Title: To Sudbury Town or South Harrow
Artist: Harold Sandys Williamson
Published by: Underground Electric Railway Company Ltd
Year: 1922
Size: 585mm x 890mm (23 x 35 inches)
How long since you saw a sunset in the country? To Sudbury Town or South Harrow.
Harold Sandys Williamson was born 1892 in Leeds and designed posters for the Underground Group and London Transport 1924-1939. Leisure travel into the area now known as Greater London (and beyond) was promoted to increase revenue during off-peak periods. For similar commercial reasons, commuters were encouraged to live further out from the city in the new suburbs. Posters advertising days out by tube, bus or tram, were prominently displayed at station entrances and on the vehicles themselves. They include some of the most attractive and evocative posters produced by the Underground/London Transport.