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Frederick Pilkington Horden

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Horden, Frederick Pilkington started his business career with the United Counties Bank in 1887, and after five years' management of the Leamington branch was in 1910 appointed manager of their bra...

Florence Julia Horden

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Horden, Florence Julia, was born at Bonninghall, Shropshire, and spent most of the early part of her life at Leamington Spa, and is the wife of Mr. F. P. Horden, the manager of Barclays Bank, High...

Charles Joyce

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Joyce, Charles was born at Blandford, Dorset, in 1855, was educated locally, and after leaving school was apprenticed to the drapery business in his native town with Messrs. Knight and Backway, Sa...

Douglas Joyce

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Joyce, Douglas was born at Blandford, Dorset, 1877. Educated at the Stow hill British School and Newport Collegiate. Joined his father, Mr. Charles Joyce, in business in 1893. He was taken into pa...

Edward Patrick Lawlor

(Photo and text from "Who's Who In Newport" 1920.) Lawlor, Edward Patrick was born in Birmingham in 1870, and is a son of Patrick Lawlor of that place. He was educated at St. Joseph's, Nechell's, and after leaving school he was apprenticed to the ...

National Provincial Bank of England, Newport Branch

From THE CHRISTMAS ANNUAL NEWPORT 1916.

High Street Newport

Raphael Tuck and Sons postcard. Postmarked 1929. From the private collection of Anthony Halse.

Newport Photographers - Villiers

We have done some research into the photographers Villiers. The first mention we can find of George Villiers is in the 1851 Census. George, born 1826 in Edinburgh, was living in Norwich with his wife, Adelaide and two young sons George and Alexand...

Road Junction High Street

Traffic directions being given at the Old Green Crossing by a policeman standing in the centre of a temporary roundabout. Trams pass through the centre of the roundabout. Many thanks to Alan George who dated the photo this way: "This is a particu...

Newport Arcade

Postcard view. Looking from Cambrian Road through to High Street. The shops left and right at this end of the arcade are numbers 6 and 7 Newport Arcade - both Stanley Jones, stationer and book & music warehouse.