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Travel Poster London Transport Underground Out And About Country Churches - Original vintage London Transport travel poster titled Out & About Country Churches, featuring an elegant design of a large Art Nouveau-style green and yellow scrollwork border set over a dark red and green background with a text advertising a scenic excursion to historical sites near London - The sun takes the gentle colours from the window and splashes on to the crusader, lying in his stone sleep with the dog at his feet. The carved pews, worn smooth with time, creak in the silence. In the quiet of the afternoon the country churches give back their treasure, achieved with so much pride and reverence. There is the varied architecture of the centuries, stained glass windows, the engraved lettering on wood and stone; there are yellow brasses with their armoured knights and their stiffly graven angels. The villages in London's country are rich in their churches. - with a list of some of the most beautiful and interesting churches near London, including the ones in Betchworth, Chaldon, Chevening, Grennsted, Kings Langley, Little Missenden, St. Albans, Sarratt, Shere, Stoke d'Abernon, Waltham Abbey and Wrotham. Printed in the United Kingdom by The Baynard Press. Fair condition, folds, tears, paper losses, creasing, pinholes, staining, tape on reverse corners. Country of issue: UK, designer: Denys Nicholls, size (cm): 102x64, year of printing: 1950.