.. Another postcard view, minus the bus shelter ..

.. Cwmbran - from the bridge (Hill top in the distance) ..

.. Ross House ..

This grand, and imposing building is situated on the corner of Victoria Street and Oldbury Road, Old Cwmbran. `Ross House`, presently comprises of  private flats but many years ago housed the offices of Cwmbran Urban District Council and a library administered by Monmouthshire County Council.

1956	2008

.. Two Locks Church (Two Locks road)..

Deb Evans relates: This is a photo of George Waters shop `on the hill`, ,just before Ebeneezer Chapel on Two Locks Road, at the bottom of this hill was Nile Street. I remember once, a stubborn pony that I had been riding along the canal, took me inside the shop ... maybe the pony could smell the apples?  ... anyway young George Waters had to rescue us both, as I couldn't back him out of there!! ... What a laugh, both of us wedged inside the door and Peggy Waters (George's Wife), laughing her head off .... lovely memories.

Alastair Calder relates: This is Two Locks with the old hump back bridge; the Baptist chapel is in the background and the shop on the right was owned by Ivor Waters, when I remember it in the 1950's 1960's.

Anne Williams (n�e Woodford) relates; This is a photo of the canal bridge at Two Locks/Llandowlais Street. Ebenezer Baptist Chapel (where I went regularly for 18 years) is in the background and the end house of the terrace was Waterworth's grocers back in the 1960s. My mum and I would walk from Ty-Coch along the canal bank to Waterworth's which was our nearest shop. I remember the railings at the side of the bridge too and the steep steps down to the  canal. Happy memories!

... Llandowlais Street ...

.. This is a view from 1955 ..

John Jenkins relates: The building on the right in the photo is the Waterloo Pub in Llandowlais Street, and the upstairs of the building that is central to the photo was used as a barbers shop for a while, now it is Castle Forge; behind it was Doble�s wood yard.

Debbie Evans responds: Wow !, that's the old Waterloo pub on Llandowlais street, there used to be an 'offy' (off licence) in through the Brown door and to the right, you'd have to knock the glass window and Roy Williams, the owner would slide the window up, we used to take pop bottles back as kids and buy Hobo chews with the finds......ahhhhh memories eh !

Andrew Cruickshanks relates: On the right is the Waterloo Inn. The building on the left is now a forge. If you followed the lane between the two you passed Dobles wood yard and ended up on the railway line which ran from the brick yard to the Wire Works.

I also remember that the landlord of the Waterloo before Roy Williams was (Norman?) Grayson. In the 1960's, probably around when the photo was taken, I can remember going to the Off Sales and banging on the glass hatch to get his attention, to buy a pack of Chipmunk Oxo crisps or a bag of peanuts.

.. Llandowlais Street ..

Ralph Williams relates: This is a photograph of Llandowlais Street taken from the bridge that used to go over the railway (now Cwmbran Drive). Just passed the big house on the right was a lane leading to Tranquil Place, a row of old cottages were their which was pulled down in the late 1930's. Some of the people living there were moved to The Crescent, just off Cocker Avenue.

Malcolm Jones relates: The photograph is of Llandowlais Street and was taken from bridge over the old railway which is now Cwmbran Drive

The shop on end of row is `Osbourne`s`That is `Denycamp`s` shop looking down Llandowlias Street taken from the old railway bridge, which now is the bridge over Cwmbran Drive.

.. Jan 2008: Premises now occupied by Pheonix Taxis and Jade Garden (Chinese Takeaway) ..

M. Thomas relates: I think from memory the photograph is the two shops opposite the old pub at the end of what use to be Nile street in Oakfield. My first house, when married in 1966 was in Nile street and if I remember right the two shops were Jones the news agents and a betting shop. I think the pub was called the Waterloo. The gardens at the back of Nile street use back onto the canal bank. Nile street was a dead end and never got sealed off; I believe Nile street was demolished in about 1970.

Norman Nicholas relates: The small shop in the middle used to be a sweet shop owned by Reg Smith a retired schoolteacher from St. Dials Junior School that used to be in Oak Street and the shop on the left used to belong to Derek Pugh the Bookmakers.

Deb Evans relates: This used to be the old `Hong` chippy, next to it used to be a sweet shop run by Mr. Smith, the Headmaster of Fairwater School and above the `Hong` used to be `Ron the Barbers`.

Andrew Cruickshanks relates: Llandowlais street the Chinese takeaway etc. Used to be Derek Pugh racing Bookmakers and I think Lewis's `fish and chip` shop. I lived about 100 yards away and used to be sent to buy the fish and chip dinner for all the family. Upstairs was a Gents and Ladies hairdressers run by brother and sister; Mike and Pat. The little shop in the middle was a sweet shop for a while. The Chinese take away was very popular with those of us who frequented the Waterloo Inn almost opposite.

Sue Smith relates: This looks like a shop along Oakfield road. I remember a good few years ago there was a Cadburys chocolate machine outside, remember the ones? It was on the wall you needed a sixpenny bit for them. Well, one day fancying a bar of 'Fourboys' and having no money, one of the boys in our crowd tapped the machine gently!!! .. well `flippin heck` the bars just kept on coming. Boy, we didn't know what to do; we had a few bars each then legged it, just incase the local `bobby` (policeman) spotted us! ...... Oh how times have changed .

Graham Skuse relates: Is it the former `Denycamp` grocery shop that used to be by the railway bridge just short of Llandowlais street and the Waterloo Pub, if I am right there used to be a barbers shop close to it that was once owned by a gentleman called Pearce, I am not sure of the spelling of Denycamp but when he left he bought a large house on the end of Cwmbran Drive that is now a private school.

.. Photograph from Checkpoint Calendar 1985 ..

 John Jenkins responds: Unfortunately no name is shown or given for the pub. So for the sake of posterity I was interested to know the name of the pub, consequently I asked a friend of mine to ask his mother Mrs Nancy Thomas, (nee Pike), an ex resident of Two Locks Road and a resident in Cwmbran for 86 years. Mrs. Thomas remembers it being called "The Oakfield", which coincidentally, or maybe even deliberately, is also the name of the pub presently in Oakfield.

.. The Railway Inn once stood on the corner of Llandowlais Street and Hill Street (now Ty Coch Way) .. almost opposite The Waterloo Inn; it was demolished circa 1976 and previous known landlords were Jimmy Strickland and Mr. &  Mrs. Blanning ..

Folks don't look for a hill though, Hill Street was named after James Charles Hill, who with his partner, Mr. Forester Batt in 1860, opened the Oakfield Wire Works  opposite - (the building with the blocked up windows in the photograph)

.. If you ever drank there or have a memory to share, click here ..

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Lyn Griffiths responds: I have just come across all the photos here from my childhood when I lived in 33 Llandowlais street with my grandparents ,the Railway inn was then owned by Herbert and Ann Booth who was my uncle and aunt, the year was between 1963 and 1970. I lived next to Ivor Waters shop on the hill .

Great memories!!

