Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 8 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Decade: "1930s" xSubject: "Other Shops" x Search term Filter by Format Artifact (2)Document (1)Photograph (5)Filter by Area Newport (6)Wormit (1)Filter by Decade 1880s (1)1890s (2)1900s (3)1910s (3)1920s (4)1940s (5)1950s (4)1960s (3)1970s (3)1980s (2)1990s (2)2000s (2)2010s (2)2020s (1)Filter by Century 19th (2)21st (2) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Bottles from Doig the Chemist Bottles from William Doig the Chemist. Local Butchers Three Newport butcher shops. Receipt from Moodie and Gordon, Cycle Agents Receipt from Moodie and Gordon, cycle agents, electrical and motor engineers and wireless dealers, on the High Street, Newport from 1930s until late 1950s. Stamp Machines at Old Post Office Those of a certain age will remember using these old stamp machines. You popped in your penny, or two or three (old pennies of course, pre-decimalisation of 1971), and out came your stamp. In the days when snail mail was the only form of communication, these machines were lifelines when the post office was closed. ... Corner Shop at Woodhaven The shop at Woodhaven was in the end property of Woodhaven Terrace, and was a shop from at least as far back as the late 1890s. The postbox seen here is still on the wall of the property today. The shop was latterly called the Shopping Basket before being converted to a house, probably in ... Car at Woodhaven Shop c. 1930 This was the Rankine family car at the Woodhaven corner shop around 1930. A brilliant red colour, the car was a familiar sight locally. In 1937 it was decorated as a fire tender to take part in King George VI's coronation celebrations. 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.