds
• Regency Cheltenham and Gloucester Cathedral
• The Enchanting Landscape
• CHAPTER 5 Croeso I Gymru - Welcome to Wales
• Monmouthsire
• Into the Capital of Wales
• Holidays in Glamorgan
• Contrasting West Wales
• Glorious Pembrokeshire
• CHAPTER 6 Holidays in Mid-Wales
• At the South End of Cardigan Bay
• Aberystwyth
• Visiting the Little Trains
• Into Central Wales
• More Little Railways
• Along the Cambrian Coast
• CHAPTER 7 Influences of Posters on the Area's Tourism
• Opening Comments
• Early Examples of Regional Marketing
• Marketing by the "Big Four"
• Development of Railway Services
• Seaside Marketing
• Other Places Influenced by Railway Marketing
• The Role of the Poster in Modern Railway Advertising by Gerwyn Jones (GRP)
• Modern Railway Preservation Advertising using Art