Upper Commercial Street, Newport, Mon

A Valentine & Sons postcard, postmarked 1949.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery Visits Newport.

On Saturday September 29th 1945 'Monty' visited Newport and was made the 11th Freeman of the town. This photo was taken in Commercial Street. Newport's Mayor, George Armstead, met Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at the railway station and walked wit...

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery Visits Newport.

On Saturday September 29th 1945 'Monty' visited Newport and was made the 11th Freeman of the town. This photo was taken in Commercial Street. Newport's Mayor, George Armstead, met Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at the railway station and walked wit...

Newport Railway Station Staff

A & G Taylor Postcard. Great photo of the staff in front of adverts for trips to Weymouth and Aberystwyth... also a sign for Ganes: "INEXPENSIVE FURNITURE CARPETS CURTAINS BEDSTEADS P. E. GANE LTD 161 2 & 3 COMMERCIAL ST NEWPORT". Do you recogn...

Thomas Henry Howell, Mayor of Newport 1898 - 1899

Photo and text from Johns's Newport Directory 1899. Thomas Henry Howell, J.P., who was unanimously elected Mayor for 1898-9 is practically a Newport man, having spent the whole of his life in this town with the exception of the first six months of...

St Pauls Church

An early CDV photo.

Newport Commercial Street

Postcard with 1937 postmark. Tram 15 heading for Chepstow Road. To our right we can see (83) M Shepherd Ltd. decorators and paperhangers, (84 & 85) Jones' Newport Garage. The sign outside the garage says "No. 1 Petrol 1/3 per gallon." That's just ove...

Commercial Street

Haven't come across this publisher before - GCE 23 monogram.

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