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Roger Skyrme relates: I lived on Llandowlais Street for the first 21 years of my life almost directly opposite THE RAILWAY INN. We used to catch the bus just by the inn to Newport - especially my mother's regular Friday trip to Newport for the weekly shopping. My grand-parents, sister and Aunty all lived at one time on the same road. `Notts` paper shop was just up from the Railway Inn and in the car park of the `Waterloo Inn` was where my friend Colin Jones and I would spend hours playing football, cricket or tennis against the wall. I was to spend a lot of time playing all three later in my life. Good memories....Unfortunately kids cannot do the same today.

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Jeremy Purcell relates: Wow, I remember this scene so vividly!  Coming up from Smith's sweet shop sandwiched between Tan and Christine Hoo's Hong Kong Chinese takeaway and Derek Pugh's bookie's shop, we (me and my twin brother) would always have to walk alongside the more perilous Saunders Valves depot side of the street (on the right) to our home in Trem Twyn Barlwm because walking along the paved side of Llandowlais Street was even more dangerous with the women having just washed and scrubbed their doorsteps; two of the said vigilant women can clearly be seen in the photo waiting to pounce!  The 'Railway' as I recall was a Whitbread's pub, and just further along was Nott's newsagents/post office and George and Peggy Waters grocers shop on the end of the street next to the canal.  The lorry in the background belonged to S J Bowkett and is carrying a couple of pallets of bricks from the Brickworks, the entrance to which was opposite Ebeneezer Baptist chapel.

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Helen Chard (nee Booth) relates: My grandparents (Herbert and Anne Booth) ran the Railway Inn Hotel from early 1960s until the demolition of the Hotel in 1976. What I remember, it was huge, there was at least 10 bedrooms and my grandmother used to do bed and breakfast mainly for workman that came into the area. There was a big dance hall there as well, although it was very rarely used except by me I played in there all the time, I used to go behind the bar and the locals used to talk to me it was great. I spent most of my childhood there I went to Two Locks nursery just down the road which is still there to this day. I can remember the sweet shop, also opposite the Railway Inn was a cake shop, I can still smell that shop it was delicious I used to have iced buns they don't make them like they used too. There was a milk yard across the road by the Waterloo pub I seem remember buying milk from there. I can't find any photographs of this old place so it was such a surprise to see it again all my memories came flooding back, thanks.

Sarah MacGilchrist relates: My Great grandfather, Stephen Edward Salisbury Baker and my Great grand mother,  Olive Beatrice Davies married in 1906 after migrating to Cwmbran from Somerset at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. they went on to have six children and lived at the Star Inn.  Stephen appears in the 1901 census as an "Inn Keeper" and also in Kelly's Directory as a "Beer retailer" and his address is given as Canal Side, Oakfield.  He seems to have come to Cwmbran with one of his cousins Mr George Hutchins who was the landlord of the Railway Inn.

Carol Shepherd relates: My grandfather Henry Townsend was born in the Railway Inn, Oakfields Llantarnum 1889. His father Henry Townsend is listed as Beer House Keeper. The family were connected to Nolans and Neale.

Ralph & Margaret Williams from Pontnewydd relate: You are looking up Llandowlais Street from Oakfield Road. On the right is Whiteheads Wire Works.  The big white building on the right was The Railway Inn. The road carried on up the street and over the Canal. They used to run a Death Benefit Club in the Railway Inn, you used to pay so much every month then who ever died, they paid so much to the family. At the end of the year, what was left was shared out to the members.

John Jenkins formerly of Llandowlais Street recalls: Nott�s shop was only a little further up the road from where I lived and my father would send me there occasionally (circa 1951) to buy him razor blades, (they came in a green packet and were called 7.0 Clock Blades). The shop sold tobacco, sweets, and newspapers etc.

Graham (Ianto)Skuse recalls: I well remember the Railway Inn, if my memory serves me correctly Cwmbran Town F C were first founded in the Pub, Knott's shop just a little further up the road holds more memories I well remember a large lady working there, was she involved in the scouts? I am not sure if Mr. Knott (Edgar ?) ran two shops at the same time but when he had the shop in Oakfield I worked for him as a paper boy for a wage of Seven and Sixpence a week, and boy was I grateful for it, I seem to remember that he also had a daughter who's name has disappeared from my mind but I am sure that someone will remind me   .... Aye, good days long gone.

Roger Skyrme responds: I lived on Landowlais Street for the first 21 years of my life almost directly opposite THE RAILWAY INN. We used to catch the bus just by the inn to Newport - especially my mother's regular Friday trip to Newport for the weekly shopping. My grand-parents, sister and Aunty all lived at one time on the same road. `Notts` paper shop was just up from the Railway Inn and in the car park of the Waterloo Inn was where my friend Colin Jones and I would spend hours playing football, cricket or tennis against the wall. I was to spend a lot of time playing all three later in my life. Good memories. Unfortunately kids cannot do the same today ....

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Peter Lloyd relates: This is a photograph of my uncle Gerald Bishop, who in September 1972 was  presented the BEM (British Empire Medal), by Commander in Chief- Naval Home Command - Admiral Sir Horace Law aboard HMS Victory in Portsmouth.
Gerald originated from Llandowlais Street Cwmbran

.. Cameron - High Class Meat Purveyor ..

 .. Mr. Cameron stands outside his Butchers shop in Commercial Street, Old Cwmbran , his dog looks on `attentively` ..

..This photograph appeared in the Checkpoint Calendar 1987 ..

.. Cwmbran Chemical (Vitriol) Works, off Victoria Street, Old Cwmbran ..

Cwmbran Chemical (Vitriol) Works 1920`s Photograph originated in the Checkpoint Calendar 1986	Cwmbran Chemical Workers in the 1920`s Photograph originated in the publication: The trains don't stop here  anymore ...

 

.. Vitriol works .. ref: Book entitled: In those Days ..

John Jenkins: Although called the Cwmbran Chemical Company it was generally referred to by the locals simply as `The Chems`, the works is shown on ordnance survey maps of the period as the Vitriol Works as it manufactured sulphuric acid.

It was established on or before 1882 as its shown on an ordnance survey map of that date, (ref www.old-maps.co.uk).

At one stage it employed 60 workers but it closed circa 1930 as the sulphuric acid was being produced cheaper in Avonmouth, (ref; Community Project Centre book �In those Days�).

The derelict remains of the works building were large and substantial, all were painted or coated with a black substance and were possibly made of concrete, the buildings and the adjoining waste area was a favourite playground for kids during the 1950�s.

A stream ran through the grounds and was clean on entering but was bright orange on exiting having I suppose been discoloured after passing through the acid polluted ground, the stream was referred to by the locals as the Acid Brook.

The buildings were demolished circa 1960 using explosives and pneumatic hammers, I know this to be fact as I was there as a youngster when a workman offered me �a go� with the pneumatic hammer, I couldn�t resist but I came within half inch of losing a couple of toes.

Contrary to popular belief the main buildings were not situated where the Cwmbran Stadium is but approximately 300 yards further north on the other side of the present Henllys Way.

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Ref;  Cwmbran New Town Book:

Around 1860 James Gibbs established a Vitriol Works, in 1911 it was taken over by Cwmbran Chemical Company and in 1926 it was merged into the Imperial Chemical Industries( I.C.I.) Group. At it's peak the plant produced 450 tons of Heavy Sulphuric acid.

