Alexandra Docks Newport Mon.

Boots Cash Chemists Real Photograph Series postcard, dated 1914. From the private collection of Patrick White.

Alexandra Docks Newport Mon.

J Williams Postcard. From the private collection of Patrick White.

Casket Presented To Lord Tredegar At The Freedom Of Newport Presentation

The Freedom of Newport was conferred on Lord Tredegar in Newport on Wednesday 9th of June, 1909. The script was presented in the silver casket pictured above. This was the first time this honour had been awarded. Here is a description of the caske...

Newport Docks Guard April 1915 (Sergeant Burton Squad)

Postcard from the private collection of Patrick White. A brief announcement from the Western Mail, March 1915: "MILITARY TO GUARD NEWPORT DOCKS As from Monday the Alexandra Docks Newport will be guarded by military, and the sentries have ins...

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...

South Lock, Alexandra Dock, Newport, Mon.

Postcard view, postmarked 1927.

Channel Sand (Newport) Ltd. June 1951.

Loading sand bags into a barge. Ballast for "Fort Beauhanois" per C. H. Bailey Ltd.

Channel Sand (Newport) Ltd. June 1951.

Ruston Steamer Shovel, Type 10. No. 850.

Channel Sand (Newport) Ltd. June 1951.

A channel Sand lorry being loaded from a hopper.

Dockside View, Alexandra Docks, June 1951.

From a private photo collection.

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