Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 32 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "Other Shops" x Search term Filter by Subject Out and About (3)Pier Area (3)Filter by Format Artifact (3)Document (3)Journal (1)Leaflet (1)Newspaper cutting (1)Photograph (20)Picture (1)Text (2)Filter by Area Newport (26)Wormit (5)Filter by Decade 1850s (1)1860s (1)1870s (1)1880s (2)1890s (4)1900s (6)1910s (3)1920s (5)1930s (8)1940s (7)1950s (8)1960s (13)1970s (8)1980s (4)1990s (4)2000s (2)2010s (2)2020s (1)Filter by Century 19th (4)20th (28)21st (2) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest PAGE: < Prev12 Memories of Frank Smith Newsagent Walking down the south side of the High Street there was Beatt and Tait's, with Frank Smith's a little further on. Now Frank was a gentleman, I worked for him, firstly with an evening paper round then latterly also a morning round, meeting Frank at the station to get the papers from the train and ... Post Office Opposite Newport Pier The old post office building still today has stamp machines on the wall outside. A M Anderson was post-master, watchmaker. jeweller and optician. He was also a photographer who took many of the early 20th century postcard views. Jannetta's the Pierhead Cafe Not exactly sure what the function of this object was, but it certainly advertises the wares at Janetta's Pierhead Cafe. The Janetta family had operated their restaurant business on Boat Brae since the early 1930s. By the 1960s and 1970s it was affectionately known for some reason as Stinky's, and for the youth of Newport ... Newport Post Office: Lillian Knight The only photograph we have ever seen of the inside of the old post office. This is Lillian Knight who lived at Royal Buildings, and who worked in the post office in the 1920s and 1930s. Miss Duff's Draper Shop, High Street David Duff started his shop in the High Street in the 1940s. Initially it was a hardware store, but by the 1950s, he was selling drapery goods as well. His daughter took over the shop and continued as a draper. Many shoppers have lovely memories of all Miss Duff's cupboards and drawers where she could ... Mr Bain the Grocer Mr Bain the Grocer on the right. Bain's shop was at James Square on the corner of Gowrie Street and King Street from 1947 until 1974, and is fondly remembered by many. Shop at 1 Gowrie Street Until fairly recently the building at 1 Gowrie Street was always a shop. For most of its life it was a grocery store, but in its earliest days in the 1850s and 1860s it appears to have housed a bakery. Our photographs date from the 1970s and 1980s when it was run under the Spar ... Memories of Woodhaven Shop My mom Jane Nicoll took over the shop from Mr Clark. I must have been 10 or 11 at the time and had the job of doing the paper rounds (2 on a Saturday evening). I used to hide from my friends under the counter when I was scrubbing the shop floor when everyone was ... PAGE: < Prev12