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