Port Talbot, The M4 Motorway c.1966
Photo ref:
P139063
Photo ref:
P139063
More about this scene
The Port Talbot bypass opened in the mid 1960s - for its first 10 years it was the A48(M). Built largely on stilts, and running at roof-top level, the elevated section has always been subject to a 50mph limit. Beulah Methodist chapel had to be removed to make way for the motorway, and was rebuilt in the country park in the Afan Valley.
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A Selection of Memories from Port Talbot
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Port Talbot
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My grandfather and uncle ran a bakery and grocery in Beverly St for many year. I remember my uncle taking me on the early rounds delivering to shops and cafes right up to Neath.
I also remember the Carlton Club where I would often sit in with the group run by Russ Jones , a fine local pianist.
I was born in the Whitecity in Enfield Street in 1966. I have fantastic memories of my childhood. Going to Lloyd's shop on the corner of Henshaw Street for sweets where my friends Allison and Mark Reese also lived. We had the best bonfire around and all took shifts to stop the raiders whilst the others would go on duty raiding Beech Street and Sandfields Road bonfires. Long summers down the beach and fair. All the ...see more
I was born in 1924 @80 water street in the rear part of a sweetshop fronting on water street & owned by My Godmother Eva Parks-My Father worked in the steel mill & We moved to London in 1931 for My Father to obtain work which He did--in 1941 i joined the RAF & served in bomber command till 1946.
I remember as a child there was a railway crossing in water street possibly leading to the steel works.
I ...see more
The Sunday afternoon walks down the Morfa to feed Dai the swan or picnics at the Brombil Reservoir. The early morning movement of cows from Brombil farm through Morfa Lane and over the stone railway bridge to the Morfa. The lodging of landgirls from England and putting up a soldier from London and his wife who became close friends of my parents. The army vehicles used in the early days of the ...see more
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