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 A worker remembers:  `I worked in the Chemical works for 11 years until it closed in about 1930. It was a good place to work too. It was process work, continuous like, there were three of us doing three jobs only we had to work weekends and all see. It was well paid, I got �4.1.8 only I had to work process work for hat, They made Sulphuric Acid. There were two big tanks down where the Stadium is. They closed it because they found they could get it more cheaply from a place at Avonmouth than they could produce it themselves. There were about 60 men working there. The hardest part of the job was when I had to carry a jug of acid for testing` (originated: The trains don't stop here  anymore ...)

.. In 1931 the chemical works, controlled by I.C.I. (Imperial Chemical Industries) since 1926 closed due to competition ..

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John Jenkins relates: The Vitriol Works manufactured acid, it was located north of where Cwmbran Stadium is now and east of Abbey Road. After it closed in the 1930�s the land where the now derelict buildings stood was referred to by the locals as the `Chems`, (short for Chemicals), and the clear mountain stream that ran through the land became orange in colour from the polluted ground and was known locally as the Acid Brook`. Later the clay on the land to the east of the site was used by the Star Brick Company who operated from Llantarnam Road, then in the 1950`s/60`s by Cwmbran Council as a household rubbish dump, and finally for Cwmbran Stadium.

.. The Olympia Cinema ..

The Olympia cinema was fondly remembered as the `Flea Pit` and was situated next to the Rose and Crown public House on Victoria Street. The film showing at the time, going by the poster next to the entrance, was the 1955 M.G.M. film `The Blackboard Jungle` which starred Glen Ford, Anne Frances, Vic Morrow and Sydney Poitier. The film was also credited with sparking the `Rock and Roll` revolution by featuring `Bill Haley and the Comets' playing `Rock Around the Clock` over the opening credits.

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Chippy Chapman relates: Obviously this is the cinema in Old Cwmbran. Two memories of this place are;

Firstly, we used to climb the fence opposite the Abby Hotel, run across the railway line up over the fence which led to the gents toilet for the cinema and then we would walk in and sit down and see the film free.

Secondly the usherettes went home at nine p.m. so only the projectionist was on duty and one particular evening he had to get the police in as we were running outside gathering snow and there was one almighty snowball fight inside the cinema  [ha ha ] I wonder what would happen if you did that today?

 

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Karen Selway  (Coed Eva) relates:  Affectionately known as the `old flea pit` cinema. I remember being taken by my mum to watch Disney's Jungle Book here  and having Maltesers to watch with... my very first time at the cinema. Saw loads of films here until the new one in the town centre opened .. No not the Vue the Scene 1.2.3 I think it's called. My best flea pit memory though is watching Sleeping Beauty ... I have it on DVD now and all three of our children have been terrified by the wickedness of Maleficent .......' I know you I walked with you once upon a dream'. Ahh ..Happy days!   

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Tuarita Lawson (Bristol) relates: This was the cinema in Old Cwmbran, saw many a film there including `Sound of Music`, `Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs` and `Saturday Night Fever` !!

 

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Barbara Thompson (New Zealand) relates: The photo is of the cinema in Old Cwmbran, as we always called it. I vaguely remember my parents taking me there in the mid 50�s to see the Wizard of Oz, I would have been about 6 I think. It was the first of many visits to the �fleapit�. The last time I went there would have been late 60�s to see �Jesus Christ Superstar� .

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Lawrence Skuse (Thornhill) relates: This is of course, the Olympia in Old Cwmbran next to the Rose & Crown, aka "The Flea Pit".  It was very popular in the eartly 1960s,  because they weren't as fussy as the White Rose in Pontnewydd about age.  They used to show a lot of 1940s Universal horror films, the Dracula series, The Werewolf, Frankenstein - I saw them all there, as well as the more modern Hammer horror films.  All you had to say when asked was "16" and no matter how blatant a lie this was, they would sell you a ticket.  It was quite scruffy in comparison to the White Rose and there is a story which I can't verify, that one lad was bitten by a rat and bought off with free tickets, so as not to complain,

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Mel Hillman (Yeovil, Somerset) relates: The old Olympia cinema in Victoria Street, Old Cwmbran was right opposite the old police station so I saw it every day for many years. I only watched films there once or twice - the old White Rose in Pontnewydd was closer to home. I did use the bus stop just out of view on the right every day to catch a bus to the old gasworks bus stop to get home until I obtained a 'banger' on my 18th birthday !

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Graham (Ianto) Skuse (Isle of Guernsey) relates: Great great memories, 9p seats, or (if you were trying to impress a girl) 1/9 sneaking in through the back door, listening to 'Tiller Griffen' telling us how the film would end, then over to the 'chippee for a tanners worth of chips (try that today) or in later years a pint in the Rose & Crown, great great nostalgic memories, keep them coming.

 

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Ralph and Margaret Williams of Pontnewydd relate: Prices started 7p first 2 rows on the benches, then 9p, then 1s 6p, the back rows were 1 shilling and 9 pence. Those were the days. You had to watch out for the manager, we used to call him " Chocolate", I never knew why. The McCarthy girls were the usherettes.

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Anne  Williams (West Mids.) relates: That�s the  flea pit in Old  Cwmbran . The  screen  used to be  sewn  together in patches ! I have no  idea  when it finally  closed , but   last  film I  saw there was in 1977, Saturday Night Fever ....  happy  days !

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Sharon Jordan (Greenmeadow) relates:  I remember watching the `Cat from outer space` there !

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Kay Pedrosa relates: I was looking at the photograph of the "flea pit" and thought you may like to add another little titbit of info .... My grandmother - Dorothy Porter (nee Jones) was the piano player for the silent movies that they had there.

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Andrew Cruickshanks relates: I spent many a Saturday morning queuing along that wall with my three penny bit in my hand waiting for it to open for the kids films. I remember the original Batman (not Adam West) and Jungle Girl episodes in black and white which always left you with a cliff hanger so you would go back next week to see what happened.

I also saw my first James Bond film there, From Russia with Love (1963).

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Colin Bowen relates: In the 1940s 1950s we would go to the Olympia on a Saturday morning to see Flash Gordon it was on every Saturday for along time. At the back of the cinema was the male toilet right next to the railway line in Abbey Road; if a train went by you could hear it in the cinema. When the film finished if you had any money left you could go across the road to Harry Summers for an ice lolly; if you had more than 3d. left, you could have chips ! A long time ago ... 50 odd years have slipped away.

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Lawrence Skuse relates: This is the "Flea Pit" in Old Cwmbran, next to the Rose & Crown.  It was much favoured by Pontnewydd children, as they had a much more lax attitude to age limits for horror films than the 'White Rose' in Pontnewydd.  There we could watch early Hammer and older Universal films such as 'Curse of the Werewolf'' and 'Dracula' merely by giving a patently untrue assurance that we were over 16. I do remember my father taking us there to see 'The Alamo' on its release.

