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martyn142 · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: Works Party

Here is one which hopefully someone will be able to help with. I confess that I only know one person on it, my mother, who unfortunately can't tell me any of the others. It looks very much like a works' party to me. She used to work in the sewing factory near the Cottonwood at one time - was it LCRs? It might be that firm maybe?

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X P O P · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Abertillery

hello Martyn , I don't recognise anyone on the photo (not yet), if it is the sewing factory then it would have been H.Lotery and co ltd which was on the site of the now Davey Evans court , think they used to make uniforms for Postmen and Policemen.

martyn142 · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject:

That sounds right XPOP - Lottery or Lotteries rings a bell. I'm not saying it is that firm definitely but that would be about the right era I think.
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dragongirl · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 15 Location: swindon wilts

Hi Martyn,
Maybe this is a Lotery Photo but I worked in the office of Lloyd`s Menswear in Nantyglo and a lot of the people on there worked as
machinists, supervisors Garment cutters etc, Lloyds made dressing gowns
ties. blazers and had a shirt factory inDerry N> Ireland Can`t remember
when LLoyds started but I was there from the start. As was Mrs Davies
6th in front rown She was Supervisor on Dressing Gown Line .Joyce from Blaina and her daughter Marie who was our switchboard operator married
to Bev who was a photographer and they lived in Gilwern. Eira Burchell,steampress worker 3 gentlemen who were in the cutting room
a lot of the workforce were from Brynmawr and Ebbwvale.Some faces are very familiar but old age defies memory, I saw the lovely photo s`of your
Mum, how old was she in the first photograph ?
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martyn142 · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:14 am Post subject:

Hi dragongirl. If you think it is Lloyds then it almost certainly is as my mother also worked there as a machinist. Thanks for the comments about my mother's photos. She was in her early 20s in the old photo I understand.
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dragongirl · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 15 Location: swindon wilts

Hi Martin

I thought there were too many people from other valleys to have
travelled to Abertillery!!! I asked about your Mum`s photo as I`m sure I knew the face and recall a Gwyneth Thomas ,mind you I also lived in Sixbells for a twenty odd years so maybe knew her from there!!
Other people on the photo are Brian Webley (think he worked in the Warehouse ) The tall gentleman at the back was last seen running the The
Bell at Llangrwyney. Memory is a strange thing little snippets of information kept coming back as I looked at that photo-as I was payroll /
wages clerk I obviously knew each department very well !!!

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