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Christopher Anton
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 Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: London Transport rowing posters |
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With a few hours to kill this afternoon I ventured into the LT museum and
discovered that they've an amazing collection of rowing posters - and not
just the Boat Race either. There are among the collection posters
advertising both Moseley and Twickenham regattas, the HoRR and Boat race
training - who could imagine such a thing these days? Apart from that
they're brilliant works of graphic design and I'm particulary fond of the
1912 and 1935 Boat Races and 1939 HoRR ones which perhaps the 1913 Boat Race
as favourite.
You can see them here http://tinyurl.com/2d8lyu
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ancho
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:36 am Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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Thank you very much for this link.
There are some really great porsters.
I think you also will enjoy these:
http://www.turaris.net/rem.php?tipus=cartell
There are many from Barcelona: |
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kdavies
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On 8 Feb, 07:36, ancho wrote:
> Thank you very much for this link.
> There are some really great porsters.
> I think you also will enjoy these:http://www.turaris.net/rem.php?tipus=cartell
> There are many from Barcelona:
Those are both superb collections. Thanks Chris & ancho! |
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carolinetu
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:22 am Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On Feb 8, 9:03 am, kdav...@kidare.com wrote:
> On 8 Feb, 07:36, ancho wrote:
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> > Thank you very much for this link.
> > There are some really great porsters.
> > I think you also will enjoy these:http://www.turaris.net/rem.php?tipus=cartell
> > There are many from Barcelona:
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> Those are both superb collections. Thanks Chris & ancho!
Fabulous! No wonder these regattas attracted huge crowds of
spectators. Have we no artists who could inspire the current
generation of competitors and supporters? Judging by our sorry
attempt at an Olympic logo, the answer would seem to be "no".
Caroline |
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Ted van de Weteringe
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James Elder
Joined: 18 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On Feb 8, 9:22 am, carolinetu wrote:
> Fabulous! No wonder these regattas attracted huge crowds of
> spectators. Have we no artists who could inspire the current
> generation of competitors and supporters? Judging by our sorry
> attempt at an Olympic logo, the answer would seem to be "no".
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> Caroline
I would have thought that the point is rather: has Richmond Regatta
(for example) got the money to pay for a poster advertising campaign
on the tube? Probably not.
AIUI the advertising campaigns of the early 20th century were not
mounted and paid for the by events but by London Transport itself,
which was constantly trying to find events and attractions to entice
people to use the under-utilised suburban lines at off-peak hours. LT
was also trying to encourage people to move out to the suburbs (viz.
Metroland etc).
During those glory days (and especially under the management of Frank
Pick) good graphic design was a key part of LT's vision and it was
regularly commissioning work from extremely talented commercial
artists. |
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Ted van de Weteringe
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di
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:17 am Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On 8 Feb, 09:22, carolinetu wrote:
Have we no artists who could inspire the current
> generation of competitors and supporters? Judging by our sorry
> attempt at an Olympic logo, the answer would seem to be "no".
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> Caroline
personal interest alert ** personal interest alert
Rock the Boat had lots comments along the line of "should have asked
you for the Olympic logo" when we released the Going for Gold (GB
Rowing 2008) logo last Autumn, and there are loyal customers who have
every single HoRR souvenir t-shirt including from cancelled race
years!
The second collection here (from Ancho) was all gathered together in a
paperback book which I bought at the 1997 Worlds in Koln, have been
looking for it for a gift for my artist friend ever since!
Now I can give her this link perhaps she'll let me have the book back.
Di |
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bookie
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On Feb 8, 12:24 am, "Christopher Anton"
wrote:
> With a few hours to kill this afternoon I ventured into the LT museum and
> discovered that they've an amazing collection of rowing posters - and not
> just the Boat Race either. There are among the collection posters
> advertising both Moseley and Twickenham regattas, the HoRR and Boat race
> training - who could imagine such a thing these days? Apart from that
> they're brilliant works of graphic design and I'm particulary fond of the
> 1912 and 1935 Boat Races and 1939 HoRR ones which perhaps the 1913 Boat Race
> as favourite.
>
> You can see them herehttp://tinyurl.com/2d8lyu
I had no idea there was a regatta run in Moseley, had no idea there
was even a river running anywhere near there in fact and I lived down
the road in selly oak for over a year. The only bits of water i ever
saw in that general area were edgbaston reservoir and the birmingham
canal where it ran by the uni campus (and one could probably have run
an interesting slalom course on that particular canal dodging all the
dumped supermarket trollies and other assorted garbage floating in
it).
is it run under ARA rules or is it a private affair?
bookie |
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JY
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On Feb 9, 12:23 am, bookie wrote:
> On Feb 8, 12:24 am, "Christopher Anton"
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> wrote:
> > With a few hours to kill this afternoon I ventured into the LT museum and
> > discovered that they've an amazing collection of rowing posters - and not
> > just the Boat Race either. There are among the collection posters
> > advertising both Moseley and Twickenham regattas, the HoRR and Boat race
> > training - who could imagine such a thing these days? Apart from that
> > they're brilliant works of graphic design and I'm particulary fond of the
> > 1912 and 1935 Boat Races and 1939 HoRR ones which perhaps the 1913 Boat Race
> > as favourite.