Stories about the place were always circulating, not necessarily true, but we liked to believe them; "a kid was bitten by a rat last week, but they've given him some free tickets to keep him quiet", "a piece of ceiling fell on someone's head there".  Whatever, the White Rose cinema in Pontnewydd, was always considered a "better class" of establishment!

Judith Bidgood from Canada relates: I believe this is a photo of the old movie theatre we used to call the `Flea Pit` in Old Cwmbran. As a child I remember going there on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons, and cowboy and indian movies.

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.. Oak Street ..                                               .. Commercial Street ..

.. Oak Street early 1900`s ..	.. Victoria Street early 1900`s ..

John Jenkins relates:- This is a view of the Conservative Club entrance taken about 1970, the building was situated at the end of Oak Street, Cwmbran and was originally a school, the inscribed stone built into the wall says, British School 1884 and pupils had to pay a 1d a week for tuition, ref. Cwmbran Projects book �In those Days� page12.

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.. Wesley Street ..

Wesleyan Methodist Church - Wesley Street early 1900`s	.. The Church is now Wesley community Centre (2007)

John Berry relates:- I was born in Wesley Street, Cwmbran, 1936. just about opposite the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In those days there were six small terraced properties between Clark's shop and the Catholic Church. My mother's sister and family lived in number six and I lived with my mother, Gran and brothers in number five, the property was over crowded and we were re housed as soon as possible, my father was away during World War Two.

.. 1910 ..

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Hugh Price contributed this rather special Invitation: The Mrs. Mould referred to was my Great Grandmother, Jane Mould, who then lived with my Grandmother and her family on Llantarnam Road. She died in January 1921 aged 83 years and is buried in Cwmbran Cemetery.

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Stephen relates:- Jarrett's shop was on Wesley Street. I remember she used to have a chair for us to stand on to reach the counter and pick the sweets we wanted

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John Howard of Maes-y-Rhiw, Cwmbran relates: The Crescent and Cocker Avenue, viewed from the Pentre Hill circa 1935'.  The Crescent is incomplete, still awaiting construction of  9 houses (House Numbers 21 to 55).  Hollybush Corner and Glan-y-Nant Farm can be seen in the foreground, it was farmed by Ron & Audrey Dando. In the photograph the Two Locks housing estate is conspicuous by it's absence- 20 years would elapse before that housing development commenced. 

 

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.. Court Farm ..

LLantarnam, encircled with trees of a section of the original Cwmbran (Crow habited woodlands) was about ten centuries old.

The eve of autumn 1955 being the last chapter of the farmhouse barn, meadows and orchard.... bulldozers and crowbars gave the final punches bringing the Court Farm down to rubble in order to make space for a new housing estate and roadway.

Since the days of Howell ap lorwerth, maybe earlier, the site, near the `Glade of the Cross` on the bank of the Afon Llwyd the (stone breaking river) was a sphere of history and geology.

Huge beams of oak from the ancient Cwm and very wide walls were features of the building, one could hollow a big canoe from the main kitchen beam.

The stones, mainly pudding-shaped, were silica clay mixed with little pebbles, kneaded by the Afon Llwyd and naturally baked hard on its sunny banks. In the first stage the Afon had ripped the clay off its banks higher up in the valley, then in the rolling in

The fast waters, the soft clay (pudding) gathered the small pebbles (currants).

While demolition of the Court Farm took place I saw the 'historical curtain` rise to reveal an age-long mystery.... behind the fire-place in the main kitchen was the 'secret room1, five foot wide and thirteen feat high, where, it is thought, Roman Catholic Priests hid during the persecution.

There was a well in the cobbled yard. It could have been a relic of the Roman or Druid era.

The large barn was at one time a Cwrt (Court of Law), and among the residents at Court Farm were the Lawrence family; of whom two gained high distinction, Lord Trevethin, Lord Chief Justice of England, known before as Sir Alfred Lawrence-and Sir Walter Lawrence, Baronet, secretary to the Viceory of India.

.. Contributed by Gill Morris and composed by her late father... how was a reporter for the South Wales Argus ..

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.. Oakfield shops ..

John Jenkins relates:- This photo was taken on the corner of Green Willows Road and Croeswen in Oakfield Park, and shows the shops newly built circa 1957. The first tenants or trade from the left of the photo were, the Co-op, Notts the newsagent and tobacconist, a haberdashery, a butcher, a greengrocer, and finally the Home and Colonial. On the right of the photo but out of view is the Oakfield Pub, built after the shops circa 1960.

.. Oakfield Shops April 2008:  Newsagent - Creations (Hair & Beauty Salon)  - Oakfield Cantonese Take Away  - Oakfield Mini Market ..

Ian Spencer responds:-  The haberdashery store was my Dad's Drapery shop. It was called "J. Spencer and Sons (Fabrics) Limited. I - being one of the sons. My father had another shop in Maendy Shops, West Pontnewydd, another in Ventnor road, Old Cwmbran, and one more in Croesyceiliog ... All of the same name.

A  SPENCER'S advertisement appeared in the CWMBRAN NEW TOWN ADVERTISER January 14th 1960

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.. The Oakfield Public House .. April 2008 ..

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.. David Evans from Melkbostrand, South Africa kindly contributed this photograph via John Jenkins from Gulang, South Africa ..

This photograph shows the 2nd Llantarnam Cubs taken in Court Farm circa 1953, the road to the left is the present Brangwyn Avenue and to the right Hogarth Close, to the rear of the photographer would be the pre-fabricated Court Farm Community Hall.

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.. Oakfield Road - Prefab residents -`street party` .. 1951/53 ..

.. Contributor John Moxham ..

.. Contributor John Moxham ..

.. Contributor John Moxham ..

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.. 1929 Oakfield Rangers Football team ..

John Jenkins contributes this photograph and relates: `The only person I'm able to name is my uncle, Gerald Bishop BEM, who is second from the right in the middle row.`

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.. Oakfield Football Team under 11`s ... 1969 ..

Sean Cahill contributes this photograph and relates: John Hopkins is on the extreme left of the photo, his son Adrian to the right of the Goalkeeper, me kneeling on the far right below his father and my Granddad, Dick Hopkins (all placed as you look at the photo).  Dick Hopkins lived in Coronation road (where the police station is now sited) and played football for Newport County.

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.. St.Dials Rugby Team 1948 ..

Glenvill Skyrme contributed this photograph, which includes his father, Russell Skyrme,who is sat on the ground to the left of the picture.

Sean Cahill relates: John Hopkins is the captain holding the ball. He later went on to play for Wales at U15 and latterly played cricket for Girlings.

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.. St.Dials Football Team 1966/67 ..

Ron Cooke kindly contributed this photograph of the football team he once played in, back in the late 1960`s; it was taken outside the old canteen opposite Old Cwmbran Park. Some of his fellow team members he remembers are:-
Back Row (L-R) Martin Gibbons,  ? ,  Steven Chamberlin, Charloton (that was his nickname), ? , Ron Cooke
Front Row (L-R)  ? , Wayne Young, Dennis Hurley, ? , Ian Purcell.

