3 High Street
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Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:
3 High Street
Johnsons the Cleaners/Timpson shoe repair/The Photo Expert
grd fl: shop; other floors : storage
Before and After Images
1979/80
2015
About the building
The previous building on this site was of local stone, built in the late 16th century and had a cruck roof. It was demolished in 1961 and an Elizabethan lattice window is now in the museum, also some 19th century wallpaper.Printer’s proofs from 1810 – 53 were found hanging from the rafters in a walled-up attic including street ballads and execution broadsheets and a Moore’s almanack for 1836.
There were four cottages at the rear. Photographs of the old building can be found in the museum.
Recent history
From 1986 – Bollom Dry CleanersFrom 1973 – Welsh Dry Cleaners
From 1961 – Principality Dry Cleaners. Advertisement for girl assistant in 1969.
Previous occupiers
Year
Name
Detail
Source
1937
Maypole Dairy Co.
Provision Dealers
Kelly
1934
Maypole Dairy Co.
as above
Kelly
1930
(old building demolished?)
Car/Npt & Dis
1926
Kelly
1923
Miss Gladys M Harrhy
Stationer
Kelly
1920
Miss Gladys M Harrhy
as above
Kelly
1914
Harriet Carey (until 1921)
Fancy Stationer
Kelly
1910
Harriet Carey
as above
Kelly
1906
Mrs A J Carey
Stationer and Bookseller
Kelly
1901
Frederick Rolfe Crockford
Stationer and Fancy Rep.
Kelly
1895
Kelly
1891
Thomas & Edmunds (Minerva Printers and Booksellers)
Stationers, printers and newsagent
Kelly
1884
Kelly
1879
Thacker
1877
Henry Thomas & John Edmonds
Printers and Stationers
Owen
1875
Henry Thomas & John Edmonds
as above
Mer & Croc
1871
Minerva Printing Office
Printing office
Kelly
1865
James Hiley Morgan
Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor
Webster
1858
James Hiley Morgan
as above
Slater
1850
James Hiley Morgan
as above
(employing 4 men)
Pigot
1844
James Hiley Morgan
as above
Slater
1836
James Hiley Morgan
as above
Pigot
1822
Other information
James Hiley Morgan moved from Brecon to Abergavenny in 1821.Miss Gladys M Harrhy had moved to 20 Frogmore Street by 1926.
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