Risca, Tredegar Street c.1955
Photo ref: R328017
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Photo of Risca, Tredegar Street c.1955

Memories of Risca, Tredegar Street c1955

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The public telephone in this picture of Tredegar Street was outside my father's butcher shop. There were only two buttons to press: button A and button B, but people were terrified of pressing the wrong one. My father, Gomer Mumford, used to do the phoning for lots of people. Sometimes coins would jam in the mechanism so he would release them using a butcher's knife and pocket the money! Next door, to the butcher shop my ...see more