Quellyn Roberts & Co.'s, North Wales Hotels : descriptive booklet, c1910
What a delightful little booklet issued by the Chester based wine merchants and hoteliers, Quellyn Roberts and describing their small chain of hotels in what was then, and still is, a hugely popular tourist area. There's no date on this but the artwork and style of language makes one suspect a pre-First World War publication and so c1910 seems a good bet. The pages that detail the three Dolgellau (Dolgelley) properties, the George at Penmaenpool, the Catel at Harlech, the Queens at Llandudno and the Westminster at Rhyl certainly show that the chain catered for a high-class clientele. For the two coastal towns this was possobly their heyday, Llandudno being very fashionable and, thanks to the railways, very accessible as the timetables in the booklet show. What a shame no artist is given on this very 'art nouveau' style cover, the booklet itself is from the Hudson & Kearnes Southwark Press in London - an interesting company given their association with the development of mass media magazines in the UK and their part ownership of "Country Life' magazine, exactly the sort of periodical Quellyn Roberts would have advertised in. The booklet also described the Chester wine stores in the Old Crypt and the West Kirby shop.
Quellyn Roberts & Co.'s, North Wales Hotels : descriptive booklet, c1910
What a delightful little booklet issued by the Chester based wine merchants and hoteliers, Quellyn Roberts and describing their small chain of hotels in what was then, and still is, a hugely popular tourist area. There's no date on this but the artwork and style of language makes one suspect a pre-First World War publication and so c1910 seems a good bet. The pages that detail the three Dolgellau (Dolgelley) properties, the George at Penmaenpool, the Catel at Harlech, the Queens at Llandudno and the Westminster at Rhyl certainly show that the chain catered for a high-class clientele. For the two coastal towns this was possobly their heyday, Llandudno being very fashionable and, thanks to the railways, very accessible as the timetables in the booklet show. What a shame no artist is given on this very 'art nouveau' style cover, the booklet itself is from the Hudson & Kearnes Southwark Press in London - an interesting company given their association with the development of mass media magazines in the UK and their part ownership of "Country Life' magazine, exactly the sort of periodical Quellyn Roberts would have advertised in. The booklet also described the Chester wine stores in the Old Crypt and the West Kirby shop.