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Culture, Posters & Adverts · 1948 · Waverley corridor

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Records must match the selected period. Films must additionally connect to the Waverley corridor—Edinburgh, Midlothian, the Borders or the route itself—so unrelated Glasgow and Highlands material no longer appears here. Broader period posters remain clearly labelled as context.

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Adverts, posters & visual culture · 1948

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British Railways filmstrip frame showing its regions and national network in 19511951The regions of British RailwaysBEA Jersey airline poster with striped beach umbrella1950sFly BEA to JerseyHawick Common Riding 19531952Hawick Common Riding 1953The Cashmere Story1955The Cashmere StorySt. Cuthbert's Ninetieth Birthday1949St. Cuthbert's Ninetieth Birthday
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British Railways information · 1951

The regions of British Railways

A British Transport Commission filmstrip frame introducing the regional organisation and national railway network. It supplies authentic early-nationalisation visual context rather than evidence for a particular Waverley station.

British Transport Commission, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain – UK government work

Airline tourism poster · 1950s

Fly BEA to Jersey

Abram Games turns a striped beach umbrella into a crisp modern symbol of an island holiday reached by BEA.

Jersey Tourism / Abram Games, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Hawick community film · 1952

Hawick Common Riding 1953

Colour footage records the Common Riding procession, Cornet, flag and crowds in Hawick during the early British Railways period.

National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive · Archive link – reuse rights unresolved

Hawick cashmere film · 1955

The Cashmere Story

The catalogue describes skilled Pringle workers turning raw cashmere into clothing in Hawick, followed by an Edinburgh fashion presentation.

ACMI collection catalogue · Catalogue link – reuse rights unresolved

Co-operative promotional film · 1949

St. Cuthbert's Ninetieth Birthday

The colour film records St. Cuthbert's Association shops and its bakery, meat and dairy departments, presenting the scale and public identity of Edinburgh's co-operative retail economy immediately after nationalisation.

National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive · Archive link – reuse rights unresolved