Hi Angela and Jim
I have looked again at the Station Road directory 1897 -
from the Whitehall Inn - down now as far as the Station Hotel - I know part
of Station Road has been knocked down and flats built - I wonder if the
confectioners was here - I seem to have passed the Rolling Mill before
getting to James Nash then the Vine Inn.....(Pugh's used to be down here -
they came up in the world) I'm in town later I'll go down here and have
Richard take some pictures.
Station Road (part of)
Wm Rowe Whitehall Inn
D K Jones - grocer
L Clement - teacher of music
H Jones - shoemaker
E Adams - grocer
Pugh & Sons - cabinet makers
R Wherle - pawnbroker and outfitter
W Bowen - Waterloo Inn
H E Poole - Auctioneer and valuer
T Thomas - Photgraphic artist
C M Davies - bookseller, stationer etc
Gomer Davies, butcher
W J Morris - Rolling Mill Inn
W Richards - grocer
4. J Morris, grocer and baker - steam bakery
6 J Roberts - Ironmonger, Bristol House
8 J Thomas & Co., bookseller and stationers etc
10. W Rees - Art Studio
12. J Reynolds - Clog and boot manufacturer
14. Jimmy Thomas, Manager Defiance & Motor Co.
16. Geo. Austin - butcher
16. T Phillips - Confectioner
18, JAMES NASH - Confectioner
20. D Thomas - Flannel and woollen merchant
22. Rhys Lloyd - hairdresser
22a - Mary Williams - widow
24. Griffith Lewis - Vine Inn
26. John Morgan - tailor and gents mercer
28 - Jane Thomas - widow
30. H Mainwaring - hairdresser
30. Thomas Mainwaring - Coal merchant
32. George Jenkins, licensed victualler Pemberton Arms
34 - fruiterer
36 - Hargreaves and Jones
38 - J Luxton - billposter toy and fancy warehouse
40. butcher
42 - chemist
42 Morrel Souvan depot
The Great Western Tinplate Ltd
44. Station Hotel
then down to (lots more inbetween)
74 C Aubrey - refreshment room
76. Evans & Co Iron & Steel merchants
78 & 80 David Jones, draper, outfitter and house furnisher
82. Cleveland Temperance Hotel E M Pemberton Manager
84 T Thomas confectioner and hairdresser
86 Henry Thomas, Station Hotel
83. A Lewis - Railway Hotel
85. John Ryan Oddfellows Inn
79. Mrs H Vaughan - Melbourne Inn
77. E Basrnes, Forresters Inn
75 John Thomas Apple Tree Inn
73. W Jones, Dresden Bakery
71. Rabbiotti Bros ice-cream vendors
They crossed the road after the Station Hotel - thus taking in the odd
numbers - we know that the Railway to the Apple Tree are on the left down by
the station gates going down.
Can you follow what I am saying now Angela - or anyone from this locality
with knowledge - thanks everyone for listening
Pauline
-----Original Message-----
From: davies.family <davies.family(a)ntlworld.com>
To: CARMARTHENSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: 30 October 2000 21:33
Subject: Re: Llanelly Coffee Tavern Keeper - help needed
Hello again Pauline,
Yes, its the Whitehall vaults that I could't remember, the Wart is the
Warterloo-
we always used to call it that. I know where the Vine is now. My
middle
brother
and I used to walk from Sandy Rd to Sunday School in St Peter's so
I can
remember
quite a few of the shops/pubs on that side of the road. If that is
Jim's
area
it's Mam's end of Station Road so I'll have to
'nag' her to try and jog her
memory. I'm sure Jim, when he reads this, will feel condident of success
knowing
he has so many locals on his case!!!!!!
I'm not getting to do much of my research either, though I did send for two
death
certs last week. I spoke to Ann Jones at the Register Office-
they're so
helpful
aren't they?. I've always been told my paternal gt grandfather
died in a
pit
accident, but I didn't know where or when and with a name like
David Jones
there
was no point in looking in the St Catherine Indexes. I found him
buried in
Adulam
though so I now know where it happened - Porthdafen colliery. My list
( if
I get
round to making one!) of things to follow up seems to get longer and
longer, I'm
sure I'll have something to ask before long!
regards,
Angela
CarmarthenFHS2(a)aol.com wrote:
> Hi Angela
>
> I am the same, when I write an e-mail I have to go over again and take
half
> of the words out because I write as I speak - in the Llanelli
> accent.......when I don't check it, it is a shambles......
>
> I am unsure where James Nash's shop was but in the 1897 directory it is
> numbered between the Vine and the Waterloo public houses (trust me to
notice
> the pubs) The Vine closed down for a while but I think that it
has
re-opened
> - off the top of my head from the cinema looking towards Station
Road on
the
> right, I think it's Barnums (late Whitehall Vaults), another
new pub
(don't
> know the name), The Waterloo then the Rolling Mill?? and on the
same
side
> but across the road is the Vine - I've never heard of the
'Wart'.....I
know
> there used to be a lot more but lots have gone now. I don't
go down
Station
> Road very often, I'm always in Queen Victoria road because I
call in the
> sorting office, and then park in ASDA - I'll have to go this week and
re-cap
> my brain......
>
> We're bound to sort this out, Sarah's friend's g'mother is from New
Dock,
> been told that an Aubrey has her hair done with her, but on hols this
week so
> won't find out until next week, I've got an undertakers
wife making
enquiries
> on Glanalla Road, so somewhere we are going to turn up trumps -
hope so
> anyway.....keep each other posted -
>
> Not the weather for our graveyards this week - Richard bought wellies -
but
> no sun out to emphasise the headstones.......he's on the last
section
> too........phoned Box cemetary about the Nash grave - they are very
helpful
> there I must say.
>
> Any luck on your researches ?? I haven't looked since - let me know if
you
> want me to look at something, always glad to help and I'm
grateful for
your
> help......
>
> bye Pauline
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