Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.37.200
Object Name
Poster
Title
Are you a pensioner with time on your hands? At the Carlton Centre pensionersâ lounge - what's on when
Place
Paddington Printshop, London
People
Paddington Printshop; Carlton Centre
Description
Screenprinted poster, âAre you a pensioner with time on your hands? At the Carlton Centre pensionersâ lounge - what's on whenâ. The text is white and yellow on a blue background, with blue and yellow monochrome prints of photos of older people eating together at a table and playing a card game. At the bottom is a list on a white background âMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fridayâ with the blank space left for handwriting in. Smaller text in the middle reads âpensionersâ lounge is open Monday-Friday 10am-4pm for you to use as you wish - facilities to make teas and snacks, games, music, handicraft, bingo, etc. We also have a pensioners food shop where groceries can be obtained at cost price. Why not come and meet other pensioners - the lounge needs more people with ideas and energy.â
This poster was made by Paddington Printshop, a community graphic design and print workshop in West London, co-founded by John Phillips and Pippa Smith. Between 1975-1991, the centre printed over 400 designs for left-wing community organisations. These publicised local political campaigns such as housing rights and food co-ops, to social gatherings including play days, gardening clubs, gigs and festivals. Their do-it-yourself style was part of the proto-punk ethos.
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