Lancashire Coast opera designed by Michael Mayhew

designed by Michael Mayhew

Robin Bailey

This unnumbered copy is from the archive of G&B Arts and is in incredible condition

A striking typographical design deploying dramatic asymmetrical lettering to convey the power and modernity of BP (British Petroleum) Ethyl

The striking artwork depicts the Irish Mail (a famous ‘named train’) emerging from Stephenson’s Britannia Bridge connecting Anglesey with the north Wales mainland

Lancashire Coast opera designed by Michael MayhewOriginal British Railways (London Midland Region) poster map, Lancashire Coast, 1957. A lovely poster map, full of period detail and charm, focussing on the principal holiday towns of Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport, but also including Lancaster, Heysham, Fleetwood, Thornton Cleveleys, Preston and Lytham St. Annes. In the background, miniature steam trains bring passengers from across the North West, while in the foreground steamships take holiday