Excursion Collection

Suffragette Demonstration Hyde Park 1908. Advertisement for an excursion train to London from Ipswich on Sunday June 21st 1908

Poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion
A poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion, described as a charming excursion to the West of England, calling at Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stowmarket
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon

Crossing Windermere
Two sight-seeing excursion coaches are carried by steam ferry across Lake Windermere, in the heart of Englands Lake District

Advert, Southern Railway Excursions
Advertisement for Southern Railway Excursions to Birmingham, Cambridge, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Rugby, Wolverhampton, etc, every Sunday from December to March

Poster advertising French railways to Fontainebleau
Poster advertising French railways to and from the Palace and Forest of Fontainebleau

The Marine Drive, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
The South African Corniche : a motoring paradise - the Marine Drive, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Poster, Mont Ventoux Excursions in the French and Italian Alps, and the Hotel du Mont Ventoux. circa 1930

Taking a boat trip on the River Thames at Windsor
The riverboat Hampton Court prepares to take a boatload of daytrippers for a journey up the River Thames at Windsor. The woman in the foreground is blowing up some balloons - perhaps someone has a

Leeds Rail Excursion
Flyer issued by the Midland Railway announcing a Cheap Excursion Train from Sheffield to Leeds for the Leeds Horticultural Show Date: 1872

Market Reports Series - Country Ducks arriving
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Country Ducks arrived in excellent condition. Date: 1903

Treport Mers travel poster
French railway poster advertising Treport Mers on the Picardy coast, which, together with nearby Mer-les-Bains became popular seaside resorts in the 19th century due to the development of

Poster advertising Belgian railways
Poster advertising trips between Dover and Ostend

Ravenglass and Eskdale
An excursion train on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Cumberland

Paddington Platforms 2
View of the platforms, on what must surely be an exceptionally busy day - perhaps an excursion train to Henley Regatta Date: circa 1905

Comic postcard, People falling out of car on bumpy ride
Comic postcard, People falling out of a car on a bumpy ride Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, People in a charabanc for Coronation
Comic postcard, People in a charabanc, going to the Coronation Date: 20th century

Charabanc day trip run by R. Chisnell & Sons to Sydenham
Staff (and their families) on a Charabanc day trip run by R. Chisnell & Sons (trading as King Alfred Motor Services) of Winchester to visit the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, South London

A Cavalcade of Charabancs of the Royal Red Coach Company (of Llandudno, North Wales) at the Sychnant Pass in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The pass links Conwy to Penmaenmawr via Dwygyfylchi

Mens excursion, day trip, early 1900s

A trip on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1901

Charabanc trips through Cheddar Gorge, early 1900s

Large family group by front entrance of Oddington House
A large family group by the front entrance of Oddington House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. The children's nurse stands on the far left and a pair of very fine perambulators are ready

The Excursion
An oil painting of a young, red haired girl riding a donkey, alongside her mother, wearing a black coat, and another girl carrying a handbasket, a little dog is leading the group. Date: circa 1920

A two horse carriage with hatted ladies on excursion
The coach and horses are outside the London South Western Railway offices in Lynton. A poster on the wall offers excursions by Sam Colwill

WAGONETTE 1872
An excursion by wagonette, an open four-wheel carriage with sideways seating. Date: 1872

SCOTTISH EXCURSION
A few weeks before his death, Victoria and Albert go riding in the Scottish countryside ; here they ford the Poll Tarf. Date: 9 October 1861

Packed riverboat at Windsor
Packed upper level of a riverboat preparing to take a boatload of daytrippers for a journey up the River Thames at Windsor

Small Ferry boat - Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Small Ferry/excursion/pleasure boat - Bridlington, East Yorkshire - running non-landing coastal cruises from the harbour to Flamborough Head. Date: circa 1920s

Motor trip in a slightly charabanc, Bournemouth, Dorset
Motor trip (in a slightly squat charabanc) - Bournemouth - August, 1915. Date: 1915

Boat Excursion to Heligoland - a small archipelago in the North Sea. A part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1890. Date: 1967

Two men and their bicycles. circa 1900

Solitary farmhouse, Langdale, Cumbria, Lake District, referred to in one of Wordsworths poems. Date: 1843

Hastings - the rocks 1857
Victorians clambering among the rocks. Date: 1857

Hastings - pleasure boat 1857
Men carrying wealthy people in their best attire onto a pleasure-boat. Date: 1857

By the seaside, Brighton 1857
Eight hours at the seaside, families came to the seaside for a refuge from the stresses of everyday life, to get some fresh-air, hear the waves and sea sea-gulls above

Part of Scarborough, drawn by John Leech 1857
Victorian mainly women and children having a ride on carriage around the beach. 1857

Family leaving on holiday - Paddington Station, London Date: 1910

Leaflet, National Sunday League Excursions, June 1913 -- trips to Folkestone, Dover, Margate, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton, Worthing, Seaford, Bournemouth, Ipswich, Yarmouth and other destinations

Family on a wet excursion to the beach at Weston-Super-Mare
A family on a (rather wet!) day out to the beach in August at Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset, England. The two boys are hoping the rain will cease long enough to put the cricket bat (and stump)

First class passengers going home for Christmas 1859
Crowded first class passengers on their way home for Christmas. Date: 1859

Beach at Brighton 1859
Busy beach scene at Brighton. Date: 1859

Hastings in October 1857
Victorians having an enjoyable day at Hastings. Date: 1857

Excursion steamboats leaving London 1900
Excursion steamboats leaving fresh Wharf, London Bridge. Date: 1900

Eight hours at the beach by John Leech 1875
Victorian men, women and children enjoying a day at the beach. Date: 1875

A Day in the Country 1872
Londoners travelled to the countryside in the summer for a days break. Date: 1872

A TRIP TO BOX HILL
A motor excursion to Box HIll, Surrey, a popular tourist spot. Date: 1916

Rail Excursion - Music Sheet - Train travel to the seaside
THE EXCURSION TRAIN GALOP Date: circa 1860

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