Great Eastern : Conducted Rambles in North Essex : 30 September 1962 : leaflet : British Railways, Eastern Region : 1962 : cover

            A leaflet describing one of a series of conducted and guided rambles that were organised by British Railways (Eastern Region) and the Ramblers Associated in 1962. This, for North Essex, involved a special buffet car excursion running from Liverpool Street and various North London stations to Takeley, Dunmow, Felsted and Braintree & Bocking. 

Various return fares were offered and upon arrival at various stations passengers were formed into groups with an 'experienced leader' in charge for walks of varying distances. The line through Dunmow had been closed to passengers on 3 March 1952 but remained open for freight and, as in this case, excursion trains. This latter use ceased in 1964 and the line completely closed in 1969.

The design of the happy ramblers was a common design used with various colour backgrounds. The leaflet also uses the BR 'totem' logotype but with the name "Great Eastern", a name the Eastern Region used frequently in the late 1950s and early '60s before the British Rail branding of 1964/65. It's fair to say that BR did for many years try to drum up such trade by these locally organised 'specials'; this was a time when rambling was a popular pastime.

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