January 2012 Granvill Waters responds: Wonderful site, being an old Cwmbran lad, I enjoy seeing the old sites....anyway...under the heading 'Old Cwmbran' you have a picture of the St Dials Football team 1966/67......the Goalkeeper in the back row second from left, in between Martin Gibbons and Steven Chamberlin is me, Granville 'Granny' Waters... I had more hair then lol.. (laugh out loud)

 The Manager was Mr. Cox.
.. The football pitch now has houses built on it ..

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.. Cwmbran Wesleyan Cricket Club.. 2nd X1., 1911 ..

Back Row L to R :- I. Jones, F. C. Scott, E. Jones, G. Nash, A. Kelly, G. E. Bert.

Front Row L to R:- W. G. Stimson, H. C. Carver, G. Prangley, A. H. Couzens (Capt.) C.B. Fry, R. T. Rees, T. Thomas, W. Fry.

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.. St.Dials ..

.. Pen y Waun Congregational Church- Waun Road - Old Cwmbran .. (now demolished)

.. The  Chapel on the left was originally known as the `Congregational` Its first use was a farmhouse and then became a Sunday school dating back to 1760 ; The Church alongside opened on January 17th 1907 and demolished in 1980 ..

.. Cwmbran Chapel -photographed in 2007 ..

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.. Cwmbran Pen y wain Harriers ..

Back Row :- W. Appleby, A. Stead, J. Burke, H. Ross.

Third Row :- G. Petherant (committee), T. Elsmor, H. Granger, M. Senior. M. Petheram, E. Stead, S.L.Duffy, ?  (committee)

Second Row :- H. Hamm, E. Howard (Captain), M. Laughton (president). A. Bevan (secretary), J. Kennedy.

Front Row :- J. Smith (trainer), B. Fry, H. Stiff, W. Smith., J. Iles., P. Beech (committee).

Allistair Howard :-  my cousin who resides in Cwmbran sent me a copy of this photo of Cwmbran Pen-y-Waun Harriers 1906-07, photo courtesy of In those day's publication. The reason being is that my father`s cousin (Edwin George Howard) is featured. Edwin was the father of Roland Reginald Howard, the Esso  garage proprietor, which was once situated next to Pontnewydd Workingmens Club.

Andrew Cruickshanks :- notes his  Great Uncle, (Peter Beech) appears on the photograph.

.. The photo was taken in the field, where now stands Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran Infants School (3 Bears) on Henllys Way .

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.. Cwmbran Football Club ..

(Season 1904-5 )

Back Row ;- L. Jordan, W. Thomas, A. Saddler, G.P.Jones, J.B.Jones, T. Waites, J. Tamplin.

2nd Row :- T. Bingham, C. Holloway, J. Jones, R. Jennings, B. Dewfall, W. Jones, W. Williams.

3rd Row :- H. Evans, P. Cunningham, J. Leyshon, D.M.Thomas (Capt.), W. Gay, T. Spillane, A. Sutton.

Front Row :- C. Hewings, R. Baker, W. Lawler, T. Hutchins.

.. Photograph contributed by Torfaen County Borough Councillor B. John Cunningham MBE KSG ..

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.. Abbey Road early 1900`s ..

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• April 2010

Kathleen Smith relates: I live in Canada, never been to Wales, nor the town of Cwmbran there, but I will try my best to explain my interest.

My Grandparents, Thomas King McGuire and Ethel Mary (Willett) McGuire were married on October 24, 1901.

They had four children, Thomas King, Owen King, John King, and my mother Kathleen King, the youngest.  They were all born at the Abbey Hotel in Cwmbran Wales, which apparently my grandfather ran at that time, and we were also told that he had been Mayor of the town for a period.

.. McGuire Family portrait ..

My mother - Kathleen King McGuire - was born December 27, 1909.  In 1911 my grandmother and the four children, accompanied by her maiden sister Alice Willet, emigrated to Canada to join my Grandfather Thomas ,who had come over the year before and built a house in Chamberlain Township on "crown " land near Englehart Ontario which is about 375 miles north of Toronto Ontario.  He literally carved a homestead out of the wilderness.  When Granny first saw the conditions, she wanted to return immediately to Cwmbran!

Being my mother's namesake - my name is Kathlen Alice, the Kathleen after her, and the Alice after "Aunty" (as we called her) Alice Willet.

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 .. I am in possession of a china cup and saucer with my mother's birth information inscribed on it in gold lettering ..

Kathleen King McGuire * Abbey Hotel * Cwmbran

   Born 27th Dec 1909

.. Abbey Hotel - Coronation Day Celebrations - 22nd June 1911 ..	.. `Aunty` Alice Willet  .... (Gentleman unknown)

Kathleen relates:  I have a small set - Two books held in a small case  measuring just 1&1/4 inches x 2 ", x 2&1/4 " - One is Hymns, A&M (Ancient & Modern}, and the other is a book of Common Prayer, from the Church of England - they were owned by Aunty [ Alice Willett} Strangely there is no date in either book, but since she arrived in Canada in 1911, they must be 100 years old.

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.. The Abbey Public House ..

.. The Abbey Public House/Hotel  ..

This pub demolished, in the late 1970`s, was once a popular `watering hole` on Abbey Road - it was also well known for the Monkey Puzzle tree within the garden.

.. Abbey Hotel, Abbey Road Cwmbran ..

Paul Edwards relates: My Grandfather Raymond Teall ran the Abbey Hotel in 1962 & 1963 (those two years I have confirmed but he may of been there longer) Does anyone remember him?

Garnet (Chippy) Chapman relates: I spent many a happy hour there; I once went in on a Friday night and came out on Sunday morning!!

   

.. if so click here ..

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John Jenkins recalls: The first meeting of the Cwmbran Gun Club was held upstairs in The Abbey Pub circa 1969

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Allistair Howard: I have a query concerning the name of Belle Vue Road, my Grand Parents used to live at number 21 and I have a census form of theirs and it gives the name of Belle Vue Road as Bettws Street, the census is of England and Wales 1911. I wonder if anyone can confirm that this was the original name of Belle Vue Road?

Query answered:

.. Contributed by John Howard of  Maes-y-Rhiw, Cwmbran ..

Belle View Road, photographed July 2007,viewed from its east end on Abbey Road.

 

Since the demolition of 4 dwellings that met with Abbey Road, only 7-dwellings (Nos 5-11) remain of the original Bettws Terrace and No.11 (Alexander JFG Howard�s house) marks the interruption between the old and later Edwardian-styled new row with 34 dwellings, built circa 1910.  Bettws Terrace became integrated with the newly built Bettws Street and was re-numbered changing Alexander�s house from No.11 to No. 21.  The street changed its name once more to Belle Vue Road at sometime between 1911 and 1917.                                                                                

My cousin Allistair Howard�s grandfather Alexander JFG Howard lived with his wife Elizabeth and family at number 21, Bettws Street, Cwmbr�n. The street had been extended in about 1910 when the original Bettws Terrace was integrated with it and dwelling Nos.1 to 11 thus became Nos.1 to 21 odds, continuing on to No.77 at the end of the new row. This correlates exactly with the 1901 Census Nos. 1-11.  The last house in the row was Alexander�s at 11, Bettws Street. Ultimately the street became known as Belle Vue Road at sometime after the 1911 Census and before 1917.  

