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| Northern locations get vintage rail poster makeover | Northern locations get vintage rail poster makeover |
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| It's Manchester but not as you know it. The city - along with other northern locations - has been given an iconic 1930s railway poster treatment. | It's Manchester but not as you know it. The city - along with other northern locations - has been given an iconic 1930s railway poster treatment. |
| Inspired by the bold designs of Frank Henry Mason, the images are intended to evoke the "golden age of British travel", a spokeswoman at Cheshire's Lion Salt Works Museum said. | Inspired by the bold designs of Frank Henry Mason, the images are intended to evoke the "golden age of British travel", a spokeswoman at Cheshire's Lion Salt Works Museum said. |
| Posters of 14 places, including Chester Zoo, will be on show in the venue. | Posters of 14 places, including Chester Zoo, will be on show in the venue. |
| Postcards of the prints will also be handed out at rail stations. | Postcards of the prints will also be handed out at rail stations. |
| Artist Nicky Thompson, who designed the images, said the job had been "a total pleasure". | Artist Nicky Thompson, who designed the images, said the job had been "a total pleasure". |
| "In their day, these posters with their strikingly bold colours and experimental flat design were quite different and new." | "In their day, these posters with their strikingly bold colours and experimental flat design were quite different and new." |
| He added: "What is unarguable is that they were highly effective in creating an aspirational sense of adventure that drew city-dwellers to explore the countryside." | He added: "What is unarguable is that they were highly effective in creating an aspirational sense of adventure that drew city-dwellers to explore the countryside." |
| Councillor Louise Gittins, from Cheshire West and Chester Council, said: "The railway posters of the 1930s hailed a new era of train travel and this imaginative campaign, featuring 14 railway stops on the Mid-Cheshire Railway line, hopes to trigger a similar reaction." | Councillor Louise Gittins, from Cheshire West and Chester Council, said: "The railway posters of the 1930s hailed a new era of train travel and this imaginative campaign, featuring 14 railway stops on the Mid-Cheshire Railway line, hopes to trigger a similar reaction." |
| The posters will also be on sale at the museum. |