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Griffithstown maps
Historic maps of Griffithstown and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Griffithstown maps
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Griffithstown area books
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Gwent memories
Re The Barbers Shop
I was born in 1935 so I was a bit too young to remember Mr Day. However I do remember seeing a row of cutters in a rack along the mantleshelf. I lived on South Street just out of picture on the right hand side, 3 doors up from Garrets shoe shop.
South Street, 1960's
Living on the outskirts of a large Midland city, and having Welsh parents, a visit to Sebastopol was also exciting and eventful. My grandmother had sold Hill Cottage and bought 21 South Street, which was more manageable, as my uncle was still in the RAF, and his visits were restricted. I loved lying in bed at the front of the terraced house listening to the bus driver select the gears as the vehicle powered up the street towards the 'Crown'. The canal was also a delight to visit although not much used at the time, but it was the railway at the bottom of south street that excited me the most, especially if it meant a trip to Barry Island! As the teenage years advanced I spent more and more time on the other side of the kingdom, eventually moving half-a-world away. To my surprise, I live a short distance from a village with the same name, and hopefully will visit soon.
The Barbers on The Crown Bridge
My great-great-grandfather owned the barbers on the Crown Bridge many years ago. Does anyone know what it was called?
Lived in Old Bailey From 1934 To1956
Lived in Old Bailey, and enjoyed my life there. I went to Pontymoile School, later to Tympath Secondary Modern. Left school at fourteen and worked at Panteg Steelworks until National Service at Brecon Swab until 1954 then back to the above until 1956. I migrated to Austalia where l live in Melbourne. My first trip back was 1979, l still think about my family and miss them, but they are no longer there. Still have cousins there but its not the same. I remember Davies, Proberts, Tews, Williams, Morgans etc...lnterested to see if any replies. Regards, Gordon.
Memory of Pontymoile
Hi Roy, Do you have an email address?
Long Lost Bus Stop
The bus is parked outside the Pontypool office of the "Red & White" bus company. Their head office was in Chepstow and they ran services across the whole of Monmouthshire as Gwent was then known. Buses for Newport, Usk, Chepstow, Abergavenny and Blackwood went from the Clarence. A glass canopy ran across the whole of the front of the building which included the Carlton cafe and the Free Press newspaper office. The large building behind the bus is the Clarence Hotel - the best hotel in Pontypool at that time. In the 60s and 70s it fell into disrepair but has recently been renovated as residential accommodation. On the left behind the tree was the home of Dr Siddons.
The Bottleneck
This view of Goerge Street was taken before the "bottleneck" was re-developed. The store in the right in the foreground was demolished and a new Tesco was built there in the early 1960s. The "bottleneck" was not wide enough for 2 vehicles to pass but was always thronged with shoppers on a Saturday when Pontypool was the major shopping centre in the area and had a first class rugby team. Ray Prosser, Malcolm Price and Benny Jones were local heroes. In George Street was an Italian cafe called Savinis (Jakes) that sold wonderful italian ice-cream. Further up the street on the right was "Sharpies", - Cyril Sharps. A tiny shop that sold all the things any young lad (and those not so young) could wish for - Rugby kit, Fishing rods, footballs, Air pistols, darts - oh everything. I believe that Cyril was actually a cobbler as he also sold leather.