Bettws Terrace     ||  1     2     3      4       5      6      7        8       9       10       11  ||

Bettws Street        ||  1     3     5      7       9     11    13      15     17      19       21  ||  23  25   27  etc. onwards to 77. 

My theory with regard to the above renumbering has just been given substance through the recent release of the 1911 Census Books or Enumerators� Summaries.

A comparison can now be made of the dwelling number and tenants� names in Bettws Terrace / Bettws Street respectively between the 1901 and 1911 Censuses.  

My theory with regard to the above renumbering has just been given substance through the recent release of the 1911 Census Books or Enumerators� Summaries.

A comparison can now be made of the dwelling number and tenants� names in Bettws Terrace / Bettws Street respectively between the 1901 and 1911 Censuses.  

 1901                     1911                         1901                              1911                                   

Bettws Terr.        Bettws St.               Bettws Terr.                     Bettws St.

No. 1   Hart         No.1  Hart               No. 7   Chamberlain   No. 13   Chamberlain

No. 2   Aspland.                                  No. 8   Barrow

No. 3   Muskell                                   No. 9   Muldooney

No. 4   Brooks     No. 7   Brooks         No.10  Thomas

No. 5   Hughes    No. 9   Hughes        No.11  Howard            No.21  Howard

No. 6   King        No.11  King

Alistair Howard �s brother, Brian deserves credit posthumously in resolving this issue. It was just four months before he died that Brian intimated to me that Bettws Terrace became known as Belle Vue Road. Brian and his amazing knowledge of the old Cwmbr�n village and of its families is sadly missed.

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.. Abbey Stores ..

.. Eddy Thomas and his dog `Bell` ..

Alison Pattimore relates:- This was Eddy Thomas`s shop on the corner of Abbey road and Belle Vue road. I used to live in Belle Vue in the 1950`s and remember Eddy who was loved by all the kids and people of that area, the picture was taken when they were clearing Abbey Road for the houses that are there now. Eddy tried to save his business by barricading himself in his shop, which was sadly a hopeless cause. The picture of Eddy and his dog brought back many memories of a lovely man and wonderful time.  

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Andrew Cruickshanks relates:- That's probably one of the last buildings left as ABBEY ROAD was being demolished. Opposite was the main railway line which had been closed before this photo was taken as is now Cwmbran Drive. I spent many hours as a child playing on the derelict line looking for slow worms which could be found there.

I cannot remember who owned the shop in the picture but further up the road towards the Abbey pub and Cwmbran there was a watchsmith`s shop which I believe was owned by Mr Jones. 

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Allistair Howard relates:- The photo of Eddie Thomas brings back a lot of good memories, I was born in Abbey Road No8, as it has been said Eddie`s shop was No.1.   Abbey road was in three blocks or rows of houses. There was another shop at No.10 that had several different owners two I remember being Villers and the other Taylors, between this shop and the next row in Abbey Road was a walk through leading to Belle Vue Close. The first house on the second row was at onetime a vets. The first building on the third row was a garage followed by one or two houses then an alleyway that led to a couple of cottages; after the alleyway was, as Andrew Cruickshanks pointed, out a jewellers and was owned by Mr. Jones, then just after `Jones the Jeweller` was a cafe and then my local watering hole the Abbey Hotel ........  memories eh.

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Elizabeth Haynes relates:- The shop was located at the bottom of Belle Vue Rd in Old Cwmbran. The area now has a row of houses there called ABBEY ROAD. Directly opposite it was an area of grassland that us kids used to play (and smoke) in. This grassland went under the bridge and you could climb through the fence into the Cwmbran Stadium. This grassland is now part of the Cwmbran Drive.  The bridge still runs over it.

The Abbey store was a damp dark little shop.  All the sweets were damp but very cheap. Looking at the picture, if you continued up past the roughland  you came to the Abbey Pub. The pub had the famous "monkey tree" in it.

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Sarah Knell relates:- That used to be the `Sweety` shop at the bottom of BelleVue Road.  The old railway track was opposite and served as a shortcut to `Kwik Save` where I worked in `Bakerboy` every Saturday.

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Ralph Williams relates:- The Abbey stores was No 1 Abbey Road. The chap in front of the stores was Mr.Eddie Thomas. I lived in Bellevue road when I was a boy. We used to buy our sweets from there.

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John Jenkins formerly of Llandowlais Street, now residing in South Africa relates:-  The shop was on the corner of Abbey Road and BelleVue Road, in the early 1950`s it was a Green Grocers.

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Catherine Lewis relates:- The picture on the site is the old Abbey Stores which used to stand on the green area at the bottom on Abbey Road and BelleVue Road in Old Cwmbran.

My house and driveway is exactly where that old shop used to be.

.. Abbey Road 2006 ..

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.. Cwmbran Celtic Football Team 1927-8 ..

Back Row:- J.Foley, W. Slade, M.Hurley, J.Reardon, W.Dudman, R.Cunningham, C.Gimlett, C.Spillane.

Front Row:- R.Gray,T.Muldowney, R.Powell, A.Smith (Captain), W.Cunningham, L.Cunningham, G.Waygood.

Mascot - Joseph Crowley

.. Photograph contributed by Torfaen County Borough Councillor B. John Cunningham MBE KSG

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 .. A paper bag from Woodleys - The Family Butchers ..

.. Allistair Howard formerly of Abbey Road believes it's around 50 years old ..

.. If you have memories to add or old photographs you would like to share please click here to email me ..

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This is a view down Ventnor Road, Old Cwmbran - alas The Rifle Club is boarded up and the Public toilets closed ... I believe the site is earmarked for development of  Flats. (noted Sept. 2008)

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Mel Hillman relates:  The Rifle Club in Ventnor Road, Old Cwmbran - it was almost opposite the old Police Station (now Cwmbran Community Council Head Quarters); On the opposite side of the road was a cafe which supplied meals for those in custody...

Alastair Calder responds: Up the top of the hill was Dr. Kotaski`s surgery.

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.. St.Dials School ..

 

.. St.Dials School (demolished circa 1979) - Oak Street - Old Cwmbran ..

..  built in 1874 by Mr. Henry Parfitt (Pontnewydd) ..

Margaret Williams  relates:- I attended St Dials School (Girls). The small building on the left (colour photograph) was the toilets. The yard in front was the play area.

Graham Pattimore relates:- I went to this school from 1952 / 1958, I have very fond memories of my time at this school, myself and my school mates used to walk along the canal bank from Forgehammer to Old Cwmbran, it was safe to do so in those days.

I vividly remember most of my teachers at the school, especially Reg Smith, who was a great inspiration to most of the children who attended the school; he was very strict but also very fair.

I remember every morning Mr. Smith, would ask all the class to hold out their hands so that he could inspect them to make sure that they were clean, and if they weren't, then he would send you to the toilets to wash them and re-inspect them when you got back to class. He was a great teacher who was liked by all.

