Originally Posted by
avionic type
The 951 first class configuration did not last long if my fading memory recollects, once they were fitted with higher rated engines they were reconfigured to all tourist class probably in a matter of 3 or4 years
I think a bit longer than that; they came along in 1961, and in the 1968 BEA timetable there were still plenty of F-class Vanguard flights from Heathrow to Glasgow and Edinburgh, although the former route was increasingly changing to Tridents. Here's the page from the 1968 BEA timetable which, as they always uniquely did, lists their aircraft fleet and cabin configurations.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...6/be686-29.jpg