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Cordes (Dos Works) Ltd
(Image from Newport Encyclopaedia 1937)
Cordes Dos Works Newport 1937
(Text and Image from Newport Encyclopaedia 1937) NEWPORT'S OLDEST WORKS - CORDES (DOS) WORKS By Alderman F. W. RAIKES J.P Managing Director: Messrs. Cordes (Dos) Works, Ltd. The Dos Works, as far as our records go, commenced business in 1835 u...
Malpas Church In Wales School 1968
MALPAS Church in Wales School was built by public subscription, but as the parish was sparsely populated in those days, it is quite obvious that it would never have been built but for the generosity of two benefactors. The site for the school was gi...
Cordes Dos Works Office Block
The only building of the original factory still standing and in use. Photograph Haydn Davis.
Canal Barge
Ernest Stephens has contacted us with the following information about this photo: The barge is on the Monmouthshire canal. On the left is Cordes Dos works. The railway system to the right of photograph was formally The Monmouthshire Railway headin...
Francis Walter Raikes
(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Raikes, Francis Walter was born at Carleton, Forehoe, Norfolk, and is the son of the late Rev. Francis Raikes, M. A., Rector of Barnham, Broom, Norfolk. He was educated at Haileybury College, in G...
William Pullen, 1847 - 1934
William Pullen was a painter/decorator by trade, based in Dock Street, Newport. But he was probably better known for his love of music and involvement in several local (brass) bands. The following article, from the South Wales Argus 1932, recalls his...
William Pullen, Centre, And Local Band
William Pullen was a painter/decorator by trade, based in Dock Street, Newport. But he was probably better known for his love of music and involvement in several local (brass) bands. The following article, from the South Wales Argus 1932, recalls his...
William Pullen, Conductor, and Band
William Pullen was a painter/decorator by trade, based in Dock Street, Newport. But he was probably better known for his love of music and involvement in several local (brass) bands. The following article, from the South Wales Argus 1932, recalls his...
Colonel James Williams
James Williams was born in Cardiff on 15th March 1847, the son of David Williams, a boot and shoe maker and publican. He commenced work as a clerk in the office of Messrs Heath, Evans, & Co., at Cardiff Docks. In the 1861 census James was a coal merc...