Trade

Joseph and Falkman Furniture Dealers

Messrs Joseph and Falkman Furniture Dealers. Mr Joseph Falkman was a Russian Jew originally trading in furniture in South Africa, though he left that place for England, Great Britain sometime between 1890-1894 with savings amounting to £300. While residing in England he met Annie Falkman nee Joseph, born in 1873 at Birmingham, England. The couple moved onto Port Talbot, South …

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Wilkins Coffee Tavern

Wilkins Coffee Tavern. Mr William Gale Wilkins and his wife Caroline Wilkins nee Elson married in 1873 and came to Abertillery from the West Country in the mid 1870’s. Mr Wilkins came here to work on the Great Western Railway. A short while later he and his wife Caroline opened a coffee tavern in Somerset Street, called “Wilkins Coffee Tavern” …

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Mr William Barrow Harrison – Harrison’s Ironmongers

Mr William Barrow Harrison. Mr William Barrow Harrison, was born in 1854 at Slackhead, Beetham in Cumbria. His family was from Beetham Hall at Beetham, Cumbria, England. His parents moved to Monmouth in 1863. Mr Harrison at Abertillery. At the age of 14 he started work and entered the service of Mr W. Hiley who had a business in Abertillery …

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A Brief History of the Co-operative Industrial Provident Society – Abertillery

The Co-operative Stores Abertillery. The Beginning. The Co-operative Group began in the mid 19th century and had its origins in the co-operative consumer societies started by the Rochdale Pioneers. These pioneers were a group of workers who were losing their jobs as the mechanization of the industry were forcing skilled workers out of their jobs. This bunch of tradesmen banded …

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Abertillery Undertakers

Abertillery Undertakers. Mr George Down. The earliest recorded undertakers and funeral directors I can find resident in Abertillery was Mr George Down of 39 King Street Abertillery. He was in Abertillery in the 1860’s though I am unsure of where his premises were at this early time? Mr Down was an old resident of Abertillery and was an undertaker until …

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Abertillery Saddlers & Harness Makers

Abertillery Saddlers & Harness Makers. Abertillery was still in its infancy while the Nantyglo, Coalbrookvale, Cwmcelyn & Blaina Iron Works and collieries and the many other industries further north were in full swing. The iron and coal companies had their own saddlers and harness makers, either working for them or independent saddlers that were in contract to the many different …

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Mr T. H. Prichard – Prichard’s Chemist

Mr T. H. Prichard 1867-1935. Mr Thomas Henry Prichard was the son of the Rev John Prichard, one of the most well-known Baptist Ministers in South Wales who had held pastorates at Noddfa, Abersychan and Tonyrefail.  Mr Thomas Henry Prichard (as seen left) was born in 1867 at Abersychan, he later served his apprenticeship as a Pharmaceutical Chemist at Porth …

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The Old Pontlottyn Store

The Old Pontlottyn Store Abertillery. The Pontlottyn Store, Abertillery was originally set up by Mr David Morgan in the mid 1870’s. Mr David Morgan. Mr David Morgan was born in 1833 at Caecrwn, Battle, Breconshire. In the 1850’s, at the age of 23, Mr David Morgan opened his first drapery shops at Rhymney and at Pontlottyn, Rhymney in Glamorganshire. The …

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The Pontlottyn Store – Abertillery

The Old Pontlottyn Store. The Pontlottyn Store, Abertillery was originally set up by Mr David Morgan in the mid 1870’s. Mr David Morgan. Mr David Morgan was born in 1833 at Caecrwn, Battle, Breconshire. In the 1850’s, at the age of 23, Mr David Morgan opened his first drapery shops at Rhymney and at Pontlottyn, Rhymney, Glamorganshire. The Abertillery Store. …

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The Old Bon Marche Store

The Old Bon Marche Store. The Bon Marche Store, Abertillery was constructed in the mid 1880’s and was originally a two-storey building opposite the Medical Hall, on the junction of Cwm Street (later known as Somerset Street) and King Street, Abertillery. Messrs T. Davies and J. H. Powell. From its beginning it was owned by Messrs T. Davies and Joseph …

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