Newport
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- 68 photos on Newport appear in 10 Frith books - View photos of Newport
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Ancestors
James and Charlotte Brooker and son Harry (born 18.09.1869).
Anyone know them or where they lived?
A memory of Llantarnam contributed by susan rogers
Channel View
I've seen this photo in several places and it's always captioned as being 1965 - it's got to be before that because I lived in Channel View from 1960 to 63 just below those garages on the right of the photo - and in this photo the building hasn't even started.
I can remember playing behind those garages - even creating a little "graveyard" there for my deceased pet white mice. There's a path up to the canal from behind the garages (which is where this photo is taken from) and there was a great tree-swing with a death defying drop if you swung all the way out from the bank - I imagine there were quite a few injuries, ...read more here
A memory of Risca contributed by Terry Evans
memories of a childhood past
My first memory is of being carried by my mother Bettie "welsh fashion" in a lovely thick shawl,from Constant row,where i was born up the Moriah hill over moriah bridge and the canal to the quarry,where my Grancha Holder would be sat outside his greenhouse watching the world go by smoking his pipe,i still remember the smell of that pipe smoke.Running around the quarry playing ,chasing the geese ducks and chickens,eating the freshly picked tomatoes out of the greenhouse,how sweet they tasted and how wonderful they smelled.
The sound of the quarry siren on the other side of the valley at danygraig before they blasted,of my granchas dog laddie,a black mongrel,galloping up the canal bank past the Prince pub to just ...read more here
A memory of Risca contributed by jayne hanks nee holder
Home
Risca, was the town where I was born, under the shadow of Tymbarlm. I could see the fields leading to the mountain from my bedroom window, in Fernlea. The canal bank was where I would ride my pony Silver. All my memories of Risca are very happy ones, it was home and my childhood.
A memory of Risca contributed by Judith allen
Extracts From Newport & Gwent books
Here we have a panoramic view of Newport. This former town had the honour of being granted city status as part of the 2002 Queen's Jubilee year, beating off some tough competition from several other aspiring Welsh towns.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".
This bridge over the
River Usk is situated
near the site of the old
castle. It is famous for
the Newport cherubs
that adorn it - and also
for the association with
Houdini, who jumped
into the river from its
parapet in 1913.
An extract from from"Monmouthshire Photographic Memories".
Founded in 1172, Newport was heavily rebuilt during the 14th and 15th centuries. The curtain wall faces the River Usk, with the arched water gate in the centre. Boats could enter the castle this way – there was a small quay to the rear of the tower. Double gates controlled the water level under the tower, and unwelcome visitors would have to get through two portcullises.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Castles".
Founded in 1172, Newport was heavily rebuilt during the 14th and 15th centuries. The picture shows the surviving curtain wall facing the River Usk. In the centre is the square gate tower with its arched water gate. Boats could enter the castle through the water gate, as there was a small quay to the rear of the tower. Double gates controlled the water level under the tower, and unwelcome visitors trying to gain access by this route would have to get through two portcullises.
An extract from from"Welsh Castles".
This beautiful church dates from the 12th century. It was originally dedicated to St Gwynllyw, a 5th-century warrior saint who established the first church on this site and is buried here. Time took its toll on the name: after changes in its Latin and Welsh forms, it became St Woolo's. In the churchyard there is an unmarked grave of ten supporters of the Chartist movement - a stone plaque near the main entrance commemorates them. The church tower was built in the 15th century on the instructions of Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and uncle of Henry VII. In 1911 the Diocese of Monmouth was created, leading to St Woolo's being granted full cathedral status in 1949.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".