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A British Railways Southern Region poster extolling the attractions of Exmouth in Devon. Exmouth was part of the London & South Western Railway's network that extended deep into the South-West of England, competing on what the Great Western Railway considered its own territory.

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This part of the country is promoted by the tourist authorities as the English Riviera but the artist has shown marvellous imagination to make it look more like Cannes than Devon, and the sunbathing beauty like the love interest from a James Bond movie.

Lee Smith sent in a photograph of this wonderful poster enquiring after its origin. I have been unable to find it anywhere else, but from the style of dress and car I would estimate it dates from the early 1960s.

It's great to be able to share an unusual image like this that is not, as far as I know, available elsewhere. Tony Price deserves praise for his impressive Photoshop skills (far greater than my own). He took what was a very ordinary photograph taken merely for identification purposes, corrected the perspective and colours and produced the fine example you see here.

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Keywords: Southern Railway; Exmouth; British Railways; Southern Region; 1960s; Railway; Poster; South Devon; Fast trains from London Waterloo

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