Southern Railway Publicity
France
Normandy and Brittany
With many ferry routes to the Normandy and Brittany coast of France the Southern Railway, and the London and South
Western previously, publicised the area strongly. The London and South Western Railway had published this title from at
least 1906 as Quiet Holiday and Seaside Resorts in Normandy and Brittany and the Southern Railway title is often
advertised as Holiday Resorts in Normandy and Brittany or Holiday Seaside Resorts in Normandy and Brittany.
From 1938 the title was incorporated into Sands Across the Sea.
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1922.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1923.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1924.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1925.jpg) |
1922 |
1923 |
1924 |
1925/6 |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1926.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1927.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb-ed03.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb-ed04.jpg) |
1926 |
1927 |
1928 3rd Edition |
1929 4th Edition |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb-ed05.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb-ed06.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb-ed07.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb-ed08.jpg) |
1930 5th Edition |
1931 6th Edition |
1932 7th Edition |
1934 8th Edition |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb-ed09.jpg) |
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1936 9th Edition |
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Normandy and Brittany - Pre-Grouping editions and early Southern Railway
Hints for Holidays section.
![Picturesque Normandy](images/picturesquenormandy.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1905.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1906.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1907.jpg) |
LBSCR |
1905 LSWR |
1906 LSWR |
1907 LSWR |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1909.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1910.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1913.jpg) |
![Normandy and Brittany](images/nb1922.jpg) |
1909 LSWR |
1910 LSWR |
1913 LSWR |
1922 LSWR |
![Hints for Holidays](images/h4h-nb.jpg) |
![Normandy, Brittany and Paris](images/nbp1913.jpg) |
![Beautiful Brittany Wonderland](images/lswr-1910.JPG) |
![Beautiful Brittany Wonderland](images/brittany-lswr1913.jpg) |
c1924 SR |
1913 LSWR |
1910? LSWR |
1913 LSWR |
The Golden Sands of Picardy
Originally a South Eastern and Chatham Railway produced guide, the first edition being in 1912. The title was changed
to Picardy and Paris from the 16th edition.
From 1938 the title was incorporated into Sands Across the Sea.
![Picardy <02>](images/picardy1913.jpg) |
![Picardy <04>](images/picardy-ed04.jpg) |
![Picardy <07>](images/picardy-ed07.jpg) |
![Picardy <08>](images/picardy-ed08.jpg) |
1913 SECR |
4th edition SECR |
7th edition |
8th edition |
![Picardy <10>](images/picardy-ed09.JPG) |
![Picardy <10>](images/picardy-ed10.JPG) |
![Picardy <11>](images/picardy-ed11.JPG) |
![Picardy <12>](images/picardy-ed12.jpg) |
9th edition 1925-26 |
10th edition 1926-27 |
11th edition 1927-28 |
12th edition |
![Picardy <13>](images/picardy-ed13.jpg) |
![Picardy <14>](images/picardy-ed14.jpg) |
![Picardy <15>](images/picardy-ed15.jpg) |
![Picardy <16>](images/picardy-ed16.jpg) |
13th edition |
14th edition |
15th edition |
16th edition |
![Picardy <17>](images/picardy-ed17.jpg) |
![Picardy <18>](images/picardy-ed18.jpg) |
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17th edition |
18th edition |
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Sands Across the Sea
Originally published as a list of seaside resorts in Northern France (Picardy, Normandy and Brittany), Belgium and Holland.
The name was re-used in 1938 to incorporate the titles Picardy and Paris and Normandy and Brittany.
From 1948 this title was published by British Railways, Southern Region
annually until 1962. The Dickens Press took over the title and published at least two editions in 1964 and 1966.
![Sands Across The Sea <25>](images/sas1925.jpg) |
![Sands Across The Sea <31>](images/sas1931.jpg) |
![Sands Across The Sea <37>](images/sas1937.jpg) |
![Sands Across The Sea <39>](images/sas1939.JPG) |
1925 |
1931 |
1937 leaflet |
1939 leaflet |
![Sands Across The Sea <41>](images/sas-ed01a.jpg) |
![Sands Across The Sea <42>](images/sas-ed02a.jpg) |
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1st edition |
2nd edition |
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The British Railways editions are here,
The Peerless Riviera
A new publication by the Southern Railway, the first edition being in October 1923, for the ever-increasing number
of English people who migrate annually to the Sunny South. The Sunny South being the Cote d'Azur, Cannes, Monte Carlo etc.
![Peerless Riviera <02>](images/peerless1924-ed02.jpg) |
![Peerless Riviera <03>](images/peerless1926.jpg) |
![Peerless Riviera <04>](images/peerless1927-ed04.jpg) |
![Peerless Riviera <05>](images/peerless-ed05.jpg) |
2nd edition 1924/5 |
1926 |
4th edition 1927 |
5th edition |
![Peerless Riviera <06>](images/peerless-ed06.jpg) |
![Peerless Riviera <07>](images/peerless-ed07.jpg) |
![Peerless Riviera <08>](images/peerless-ed08.jpg) |
![Peerless Riviera <09>](images/peerless-ed09.jpg) |
6th edition |
7th edition |
8th edition |
9th edition |
To complement The Peerless Riviera four editions of September Sunshine et al were produced. This series contained
information on the smaller Riviera resorts.
![September Sunshine](images/septembersunshine.jpg) |
![Summer Time Riviera](images/summertimeriviera1928-ed02.jpg) |
![Summer Time Riviera](images/summertimeriviera1929-ed03.jpg) |
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Probably 1927 |
2nd edition 1928 |
3rd edition 1929 |
4th edition |
Fare leaflets were produced for use with the above guides.
![Riviera - Fares and Train Services](images/riviera-fares1936winter.jpg) |
![Riviera - Fares and Train Services](images/riviera-fares1937winter.jpg) |
![Riviera - Fares and Train Services](images/riviera-fares1938winter.JPG) |
![Riviera - Fares and Train Services](images/riviera-fares1939summer.jpg) |
1936 Winter |
1937 Winter |
1938 Winter |
1939 Summer |
![Riviera - Fares and Train Services](images/riviera-fares1949winter.jpg) |
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1949 Winter |
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Some General Guides
![Battlefields and War Graves](images/battlefields.jpg) |
![Come Abroad with us](images/comeabroadwithus.jpg) |
![St Malo, the gateway to Brittany's Emerald Coast](images/stmalothegateway.jpg) |
![Up the Seine to Rouen](images/uptheseinetorouen.jpg) |
2 editions, 1923 & 1924 |
1929 |
4 editions, 1936 to 1939 |
1933 |
![Twixt France and Spain](images/twixtfrancespain.jpg) |
![Excursions to the Continent](images/ex-cont-31.JPG) |
![Ostend](images/ostend1939.jpg) |
![The Emerald Coast](images/emeraldcoast1935.jpg) |
2 editions |
1931 |
1939 |
1935 |
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