Dating this poster

[tonye]

Hi,
Is anyone able to date this poster?   The clues, I guess, are the 4 digit phone number and the spelling of Conwy.
Thanks!

[Yorkie]

Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) giving Conwy a code instead of the name, came in in 1958.  So the poster will be before that time.    Commercially produced printing generally has a code on it giving the date (year) and number printed, see if your poster has anything.

[Bri Roberts]

It is very old and I am afraid I am unable to help you.

I suppose you could always telephone or e-mail the owner:

Mr Bryn Hughes
Quay, Conwy, LL32 8BB

Email: conwycruises@sky.com

Tel: 07917343058

[tonye]

Thanks for the quick responses.  I've e-mailed him, so we'll see what comes of it.

I've not got the actual poster - just the image.

I'm not convinced it's that old, though.  Other research shows that the boat (Princess Christine) was built in 1963, and I would have thought that the spelling of the river as "Conwy", rather than "Conway" placed it at least in the 70s.

Looking at old adverts on the site, Llandudno had 5 digit numbers in the 60s.  (But this is, of course, Conwy.)

Still confused!

[Bri Roberts]

Please let us know how you get on.

By coincidence, I was with Mr Bryn Hughes and on his latest vessel Queen Victoria only yesterday morning and we actually passed the old Princess Christine on our way out.

[tonye]

Please let us know how you get on.

Will do.
I see the Princess Christine still sails ....  http://www.sightseeingcruises.co.uk/index.php/Boats

[Bri Roberts]

and launched in 1963.

[Cambrian]

I think the "a" from Conwy was dropped around 1972. 

[tonye]

I've just been in touch with a friend in Deganwy who feels fairly sure that the poster is dated 1974-76, this based on his good recollection that the spelling changed in 1974, and that Conwy adopted 5 digit numbers in 1976.   Sounds about right to me, but I'll still be interested in what the official reply is from the boat people.

[born2run]

I used to work on both of those boats - the Christine was always my favorite - even in the off weather   

[tonye]

I've had a reply from the boat Company, but I'm afraid to say I'm sceptical as to its accuracy    (see my last comment above) :

"It dates from about the mid 60s as the Princess Christine was built in 1964 I also have one which my dad told me was from about 1965."


 

[DaveR]

I'd say between 1965-75 myself. 

[DVT]

Didn't Conway become Conwy about 1970 or 1971

At the time of change I lived in Conway Cottage, Tal-y-Cafn, the house being part of Lord Aberconway's Bodnant Estate.  The Lord refused totally to change both his name and the name of the property when Conway became Conwy.

[Trojan]

She was designed to work the River Conwy. Princess Christine was built locally by Dickies of Bangor and launched in June 1963.  Licensed to carry 80 passengers.

http://www.sightseeingcruises.co.uk/index.php/Boats