>
> > You can see them herehttp://tinyurl.com/2d8lyu
>
> I had no idea there was a regatta run in Moseley, had no idea there
> was even a river running anywhere near there in fact and I lived down
> the road in selly oak for over a year. The only bits of water i ever
> saw in that general area were edgbaston reservoir and the birmingham
> canal where it ran by the uni campus (and one could probably have run
> an interesting slalom course on that particular canal dodging all the
> dumped supermarket trollies and other assorted garbage floating in
> it).
>
> is it run under ARA rules or is it a private affair?
>
> bookie
Bookie: I can't tell if you're being serious and I know you! I suspect
you do have your tongue thrust firmly in cheek.
For those that don't, Chris has made the common mistake of mis-
spelling Molesey, that well know bit of river populated by a club also
know as the Black Death. Currently where many ex-Olympians go to while
away their twilight years. |
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bookie
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On Feb 9, 8:15 pm, JY wrote:
> On Feb 9, 12:23 am, bookie wrote:
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> > On Feb 8, 12:24 am, "Christopher Anton"
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> > wrote:
> > > With a few hours to kill this afternoon I ventured into the LT museum and
> > > discovered that they've an amazing collection of rowing posters - and not
> > > just the Boat Race either. There are among the collection posters
> > > advertising both Moseley and Twickenham regattas, the HoRR and Boat race
> > > training - who could imagine such a thing these days? Apart from that
> > > they're brilliant works of graphic design and I'm particulary fond of the
> > > 1912 and 1935 Boat Races and 1939 HoRR ones which perhaps the 1913 Boat Race
> > > as favourite.
>
> > > You can see them herehttp://tinyurl.com/2d8lyu
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> > I had no idea there was a regatta run in Moseley, had no idea there
> > was even a river running anywhere near there in fact and I lived down
> > the road in selly oak for over a year. The only bits of water i ever
> > saw in that general area were edgbaston reservoir and the birmingham
> > canal where it ran by the uni campus (and one could probably have run
> > an interesting slalom course on that particular canal dodging all the
> > dumped supermarket trollies and other assorted garbage floating in
> > it).
>
> > is it run under ARA rules or is it a private affair?
>
> > bookie
>
> Bookie: I can't tell if you're being serious and I know you! I suspect
> you do have your tongue thrust firmly in cheek.
>
> For those that don't, Chris has made the common mistake of mis-
> spelling Molesey, that well know bit of river populated by a club also
> know as the Black Death. Currently where many ex-Olympians go to while
> away their twilight years.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
yeah sorry , I am just being a pedant as per usual, I just find it
funny when people mix up moseley and molesey as so many do. having
been to and lived just down the road from both I can assure you that
they are very different places.
Molesey is a lovely place, personally I am not so sure about Moseley,
but then I am not a big fan of brum in general, might be something to
do with the accents.
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Christopher Anton
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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I had no idea there was a regatta run in Moseley, had no idea there
was even a river running anywhere near there in fact and I lived down
the road in selly oak for over a year. The only bits of water i ever
saw in that general area were edgbaston reservoir and the birmingham
canal where it ran by the uni campus (and one could probably have run
an interesting slalom course on that particular canal dodging all the
dumped supermarket trollies and other assorted garbage floating in
it).
is it run under ARA rules or is it a private affair?
That's a terrible mistake for me to make! Blame it on the dyslexia.
Molesey when they venture up this way get heartily sick of being
misreferred. |
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kdavies
Joined: 18 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: Re: London Transport rowing posters |
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On 10 Feb, 02:13, "Christopher Anton"
wrote:
> "bookie" wrote in message
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> I had no idea there was a regatta run in Moseley, had no idea there
> was even a river running anywhere near there in fact and I lived down
> the road in selly oak for over a year. The only bits of water i ever
> saw in that general area were edgbaston reservoir and the birmingham
> canal where it ran by the uni campus (and one could probably have run
> an interesting slalom course on that particular canal dodging all the
> dumped supermarket trollies and other assorted garbage floating in
> it).
>
> is it run under ARA rules or is it a private affair?
>
> That's a terrible mistake for me to make! Blame it on the dyslexia.
>
> Molesey when they venture up this way get heartily sick of being
> misreferred.
Almost as much as Moseley down south, maybe!
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