London Posters on the Underground, old and new...

Posters or info signs, are just that, information but not on the Tube, on the Tube is Posters are an art form.

To prove the point as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the London Underground, theres an exhibition dedicated to the posters of the decades.

All at the London Transport Museum in Covent garden

It will feature posters by many famous artists including Edward McKnight Kauffer and Paul Nash, and designs from each decade over the last 100 years now extended from 27th Oct 2013 to 5th Jan 2014. Giving you enough time to get in there between all the school holidays and tourist season.

111 injuries in 2012

More recently TFL has created a range of posters that appear on the buses and tubes that will tell you what wont hurt you, and what wont kill you.
They gave me a bit of a giggle, like being told off by a kindly teacher. "Having paitence wont kill you"
Oh wont it?! and there I was worried about it the whole time, okay I guess I'll wait for the next train...
... probably just as well, because the numbers on the posters show just how many people have been injured already this year...
All of which have a man or woman in black with some fashionable red attire, like red shoes or a red shirt, so clearly if you see someone fitting that description you know who they're aiming at...

on the top of double deckers too

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