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The World of XPILAR - B&W PHOTOGRAPHY
AND ART CONTEST WEEK #067:
Gwalia General Store, Wales


Hello my Steemians! 😊 Again, or as usual, there were great entries in last weeks contest or contests. This photo below is my submission for The World of XPILAR - B&W PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART CONTEST WEEK #067. Thank you to everyone involved in this community, such as the members, admins, and moderators, especially @axeman and @xpilar.

Gwalia General Store, Wales



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This building where I took these pics and video is called the Gwalia General Store which is located at St Fagans National History Museum in Cardiff, South Wales, UK. This is what a typical general store from the South Wales industrial valleys looked like in the late 1920's with the original furnishings, products and equipment etc. The building was constructed in 1880 and its original location was Glamorgan and it was moved to its current location in 1988 where you can find a very interesting collection of buildings, architecture and history on one site. Here's the link to the website: https://museum.wales/stfagans.

And, here's information about this building or store taken from the website:

A typical general store from the south Wales industrial valleys. The shop is divided into three sections, on two floors, and includes ironmongery and grocery displays. In 1880 William Llewellyn developed his grocery business by building this shop. The original building was just the central section, flanked by the storeroom and Llewellyn's house.

The shop was fitted with mahogany shelving, counters and bins by Parnalls of Bristol, and by 1912 the ground floor of the house had been taken over and a drapery established. The shop soon expanded to include the first floor and the ground floor of the adjoining three houses. By 1916, Gwalia Stores comprised a bakery, ironmongery, grocery, gentlemen's outfitters, chemist and a section selling animal feeds. Members of staff slept in the attics and were paid 8 shillings (40p) per week.

Alderman Llewellyn died in 1924 and the shop has been shown as it would have been in the late 1920s in the ownership of his sons. It closed in 1973 and was moved to the museum in 1988.
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Here are some more photos I took at this location. At the bottom of the page you can see the video I uploaded to @dtube which shows a quick tour of the main storefront or room.












The Video:

Link: https://d.tube/v/daverobe/dv3xma4u3t0


An interesting look into the past! 😊 I hope you liked my post, photos and video and I'll look out for the other entries in this contest and the others, as well as the posts in the @worldofxpilar community. This post is powered up by 100%. See you soon. 👍

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Such nice place, sometimes I think that in the past the quality of everything was better and people had better taste how to decorate and what to use: wooden furniture, old style scale. Just nice to visit such place a piece of history :)

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 3 years ago 

Thanks @stef1, @booming03, @mister-omortson, @brianhphotos and everyone else for voting on this post. Wales is one of my favourite regions in the UK, so much history, very friendly people and loads of impressive castles. Unfortunately, I've only visited Scotland once and I haven't had the opportunity to visit Ireland yet, but I would like to. :)

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