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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object number CARCM:2008.9.1 Tins, containing five bars of chocolate, were given to every school child in Cardiff to celebrate the opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock in 1907. Ships were getting bigger and so larger and deeper docks were needed. The Queen Alexandra Dock was built so that Cardiff had the capacity to keep attracting ships, and therefore enabled it to remain one of the world's greatest ports. Conrad Philip Bristow recalls getting chocolate to celebrate the opening of the dock! “In 1907, Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited Cardiff to open a new dock…the schools had a holiday and every child was given a tin box containing five bars of Fry's 'Five Boys Chocolate'. I watched the proceedings with my parents in Queen Street, from the first floor window of W Davies and Sons, looking down on the thousands of people below. First came the mounted police, or perhaps the cavalry, followed by an open landau drawn by four horses. The King, looking exactly like his photographs, raised his hat and bowed from side to side; Queen Alexandra, on his right, waved her hand and bowed likewise. There was no guard or security, except for troops lining the roadsides who kept the crowd in line." Physical description Rectangle tin with an image of King Edward VII on the left of the lid and Queen Alexandra on the right, both within a red oval shape. The Villa Cardiff arms is centred between the images. The lid is cream in colour with dark blue edging and the base is gold in colour. Production period Early 20th Century Object name Tin Material Metal Dimensions Height: 94 mm Width: 154 mm Depth: 21 mm

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CARCM:2008.9.1
Tins, containing five bars of chocolate, were given to every school child in Cardiff to celebrate the opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock in 1907. Ships were getting bigger and so larger and deeper docks were needed. The Queen Alexandra Dock was built so that Cardiff had the capacity to keep attracting ships, and therefore enabled it to remain one of the world's greatest ports.

Conrad Philip Bristow recalls getting chocolate to celebrate the opening of the dock! “In 1907, Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited Cardiff to open a new dock…the schools had a holiday and every child was given a tin box containing five bars of Fry's 'Five Boys Chocolate'. I watched the proceedings with my parents in Queen Street, from the first floor window of W Davies and Sons, looking down on the thousands of people below. First came the mounted police, or perhaps the cavalry, followed by an open landau drawn by four horses. The King, looking exactly like his photographs, raised his hat and bowed from side to side; Queen Alexandra, on his right, waved her hand and bowed likewise. There was no guard or security, except for troops lining the roadsides who kept the crowd in line."
Physical description

Rectangle tin with an image of King Edward VII on the left of the lid and Queen Alexandra on the right, both within a red oval shape. The Villa Cardiff arms is centred between the images. The lid is cream in colour with dark blue edging and the base is gold in colour.
Production period

Early 20th Century
Object name

Tin
Material

Metal
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