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Caption for Aberystwyth, Sands 1903: Since the completion of the railway, great improvements have been made here, one of the most important being the construction of Victoria Terrace, by which means the Marine Terrace has been completed. The pride of Aberystwyth is its ruined castle, crumbling upon a rocky promontory against whose sides the waves of every tide are dashed with a force that threatens eventually to sweep away the whole.
Memories of Aberystwyth
As a student at Aber 1944-48 I used the Bing Kee (spelling as I remember it) laundry when I could afford it. Bing Kee and his wife seemed to be very old but there were two daughters (or possibly grand-daughters) of my generation. One was particularly attractive, but they were rarely on duty in the (...Read full memory)
Does anyone remember Binky's Chinese laundry in South Road? I remember watching them washing the sheets by the geulan (spelling?) just by the river at the back of the shop.
I have a bookmark with this exact same photo that my Welsh pen friend sent me c.1960. (I'm in America.) It has several other pics of Aberystwyth, and says "BOOKMARK BY FIRTHS" at the bottom.
As a student at Aber 1944-48 I used the Bing Kee (spelling as I remember it) laundry when I could afford it. Bing Kee and his wife seemed to be very old but there were two daughters (or possibly grand-daughters) of my generation. One was particularly attractive, but they were rarely on duty in the (...Read full memory)
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