A VINTAGE poster of the Grange over Sands lido that was found in an attic has made almost £400 at auction.

Attributed to the well-known poster artist Frank Sherwin, it is believed to have been commissioned by British Railways in 1949 to promote railway journeys to the popular Edwardian resort and went under the hammer for £380.

Also sold for £250 was a railway poster, printed by John Horn Limited, form the original by Norman Wilkinson, of Dove Cottage, Grasmere.

And a third was a LMS map of the Lake District after Arthur Walls, which went for £220.

Included in the sale were three posters promoting other English and Welsh resorts by Harry Riley, valued between £500 and £800 as a collection.

Valuer David Hunter, from 1818 Auctioneers, said: "These posters are evocative of a bygone era when holidays involved train travel to a British seaside resorts.

"They are bright, joyful and idyllic depictions of UK holiday destinations which have come to define Post-War British leisure and travel. And they are highly collectable, some make thousands of pounds."