Friday, 3 January 2025

Forthcoming exhibition in Fishing Heritage Centre will showcase great railway poster art of yesteryear

 



GRIMSBY Fishing Heritage Centre has today announced the forthcoming opening of a new, free-to-visit exhibition: Rambles in Lincolnshire.

This will be an impressive display of almost 100 original framed railway poster prints and maps. 

Items include examples by well know artists such as Kenneth Steel, Frank Mason, Fred Taylor, Tom Eckersley and John Hassall.

Posters include iconic destinations across Lincolnshire such as Mablethorpe, Cleethorpes and Skegness.

As part of the opening celebrations, railway expert and author Richard Furness will be giving a talk on local railway history and railway posters on Saturday January 11 from 2pm to 3pm.

Tickets for the talk are free, but booking is essential. (Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre: 01472 323345).

The exhibition will run  until Monday May 5, 2025.

 Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre is openTuesday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm.