Excursions Collection

Poster advertising excursions to Anjou
Poster for French railways advertising excursions to Anjou

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

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

Poster advertising excursions to Brittany
Poster for French railways advertising excursions to Brittany in the north west of France

Hastings / Photo of Pier
The Pier (admission 2d) with announcements of Robinson Crusoe, Judas Maccabeus, excursions on the Seagull for the Easter holiday

Poster, Healthful Hartlepool, seaside resort in County Durham, natural beauties unsurpassed. Date: circa 1910

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

Steamer excursions poster, Glasgow, Victorian period

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

Comic postcard, Little girl at Information Bureau - the stork brings them! Date: 20th century

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

Advert, Thomas Cooks Tours, excursions and general travelling arrangements, with a wide range of destinations all over the world. 1880

Adverts including for holiday excursions, 1912
Page from The Bystander with adverts for South Eastern and Chatham Railway August bank holiday rail travel; August Holiday Excursions with L.S.W.R.; the seaside resorts of East Anglia served by

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

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

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

Egypt paddle steamer operated by Thomas Cook on the Nile
The Egypt, one of the paddle steamers operated by Thomas Cook for excursions on the Nile. Date: 1909

British Tourists in Egypt on Train Excursions
Cartoon illustrating the availability of cheap train excursions in Egypt for British tourists. Date: 1850

London children on a coach trip to the country 1876
Coachloads of London children off for a day in the country in horse-drawn carriages. Date: 1876

Comic view of Cooks voyages and excursions
Cooks Tours -- a comic view of Cooks voyages and excursions, with Thomas Cook and his clientele as depicted by Fun magazine. Date: 1867

Charabanc tours of the Alps, from Evians-les-Bains, Savoie. Date: 1938

Two-Charabanc Outing
A party of excursionists prepare to set off in two massive charabancs : note how the rear seats are raised to give passengers a better view of the passing sights. Date: circa 1920

Advert / West France 1912
Excursions by rail in western France (2 of 2) Date: 1912

Day Trip by Rail
Flyer issued by the Midland Railway announcing a Day Trip from Bradford to London for the Foresters Fete at Alexandra Park and the International Exhibition Date: 1873

Charabanc Isle of Man
A horse-drawn charabanc full of holidaymakers in the Isle of Man, UK. Date: circa 1900

South of England excursion flyer and timetable
Flyer and timetable advertising a cheap 8 or 15 days excursion to the South of England on Friday 24th May travelling by Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern Railways

Samuel Laing (1812 - 1897), English railwayman, chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company. Promoter of railway excursions

George Woodward
GEORGE MOUTARD WOODWARD caricaturist, author of Eccentric excursions, in 1805 Date: 1760 - 1809

Samuel Laing, Railways
SAMUEL LAING English railwayman, chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company, a promoter of railway excursions. Date: 1812 - 1897

Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to Cornwal
A Real Grievance Visitor: " Hows Business?" Boatman: " Business! Why there ain t no businesssince these ere blessed bicycles come inter fashion

BRIGHTON QUEEN
A paddle steamer employed for holiday excursions. Date: 1934

The Beautiful Italian Lakes, with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for The Beautiful Italian Lakes, Programme of Inclusive Tours, providing travel, hotels, excursions and omnibus, travelling independently

Cooks Paris Excursions
Cover illustration for Cooks Paris Excursions, starting from 1 Place de l Opera, exploring Paris, Versailles, Chantilly, Fontainebleau, etc

Tours and Excursions in the Emerald Isle, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Tours and Excursions in the Emerald Isle (Ireland), with Thomas Cook & Son of Dublin, Belfast and London

Tours & Excursions, Emerald Isle
A montage of Irish scenes and landmarks, including the Giants Causeway, Connemara, Killarney, Rostrevor, and a lady playing a harp

Music cover for The Excursion Train, a Tender Narrative, sung by E Marshall at the Canterbury Music Hall in Lambeth, London. Words by W F Vandervell, music by Willem Vandervell

Mexico - Chapala in the Jalisco Province - Pleasure boats pulled up on the beach and tourists/holidaymakers gathered waiting to head off on a boat trip

Aswan - Scene on the River Nile with Paddlesteamer
The Rameses III, one of the paddle steamers operated by Thomas Cook & Son for excursions on the Nile- here seen as Aswan

Charabanc Excursion
A happy party of children and adults set off for a day at the seaside, with flags waving and horns blowing

Easter Excursion Van
Easter Monday : London holidaymakers board an excursion van headed for the country - street traders offer them oranges to add to their picnic hampers

Excursion to Bristol
Cooks announcement for excursions to Malvern, Cheltenham and Bristol, from Wolverhampton or Birmingham

Waiting for the excursion train
On the departure platform of a suburban branch of the Great West-Eastern Railway. Five hundred Londoners scrambling to board the second and third class carriages for Bank Holiday excursions

Cooks B. Holiday Trips
An advertisement for Cooks cheap Bank Holiday excursions to the Midlands and beyond, travelling by train from St Pancras Station

Childrens Holiday Trip
A Bank Holiday outing in horse-drawn carriages for children from the East End of London - a scene in Goswell Street

Steamer on Loch Lomond
The Marion paddle-steamer carries excursionists cruising among the bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond

Blackpool Rail Excurs
Flyer issued by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway announcing Excursion Trains to the Musical Festival at Blackpool, and Lytham St. Annes

Excursion Bill
Handbill announcing a two-day trip from Bradford to London, for the purpose of visiting the International Exhibition. A third class return ticket costs ten shilling

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