Narberth
Narberth maps (2 available)
Map of Dyfed
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Narberth books (4 available)
Carmarthen Town Walk Guide
Paperback
So You Think You Know? Aberystwyth
Hardback
Haverfordwest Town and City Memories
Paperback
- 2 photos on Narberth appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Narberth
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Narberth memories
Read and share memories of Narberth and Dyfed inspired by Frith photos
Robblins Sweet shop
I remember Mrs Robblin used to keep a sweet shop in her pantry, which you had to walk through her living room to get to. I lived in Hill Park and as children we would walk up to the top of Coxhill and her house was tucked in on the left hand side.
I remember there would usually be a coal fire burning and two gentlemen sat on a sofa smoking their pipes!
Years later my Aunty, Uncle and cousin lived in the very house, and it had been modernised by then.
Contributed by Philippa Price
Dyfed memories
Robblins Sweet shop
I remember Mrs Robblin used to keep a sweet shop in her pantry, which you had to walk through her living room to get to. I lived in Hill Park and as children we would walk up to the top of Coxhill and her house was tucked in on the left hand side.
I remember there would usually be a coal fire burning and two gentlemen sat on a sofa smoking their pipes!
Years later my Aunty, Uncle and cousin lived in the very house, and it had been modernised by then.
A memory of Narberth contributed by Philippa Price
Fire and ambulance station
The Grosvenor was used as a fire (station 8 then became station B10) and ambulance station until the lease ran out in the late 70s. The ambulance station was the first to move out, followed 12 months later by the fire service (then called Dyfed County Fire Brigade.) The main building was converted into 4 or so flats for fire brigade personnel, the ambulance (full time manned) and fire watch rooms (retained) were situated through the window directly behind the black and white post in the photo. On top of the roof was a large air raid siren housed in a red covering, the last time I heard this working was during the heatwave of 1976 to call out the fire ...read more here
A memory of Whitland contributed by julian orchard
Pleasant Hill
1938 memories.
Does anyone know anything else about this property...ie. when built?
Thank you
A memory of Cwmfelin Boeth contributed by First name Last name
Extracts From Narberth & Dyfed books
Narberth has seen much change since this photograph was taken, and a great deal of redevelopment has taken place. Narberth was once part of the domain of the powerful medieval Mortimer family. On the right a Corona van is being loaded for its delivery runs, while a group stand around outside the Commercial Inn and something has distracted the children outside the grocer’s.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".
Ten miles due east of Haverfordwest, Narberth was once a significant commercial centre. A tollgate was erected
here but was destroyed during the Rebecca Riots in 1842-3.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".
The mother and child appear to have been dressed and posed especially for the photograph. In late Victorian and early
Edwardian times, this part of the village was regarded as a select residential area. The turning to the right off St Bride’s Hill
leads down to the Glen. The fields have now been more fully developed with residential property.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".
In the distance are the ruins of a once great mansion, Scotsborough, dating back to the 14th century. It passed through
a variety of hands and was last occupied in 1824, when it was converted to tenements. An epidemic of smallpox broke
out amongst the inhabitants, and the survivors then fled the house. Despite their decay, the ruins still display some fine
architectural details.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".
The first reference to a slipway on Priory Bay was in
1897. In 1958, owing to increases in the amount of
farm produce being transported from Caldey, steps
were taken to improve the landing facility for boats.
Redundant barges, relics from the D-Day landings,
were filled with concrete and sunk to extend the
slipway. Landing alongside, a boat from Tenby is
collecting waiting day visitors to the island.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".