The Royal Scot Bar, Euston station, London, c1957

            An illustration from a 1957 article on the modernisation of British Railway's catering and hotels - described in the caption as being "done out in the modern manner". It is very period piece - in terms of colour and materials and sadly, from a design history standpoint, very little 'New Elizabethan' design of the post-Festival of Britain period survives. Marley style floor tiles, very 1950s colour scheme with lots of formica and that marvellous stall riser to the bar top, probably in laminate. It was a far cry from the Brief Encounter style that had been the norm only a decade before - although it is fair to say that although BR tried its best with many catering outlets quite a lot of the older ones survived for a good few years and had they survived until now, they'd no doubt be treasured gems!
   

Taken on: December 29, 2013

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British Transport Commission

British Railways

1957

railway publicity

Royal Scot Bar

Euston

Euston station

British Railways Catering

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Sets appears in: • Transport Age - magazine of the British Transport Commission 1957 - 1962 • British Railways ephemera

Groups appears in: • Lost London • Flickr Friends of The Twentieth Century Society more » • 1950s Britain (Original '50s images only) • CHAMPIONS Photography (P.1- R6) • Old London • British Rail • El grupo de Rakel y Elsa • in explore « less

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