High Street

Very early photo when horse drawn vehicles ruled the roads. The old Post Office and Corn exchange can be seen left... and to the right the entrance to the old King's Head Hotel.

Traffic Lights Old Green Crossing 1974

Construction of Old Green crossing Interchange in progress. Photo VR Young

Newport Bridge

Newport's first stone bridge. Source: "Picturesque Views of Newport," Rock Series.

Parade - Opening Of New Post Office 1907?

A&G Taylor Pictorial Postcard, Duke St Arcade, Cardiff etc. Postmarked Newport Mon 1907, dated 5 Oct '07. We think this is probably connected with the opening of the New Post Office in High Street on July 18th 1907. Interestingly the photograph...

Savoy Hotel And Post Office Buildings

A Huxtable Brothers postcard.

High Street, Newport, Monmouthshire

A very early postcard - posted May 1900 with Queen Victoria's head on the stamp. Notice that the message had to be written on the same side as the picture - the reverse was reserved solely for the address ("The address only to be written on this s...

General Post Office Newport Mon.

WWC postcard (Williams & Curnuck), postmarked October 1907. Building work in progress on the Savoy Hotel.

The Top Of High Street, Early 1900s

Shaftesbury Street leads off to the extreme right and Dock Street to the left, ahead is High Street. The buildings in High Street on our right are: 69 Dutfield & Frost agricultural implement agents, Devon & Somerset Cider Co., Pitt T. shoeingsmith....

High Street and Corn Exchange Newport Mon

WW&C postcard. (Williams and Curnuck) Smashing view of the top end of High Street.

High Street From The Shaftesbury Hotel, Newport

Postcard view, postmarked 6 June 1923.

Back to Photo Search