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| Billkirton |
Bon Marche shopLooking for inf on Bon Marche in Abertillery over last 100 yearsMany thanks Bill 
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| Carolyn |
The Bon Marche claimed to have made Abertillery the shopping centre of the Western Valleys, was originally established on the site of a mens outfitting department trading as Messrs Powell & Jones. It was expanded by Mr.G.O.Jones to include a drapery section which extended right through to Carmel Street by 1925. It was formed into a limited company in 1923 trading as Bon Marche, (Abertillery) Limited. It was one of the largest stores in Monmouthshire with 54 departments employing approximately 80 people. The ground and first floor stocked all garments for women, men and children. the lower ground floor boasted of spacious furnishings and ironmongery showrooms with a department of skilled workmen for painting, wall papering and all house decorating One of it's greatest attraction was that The Bon Marche Limited Company paid it's customers bus and train fares for purchases amounting to a specific value. Town guide Circa 1950 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bon_March%C3%A9 |
| fredprobyn |
bon marcheI can remember Bon Marche very well.Every saturday night the Salvation Army Band would march down from the hall and hold an open air meeting there.that was in the 1930s If my memory serves me right the Band master then was Ray Veal Fred |