Title - Coney Beach Porthcawl – Britain's Brightest Pleasure Beach - Travel By Train.
Location - Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales.
Artist - Mario Hubert Armengol (1909 - 1995).
Description - A young woman on a carousel horse-ride dominates the poster. Coney Beach Pleasure Park is a small amusement park in Porthcawl, having originally opened in 1920 to entertain American troops returning from World War I, and named after New York's Coney Island. In the background is the dramatic Water Chute which operated until 1995, and dominated the skyline nearest the beach. The park boomed in popularity from the early 1950s, through to the 1990s as road transport access gradually improved.
Year Published - 1952
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (Western Region) (PR 28)
Printed in Great Britain by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Minor creasing, minor browning of paper only obvious from rear. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Mario Hubert Armengol was a Spanish artist-designer, who won an art competition aged 12, and started producing designs for local businesses in his teens. After escaping Franco's Spain, spending time in the French foreign legion, and joining the Allied Expeditionary Force, he became an offical refugee in Britain. He worked with the Ministry of Information producing cartoons and graphic work, and later for newspapers He produced designs for the Festival of Britain, and gradually became an interantionally renowned designer, artrist and sculptor.