Aberystwyth, Terrace Road 1964

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The photos displayed in the window of WH Smith (left) give us a flashback of the pop stars of the mid-sixties - Gene Pitney, the Bachelors, and possibly a newish group called the Beatles. Boots (in the middle distance on the right) is also still with us, but the Coliseum cinema beyond is now a good museum of the town's history. The Central Hotel, next to Freeman, Hardy & Willis on the corner, is popular with students, but the young man walking down the road would now be unwise to try this today!

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Bing Kee Chinese Laundry, 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 shop and when they were made obvious their low opinion of students. The laundry work was ...see more

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Bing Kee Chinese Laundry, Aberystwyth

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Chinese Laundry In Aber.

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.