Brecon, High Street 1955
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Brecon is a well-manicured town on the River Usk with a smart range of buildings, mainly of the Georgian and Victorian periods, as we can see here. The military presence in the town and the museum of the South Wales Borderers - even the 13th-century cathedral was semi-fortified, which is most unusual - has perhaps helped maintain a sense of order. The South Wales Borderers were famous for their part in the action at Rorke's Drift in the Zulu Wars. The Brecon Beacons have been used extensively to train troops in the arts of combat simulation and survival techniques.

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Memories of Brecon, High Street 1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Brecon, High Street 1955

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I came to Brecon in 1957, I think I had been here in another life as the place was so familiar, it was like coming home. My Army days in Brecon were great, Peg;s Café by the bus station, the café at Camden corner, the café at the top of the hill, the place was brilliant. The people so friendly, Mr & Mrs Price, he worked at the PO and Mrs worked for the Army, then Mrs Hawkins from Talgarth, Beryl in the ...see more
This photo evokes memories of Brecon when it was a small peaceful market town with little traffic. I find it difficult to imagine now that this street had two way traffic. We had no traffic lights in Brecon then, just a traffic controller at the top of Ship St. Today this scene would be of traffic everywhere, parked cars and lorries and of course it has been one way for very many years. This street is closed to traffic for the May and November fairs by an ancient charter.