New Brighton and Wallasey – New Brighton Baths

Commissioned by the London, Midland and Scottish railway company, the artist Septimus E Scott produced this fantastic vintage railway poster. In New Brighton’s heyday as a holiday town, its art deco styled lido drew thousands of visitors from all over the North West. When the pool opened in 1934 it was the largest aquatic stadium in the world and cost more than £103.240. It was so popular that in its first two months more than one million people had passed though the turnstiles.

The Pool was designed to allow for Championship swimming events and could hold 4000 bathers and some 20,000 spectators. The depth of the Pool had an average of 5 feet, but at the diving end was 15 feet.

Unfortunately the Baths took a direct hit from violent storms in February, 1990 with hurricane force winds of almost 100 mph caused very severe damage to the Pool. Costs were too high to consider rebuilding and the site was levelled in the summer of 1990.

Our posters are carefully and professionally created from vintage originals. Whilst great care is taken in the production of these posters, we also try to maintain a vintage feel, so there may be small imperfections, fold marks, scuffs, tears or marks that were part of the original poster master. If these do appear they should be visible on the larger views of the item on this listing. The originals of many of the posters we offer can cost many thousands of pounds, so whilst these posters look great, especially framed and mounted on a wall, they are intended as a fun, affordable reproductions and not intended fine art prints.

The 50x70cm version has been specially produced to be used in conjunction with Ikea’s 50x70cm Ribba picture frame which currently retails for around £12. So you can bag a bargain of print and frame for a great price.