Tony Batey - 'Cardiff Bay 1956' - Isn't it amazing what you find when you move offices! I remember buying this print of Tony's work at Snell's the newsagents just below the Washington Cinema (The Wash'ouse) many years ago. It is number 497 of a limited edition of 850 prints of the marvelous work of a fine artist. It simply captures the excitement as the p.s. 'Cardiff Queen' steams away from the P. & A. Campbell's berth at Pier Head, Cardiff, sometime during the summer of 1956, calling at Penarth Pier en route, most probably, to Weston-super-Mare. Wonderful memories are returned of childhood day-trips on the Campbell's paddle steamers. The single funnel p.s. 'Glen Usk' appears to be just arriving. [402] [20190927]

Tony Batey was born in Port Talbot in 1935 the son of Welsh Italian parents. His ten years previous experience in the Royal Navy have provided first hand experience of vessels, the sea in its many moods and the varied coastline of Britain. He has had a number of successful exhibitions locally, and his work has been accepted for exhibition by the royal Society of Marine Artists. He lives with his family in Cardiff, a city famed for its maritime history.