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Victoria Street

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Rosie Royal's corner in the 1970's

 

Victoria Street in the Early 1960's

(Copyright photograph by permission of Howard Denner).

Victoria Street.

The picture is taken from the High Street end of Victoria Street where Millwards is. The Western Mail office is now the Forum Coffee Lounge reputed to have the finest coffee in Wales. In the distance you can make out the engine house and the chimney stack of the Ynysfach Iron Works. 

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Millward's in the 1930,s

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The Star Supply Stores - 1943.

(Photograph by Lilian Snow, Courtesy of Anita Farrell (Anita Snow in the pic))

 

Victoria Street 1968 the Market Hall demolished to make way for the new Town Centre.

The large grey building which was once Bentleys Hotel, was demolished a couple of years

later and W.H.Smith developed the site.

Victoria Street, from the Plymouth Arms - 1970s.

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The Plymouth Arms. (Photograph kindly submitted by David Jones).    

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