Nottingham Victoria Station opened on 24 May 1900 — named in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday — as a joint venture between the Great Central Railway and the Great Northern Railway, built on 13 acres in the heart of the city. With its ornate terracotta façade, imposing clock tower, and grand Edwardian interior, it was one of the finest urban railway stations in the East Midlands and a monument to the ambition of the pre-grouping railway era.
The Great Central Railway, whose London Extension had only reached Marylebone the previous year, had built Victoria as the Nottingham flagship of its bold mainline vision — a vision that included, extraordinarily, a planned Channel Tunnel connection to continental Europe. That ambition was never fully realised, and the GCR paid the ultimate price under the Beeching cuts.
Victoria Station closed on 4 September 1967. Despite protests from passengers and railway historians alike, the building was almost entirely demolished. Its replacement? A shopping centre. One of the most architecturally distinguished stations in the Midlands, gone in the name of retail.
This vintage travel-poster tee commemorates Nottingham Victoria as it deserves to be remembered — not as a car park beneath a shopping centre, but as the grand railway gateway it once was.
Part of Belchampian Apparel's Lost Stations series — British railway heritage in vintage graphic style. See also our Euston Station vintage tee.
- Commemorates Nottingham Victoria Station — opened 1900, demolished 1967 after Beeching cuts
- Joint Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway station — one of the Midlands' finest
- 100% ring-spun cotton, Oeko-Tex certified — a thoughtful railway history gift for GCR and heritage rail enthusiasts
Product features
- Tubular knit (no side seams) for a smooth, waste-reducing finish
- 100% ring-spun cotton lightweight fabric (blissful all-year wear)
- Ribbed collar and shoulder tape to retain shape and prevent stretching
- Pearlized tear-away label for extra wearing comfort
- Print methods: DTF for sleeves/inner neck labels, DTG for main artwork
Care instructions
- Do not dryclean
- Do not bleach
- Tumble dry: low heat
- Iron, steam or dry: low heat
- Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), with similar colors
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M |
L |
XL |
2XL |
3XL |
| Width, in |
18.00 |
20.00 |
22.00 |
24.00 |
26.00 |
28.00 |
| Length, in |
28.00 |
29.00 |
30.00 |
31.00 |
32.00 |
33.00 |
| Sleeve length, in |
8.23 |
8.50 |
8.74 |
9.02 |
9.25 |
9.49 |
| Size tolerance, in |
1.50 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
EU representative: Belchampian Apparel Co
Unit 160858, Courier Point, 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FH, UK
Product information: Gildan 64000, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC
For adults, Made outside the UK/EU
Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), with similar colors , Do not bleach, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: low heat, Do not dryclean
