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The Old Arch c1960 Ref: E176079
The Old Arch c1960
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I used to live just around the corner from where this photo was taken in a place called The Crescent. Next door lived Stan Bowen on one side and Billy Comer (the fruit shop owner) on the other. Tommy Lloyd and Mr Rosser (can't remember his first name) both butchers in Ebbw Vale also lived in the same street. My art teacher from secondary school did oil paintings of the Arch from both sides for Billy Comer. I stood on that corner shown in the photo and waved as the Queen drove past after visiting RTB's in the coronation year.

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A memory of Ebbw Vale in Gwent shared on Tuesday, 17th November 2009.

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RE: RE: The Arch

I used to play in the woods opposite the houses in the Crescent. We all used to call it Sherwood Forest. I lived in Harcourt Street. I moved to Poole in Dorset in 1968.

Comment from Clive Morgan on Monday, 5th December 2011.

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