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Kayser Bondor |
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Pentrebach & Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. |
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| Kayser Bondor Hosiery Factory at Dowlais - 1959 |
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Ladies at Kayser Bondor
(Dowlais) from the Hosiery and X-Ray Department - 1951/52
Top Row L-R:
Phylis Jones, Eirwen Smith, Morwyn Rogers & Vera Jones.
Middle Row L-R:
Mary Davies, Brenda Hughes, Myra Jones, Winnie Sullivan & Jean
Carpenter.
Front Row L-R:
Margaret Griffiths, Mair Jones, Nora Sullivan & June Powell.
(Photograph
Courtesy of David Saunders) |
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Kayser Bondor Open Day - 1953.
(Picture from the
Merthyr Express) |
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Kayser Bondor - Christmas
Party - 1953ish.
Top Row L-R:
?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Alan George (With Dickie Bow)
Middle Row L-R:
?, ?, ?.
Front Row L-R:
?, Jennifer Winter, ?, ?, ? Walsh.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Bill Winter) |
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Coach Tour to Bilbao, Spain -
Organised By Mr. Joe Arriaga (First Ever Coach Tour to Spain from Wales)
Pat Fearn tell
us:
"Front Row: (Not going on trip Monica Marshall (kneeling)
with Carmen Marshall (nee Arriaga) behind her. Pat Arriaga (kneeling)). with
father Joe Arriaga (tour organiser) rest of front row and most of second and
third rows were those travelling on the coach. First left , second row ,
Clem Barbara, M ?,?, Patro Arriaga (Joe's sister), Mayor of Merthyr with
letter for Joe to give to Mayor of Bilbao, Mr. Mrs. Salva Vidal, ?, ?, Elisa
Diaz at Carmen's shoulder (not going on trip).
The majority of the travellers were employees of Kayser Bondor and the trip
was over 'factory fortnight' in July 1953. The remainder of the people in
the photo had come to wave the intrepid travellers on their way!"
(Photograph Courtesy of Pat Fearn) |
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| Kayser Bondor - Senior Management - 1956 or earlier
L-R:
'Jock' McDougall, Tom Gibbon, Willy Moore, George Collins & Jim Southall
(Photograph
Courtesy of Nigel Gibbon) |
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Kayser Bondor - Annual
Dinner/Dance - 1956c at the Peter Pan Cafe
L-R:
Mrs Norman Lewis, Mr Norman Lewis, Nurse Walters, Ivy Robinson, Mr Jim Southall,
Mrs Jim Southall, Elvis & Tom Gibbon.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Nigel Gibbon) |
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A Larger Group at the Annual
Dinner/Dance - 1956c
(Photograph
Courtesy of Nigel Gibbon) |
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| 'Factory in Festive Mood' |
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| Kayser Bondor (Dowlais) on the Goat Mill Road in the
1970s. |
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Kayser Bondor (Dowlais) - 1968.
Lady standing in the centre is
Averil Griffithes. |
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| Kayser Bondor (Dowlais) - 1968. |
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Connie Williams at work in
Kayser Bondor, Dowlais - Surrounded by Company Directors
(Photograph
Courtesy of Colin Williams) |
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| Kayser Bondor - Pentrebach. |
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Kayser Bondor - Date Unknown.
(Photograph
Courtesy of John Jones) |
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| Kayser Bondor - Staff Photograph |
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