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Company: Southern Railway
Title: Eastbourne
Date: 1938
Description: Eastbourne was known as one of the South's more genteel resorts, with Beachy Head to the South West and the Downs behind it. It was also only 66 miles from London and promoted by doctors as invigorating for the weak and a tonic to the strong.
Eastbourne also sought to attract commuters. There were several electric expresses daily to London with Pullman breakfast cars. In 1935, the Southern Railway even issused a booklet called "Southern Homes on the Conqueror's Coast served by Southern Electric".
Inv. No. 1991-7112
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