I also remember Mr. Bassett and the head master at that time who was known as `spike` Jones, he was a great character, who insisted all pupils would visit his room at least 4 times a year for a spelling test. I recall that he had a very strong welsh accent and insisted that we all pronounced our rrr`s to the extreme.

I can also recall the huge pile of coal next to the head master's office which was used to run the boilers for the school heating, this was wheel barrowed into the boiler house by Mr. Len Brinkworth, who was everyone's friend.

Jeremy Purcell relates: I remember the school well as several of my elder brothers and sisters attended there.  I also recall that the school's canteen was a separate, prefabricated building located in a field (which is now a residential area and Parkside sheltered accommodation complex) next to Cwmbran Park and only 5 minutes walk from the school (2 minutes in winter!!)... my mam was a dinner lady there!

Gerry King recalls: The Cwmbran Youth Band used it as a rehearsal room at one stage.

Stuart Roberts recalls:  A Youth club being held there.

.. Click here for St.Dials School Photographs ..

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This Great Western Railway ticket admitted one person to "C" Seats of the Olympia Cinema - Old Cwmbran

.. The ticket is not dated but must be pre 1948  because the railways were nationalised in that year ..

The Olympia cinema was situated next to the Rose and Crown Public House - Victoria Street.

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Click here for Clomendy Farm info

.. Ty  Coch ..

.. The inset photo is part of the Route 46 Mile marker, adjacent to the canal tow path/cycle path at Ty Coch ..

... Move your cursor over any photo below to identify and click to enlarge ...

 Local  watering holes  ..Do you drink here? why not write a review?

Coloured photographs are copyright�cwmbran.info

.. Click here to meander down Memory Lane ..

Below  is further fascinating information on the village of Cwmbran from Kelly`s Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 edition ..

Under the provisions of the "Local Government Act,1894," Cwmbran forms part of the Llantarnam Urban District and is governed by that Council. The Brecon and Monmouthshire canal, on which are four locks, passes through the village; the streets are lighted with gas by a company formed in 1877.

St. Gabriel's, a mission church in connection with the parish church of LlanvihangelLlantarnam, is an iron structure, erected in 1880 at a cost of �500, and has sittings for 400 Persons. The Catholic chapel, erected in 1867, is dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels, and will seat 250 persons, and there are Baptist, three Congregational, Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels, and Gospel hall and one used by the Salvation Army.

A Police court, and Police station at Llantarnam road were erected in 1898 at a cost of �1,800, and here the petty sessions are held. The Patent Nut and Bolt Company Limited include in their works 20 puddling furnaces, 10 balling furnaces, rolling mills and a very large colliery, giving constant employment to about 2,000 men; Messrs. J. C. Hill & Co. Limited employ about 200 men in the manufacture of wire nails and steel wire and in galvanizing.

Richard Parfitt esq. of Cardiff road, Newport, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Patent Nut and Bolt Company Limited. The soil is clay; subsoil, sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots, with some pasture. The area and population are returned with Llanvihangel-Llantarnam. Post, M.O. & T.O., T. M.O., Express Delivery, Parcel Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insuran e office.
William Henry Walters, subpostmaster.
(Railway Suboffice. Letters should have R.S.O. Mon. added). Letters arrive from London & all parts at 7.35 & 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.; sun. 8.45 a.m. callers only; dispatched at 11.30 a.m. & 4.40 & 7.30 p.m.; sun. 3.30 p.m.
Wall Letter Boxes:
Oakfield, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Spring street, cleared at 10.30 a.m. & 7.10 p.m.
Tycoch, cleared 6.50 p.m. week days only

CAERLEON PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION
For list of magistrates see Caerleon.

Petty sessions held at the Courthouse here on a thursday, monthly 10.30 a.m.

County Police Station, Daniel Stephens, constable

PLACES OF WORSHIP
with times of services.

St. Gabriel's Mission Church, Rev. John Alex. Williams B.A. curate; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.
Catholic Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels, Post office road; 9 & 11 am. & 6.30 p.m.
Baptist (Siloam), Oakfield, Rev. William Edward Robinson; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.
Bible Christian, Oakfield, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; & every alternate tues. 7.30 p.m.
Congregational, Pen-y-Waen, Rev. Albert Whittingham A.T.S.; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.
Congregational (Elim), 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m.
Congregational, Tycoch, 2.30 p.m.
Congregational, St. Dialls Road (Bethel), Rev. William Hughes; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Wesleyan, St. Dialls road; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. & thurs. 7 p.m.
Gospel Hall, Oakfield, 6.30 p.m.
Salvation Army, Llantarnam road, 7 & 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; daily, 7.30 p.m.

SCHOOLS.

Board (under Llanvihangel-Llantarnam School Board), St. Dialls road, erected in 1874 & enlarged in 1883, for 560 children; average attendance, 183 boys, 182 girls &. 253 infants.
William John James, master; Miss J. K. E. Fairbairn, mistress; Mrs. E. A. James, infants' mistress

Catholic (mixed), built in 1883 & enlarged in 1899, for 250 children; average attendance, 170.
Miss Margaret Carroll, mistress; Miss Bridget Cushing, infants' mistress.

RAILWAY STATIONS.

Cwmbran, Thomas Spracklin, station master
Pontnewydd, William Williams, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
(Names marked * postal address Pontnewydd, Newport.)
Colquhoun Mrs., Pant-y-berllan, Grange road
Diprose, Samuel, Henllis house, Glannant
Hughes Rev. William (Congregational), Emlyn house, Prospect place
Murphy William Edward Cavanagh, M.B. Prospect place
Pilliner Fredk. Woodside house, New rd
Pilliner Mrs. Woodside house, New rd
Rafarel Frederick William J.P. Glencoed cottage
Robinson Rev. William Edward (Baptist), Llantarnam road
Whittingham Rev. Albert (Congregational), Llantarnam road
Williams Rev. John Alex. B.A. (curate of Llantarnam), 3 Clevedon terrace
 

