Maesteg, Talbot Street c.1955
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M210014
More about this scene
Maesteg is a town defined by its one time principal industry - coal. By the mid 1980s, most of the mines had shut, with dire consequences for the communities here. However, all that was still to come at the time when this photograph was taken. Here there is little to suggest the upheavals that would come as the people of the town go about their business. Growing trade in the town had led to the building of Talbot Street in the 1890s. The King Alfred pub, which is situated on the junction with Commercial Street, belies the fact that new leases for Talbot Street excluded public houses.
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