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Carolyn · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: Abertillery

Does anyone remember Dolly's shop in Glandwr Street and her surname. she was once the stewardess of the Lion in Castle Street.

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Carolyn · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: Abertillery

Thanks to those who answered her name was Doris Protheroe
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Lyn · Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 4

i remember dolly,s shop we used to call in there on the way home from the abertillery outdoor swiming baths. Now that takes me back i must be getting old. Did you know her brother ran the shop in lancaster street sixbells at the same time it was called jacks

Carolyn · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: Abertillery

Thank you for your reply. I was told her brothers had two shops in Sixbells one being in Arrail Street.. I do not know if her maiden name was Protheroe as she was known as Dolly Protheroe. Did she marry and if so does anyone know her married name as I was told she had three daughters and a son but their names were not Protheroe
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Lyn · Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 4

I dont know about the shop in arrial street i lived there as a child and the two shops was mortimer,s and fred perry,s and that was about 40 years ago told you i was getting old

Lyn · Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 4

just been speaking to someone who worked for jack in lancaster st.He was a protheroe and to her knowledge dolly never married

Carolyn · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: Abertillery

Thanks once again for your reply. I did not think she was ever married either, so many people remember Dolly's and each have a different story to tell, just trying to put a few pieces of a jigsaw together Laughing

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JillDavies · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 2

There's a shopkeeper called Protheroe living in Church Street on the Lib Club members list if it is the same family. Don't remember Dolly being married either but that was way up in the 60's I used to go there when I was a kid think one of her brothers lived in the back as well

phil wallace · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 13

i always remember dollys shop as a very young boy coming from the park baths, the one thing that really annoyed her was someone picking their nose so we would all go in there doing exactly that and get chased out, we never had any money, but was always a laugh..........sorry Dolly.