COMMERCIAL
Andrews Robert, shopkeeper, Oakfield
Baker Stephen Edward Salisbury, beer retailer, Canal side
Bevan Jn. grocer & baker, St. Dial's rd
Bevan John, shopkeeper, Oakfield
Bevan Wm., grocer, Woodsvale road
Blackman Albert, draper, Oakfield
Blackman Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Oakfield
Bond John, grocer, Tycoch
Bond Margaret (Mrs.), grocer & baker, Llantarnam road
Carver Chas. jun., beer retailer, Oakfield
*Clark Elizabeth Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 4 Thomas' row, Grange road
Cocker Henry Smith & James, grocers, bakers & farmers, Post office road, Oakfield
Coles Wm., shopkeeper, Springvale road
Cousins Uriah, farmer, Green meadow
Crawshay Edwin, managing director of J. C. Hill & Co. Ltd. Oakfield.
Cross Walter, draper, Woodside, road
Cwmbran Brick Co. Limited (George W. Williams, manager), brick manufacturers, Llantarnam road.
Cwmbran & Pontnewydd Gas Co. Ltd., (Thomas Herbert White, manager), Woodside road
Cwmbran Subscription Brass Band, (Lewis Edwards, conductor), Malpas street
Dando John, farmer, Oakland
Davies Arthur, shopkeeper, Oakfield
*Davies David, shopkeeper, 12 Grange rd
Davies Henry, haulier, Abbey road
Davies Thos., shopkeeper, Abbey road
Deadman Chas., shopkeeper, Spring Street
Dunn Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 2 Woodland terrace
Evans John, beer retailer, Tycoch
Francis Thomas, farmer, Pentre basket
Gainsworthy John, farmer, Ton mill
Galsworthy Wm., plumber, Oakfield
Gibbins James, Forge Hammer P.H., Spring street
Gibbs James, vitriol manufacturer. Llantarnam road
Harris Thomas, manager, Vitriol Works house, Llantarnam road
Hastings Alfred, farmer, Ty- Gwyne
Baynes Albert Joseph, draper, Post Office road
Hill J. C. & Co. Limited (Edwin Crawshay, managing director), wire nail & steel wire manufacturers & galvanizers, Oakfield
Hedges Patience (Mrs.), draper, St. Dial's road
Hedges Thomas Chas., grocer, Llantarnam road
Hood John, news agent, Abbey road
Howells Adelia (Mrs.), beer retailer, Post office road
Howells Charles, grocer, Post office road
Humphreys David Evan, Halfway House P.H., St. Dial's road
Hunt Sarah Ann (Mrs.), Mill P.H., Glannant
Hutchins Geo., Railway inn, Oakfield
Iles Albert, boot & shoe maker, St. Dial's road & Abbey road
Jackson J. draper, Llantarnam road
Jacobs & Co. clothiers & boot dealers, Abbey road
James Mary Ann (Mrs.), confectioner & hair dresser, Llantarnam road
Jennings Sydney, beer retailer. Oakfield
Jones David, shopkeeper, Oakfield
Jones Edmund, beer retailer, Glannant
Jones John, farmer, St. Dials.
Jones John, farmer, Two Locks farm, Oakfield
Jones Maria (Mrs.), farmer, Glannant
Jones Samuel, farmer, Grangnant farm
Jones Thos., news agent, St. Dial's road
Jones Thos. shopkeeper, St. Dial's road
Jones William, blacksmith, Oakfield
Jones William, butcher, St. Dial's road
Jones William, grocer, Victoria place, Llantarnam road
Jordan Henry, baker, Woodside road
Laughton Michael, manager, Penywain villa
Lewis Ann Jane (Miss), grocer, Two Locks
Lewis Arthur, farmer, New house
Lloyd Thomas F., butcher, Abbey road
Love George, beer retailer, New road
Mabe Leonard, greengrocer, St. Dial's road
McCarthy Daniel, shopkeeper, Oakfield
MeGuire Harriette (Mrs.), Abbey P.H., Abbey road
Matthews Wm. clerk, Llantarnam road
Meredith Bertha Maud (Miss), draper & milliner, St. Dial's road
Morgan Charles, watch maker & jeweller, Victoria place, Llantarnam road
Morgan Chas., hair dresser, Post Office road
Morgan Josiah, clerk, Llantarnam road
Morgan Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper & registrar of births & deaths for Llantarnam sub-district, Newport union, Llantarnam road
Morgan Windsor, clerk, Llantarnam road
Mumford John, farmer, Clomendy farm, St. Dial's road
Murphy William Edward Cavanagh, M. B. & B.Ch.(Dub.), L.M., surgeon, & medical officer of health to Llanfrechfa Upper & Llantarnam Urban District Councils & medical officer & public vaccinator for Llanvihangel-Llantarnam district, Newport union, surgeon to the G.W.R. & certifying factory surgeon, Prospect place
Nicholas Joseph, farmer, Pen-y-waen
Nott John, shopkeeper, 5 Woodland terrace
Osborne Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Abbey road
Parsons &, Co. butchers, St. Dial's road & Grange road
Parsons Thomas, shopkeeper
Oakfield Patent Nut & Bolt Co. Limited (Frederick Rafarel, manager), bolt & nut & iron manufacturers, iron masters, iron founders, colliery owners, fire, brick, retort & coke manufacturers, Cwmbran iron works & Henllis coliieries; London works, Birmingham & West Bromwich; & 66 Cannon st. London EC. Telegraph address "Patent, Newport, Mon"; G.P.O. Telephone No. 38.
Pennymore, Wm. T., grocer & beer retailer, Oakfield
Peterson John, grazier, Ton farm
Phillips Osmond Jas., clerk,Clevedon terrace
Phillips Wm. T., clerk, Prospect place
*Pickman William & Son, farmers, Grange & Mount Pleasant farms
Pickman Philip, shopkeeper,Oakfield
Playsted Daniel, beer retailer. Canal side
Powell Philip, baker & grocer, Woodside road
Powell Wm. beer retailer, Tycoch
Pritchard Jn. Thos., Oakfield inn, Oakfield
Pritchard Jsph., Wheatsheaf inn, Tycoch
Purchase Arthur, boot maker, Llantarnam road
*Quick Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Grange road
Quilford Jas., shopkeeper, Woodside road
Rafarel Frederick, manager to the Patent Nut & Bolt Co. Lim., Cwmbran iron works
Richards John, grazier, Tyn-y-pwll
Rowlands Sydney, grocer & draper, Abbey road
Sadler Arthur, hair dresser, Cwmnant road
Sawtell Robt., beer retailer, Llantarnam road
Shearn Austin, greengrocer & china & glass dealer, St. Dial's road
Shearn James, hair dresser, Oakfield
Simmons Charles William, carpenter, undertaker & general funeral furnisher, St. Dial's road & Cwmnant road
Smith James, apartments, 9 Grange road
Spencer Honoria (Mrs.), draper, Abbey road
Stanley Florence (Miss), confectioner, St. Dial's road
Stanley John, clerk, Victoria villas, Llantarnam road
Stephens Daniel, police constable
Stock Charles, hair dresser, Oakfield
Summers Henry, coffee tavern, Llantarnam road
Thomas Henry, assistant overseer & collector to Llantarnam Urban District Council, Hill view
Thomas James, haulier, Llantarnam road
Thomas John Walter, ironmonger, Llantarnam road
*Thomas Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 25 Grange road
Thorne George Frederick, grocer & patent medicine vendor, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey Lim., wine & spirit merchants, St. Dial's road
Turberville Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Tycoch
Volunteer Battalion (3rd) South Wales Borderers ('C' Company; Capt. D. M. Graham), Llantarnam road
Wadley Alfred, farmer, Pant-y-glass
Wait John, haulier, Oakfield
Walker Robt., shopkeeper, Woodside rd
Walters Wm. Hy., grocer & post office, Post office road
Wayman Danl., shopkeeper, Post office rd
Williams John B., secretary, Oakfield villas, Canal side
Williams Wm., station master, Railway station
Williams William John, grazier, Little Gelly, Grange road
Willetts George, shopkeeper, Oakfield
Willis Rebecca (Miss), dress maker, 2 The Villas
Wood George, shopkeeper, Abbey road
Woodley H. & Co., butchers, Llantarnam road
Woodside Brick Co., brick makers. Woodside road