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Title: Chance or not ?
Post by: keith on February 23, 2018, 02:25:08 PM

Set of three famous sailing ships, not in David's books so did I do well or not  ::) ;D ;D

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: David E on March 02, 2018, 11:40:36 AM

It would be impossible for me to list every single promotional tray simply because there are thousands of them.

Chance would produce these trays to order, for a minimum quantity of 250, meaning many villages, towns, churches, museums, institutions, etc. would have trays custom-made. On top of this, there was also Webbs and Duro-Ray that made almost identical trays to order. So my books concentrated on just a few notable ones. These promotional trays are invariably a single colour, hence cheaper and more commonly found as promotional trays.

The pictorial trays (not promotional trays) listed in my book are known to have been made by Chance, for its own purposes, and these are invariably in colour.

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: keith on March 02, 2018, 01:20:00 PM

Thanks David, worth what little I paid  ;D

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: Paul S. on March 02, 2018, 02:25:46 PM

very nice Keith ;D  -  but you've not completed the task on this thread  -  you said 'famous', so what is the name of this famous ship - and do the others have names? ;D ;D

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: keith on March 02, 2018, 03:58:59 PM

Please excuse the lapse,  ::) ;D ;D The others are 'The Cutty Sark', 'HMS Victory' and the one shown just says...'National Maritime Museum 90- gun ship 1675, sorry Paul, won't happen again !  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: Paul S. on March 02, 2018, 04:11:22 PM

Keith - I wasn't being serious  ;)            I've been on the C/Sark and the Victory, so perhaps there's a chance I'll see the other one ;D

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: keith on March 02, 2018, 05:32:30 PM

 ;D ;D Closest I've been to a famous ship was our old school barge, the 'Bumble bee'  ::)

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: mhgcgolfclub on March 08, 2018, 03:51:04 PM

Keith I have a tray with a church that is very local to me, your welcome to it if its of any use . I can add a picture . It would seem to date to 1978.

Roy

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: keith on March 08, 2018, 05:20:49 PM

Yes please Roy  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: mhgcgolfclub on March 08, 2018, 06:00:41 PM

Hi Keith

Picture of the tray which is a church about 1 mile outside of Horsham West Sussex.

Roy

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: Paul S. on March 08, 2018, 06:59:40 PM

so why commemorate that particular 100 year period Roy  -  something of note happen perhaps, or a longer than expected renovation period. ;D

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: mhgcgolfclub on March 08, 2018, 07:53:28 PM

Paul just checked why 100 years.

The church was built with local quarried Horsham stone funded by a widow as memorial to her late husband at a cost of £4000 to £5000. Work started in 1878 and was completed on the 1st November 1878 All Saints Day.

Roy

Title: Re: Chance or not ?
Post by: Paul S. on March 08, 2018, 08:06:47 PM

well, wasn't that a quickie build Roy  -  they must have had DIY SOS to help. ;D                    I'd assumed it was an old church judging by the appearance, but obviously not.