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Unusual Advert 1916 "THE STRENGTH OF BRITAIN MOVEMENT"
From THE NEWPORT CHRISTMAS ANNUAL 1916. "The real waste that is helping the Germans & draining away Britain's strength. Since the war began, alcohol has wasted: 1. Enough food to last the whole nation 100 days, including enough Grain to make...
Cockle Lady, Alice Street, early 1930s
Many thanks to Jean Jones who sent us this photo. She explained: "This photo of the Cockle Lady which was taken by my late Aunt, Miss Ivy Lamprey. Gran [Lamprey] lived at 45 Alice street. The photo was taken before the second World War. We, my ...
Mayor Henry Charles Parfitt At A Newport Fairground 1918 1919
Photo kindly sent to us by Christine Loring whose husband is the grandson of Henry Parfitt. Henry Parfitt was mayor of Newport 1918-19 so we have a clear date for this photo. Christine relates that Henry Parfitt announced the end of the First Worl...
The Civic Building, Newport, Mon
Postcard - Photochrom Co Ltd 86087. World War II halted the building of the Civic Centre.
Unveiling Ceremony, Newport Cenotaph, Clarence Place, 1923
A detailed postcard view of the unveiling of the War Memorial June 2nd 1923 by Lord Tredegar. In the excellent book 'The History of the Borough of Newport' by Haydn Davis he says: "The foundation stone of the Cenotaph was laid in Clarence Place, a...
Unveiling Of The Cenotaph Newport
Detailed view from a contemporary postcard.
WW1 Munitions Factory Newport
Photo courtesy of Newport Museum and Art Gallery Collections. Written on the reverse: "1915 ANSWERING THE CALL! FROM THE LLOYD GEORGE APPEAL RECORD OUT-PUT 130 60LB SHELLS IN SEVEN HOURS. BILL DADE ON RIGHT, MRS GUTHRIDGE (*difficult to read acc...
WW1 Munitions Factory Newport - Detail
Photo courtesy of Newport Museum and Art Gallery Collections. Written on the reverse: "1915 ANSWERING THE CALL! FROM THE LLOYD GEORGE APPEAL RECORD OUT-PUT 130 60LB SHELLS IN SEVEN HOURS. BILL DADE ON RIGHT, MRS GUTHRIDGE (*difficult to read acc...
St. Joseph's Convent, Newport, Mon.
Numbers 81 to 89 Stow Hill - near the top, on the left going up. Nowadays the road level has been lowered resulting in the pavement being elevated. The premises was also a boarding and day school. Below is some information about the Sisters of Sai...
Newspaper Cutting - PC Loveridge
FOUND IN A CELLAR THREE MEN RAID A NEWPORT CANTEEN Important evidence for the prosecution was given by a boy of 15, in a case at Newport Police Court, in which two soldiers and a sailor were accused of breaking and entering a Great Western Rail...