When Pontypool Road Station was one of the biggest in the country
The story from 50 years ago said: "Work on the job, which will take four months, began this week and the contact has been awarded to a local firm, W J Harris and Sons, Pontypool. "Built in the early 1850s, it was originally called 'Newport Road'. It was from this small beginning that the great junction was built up and with it the area of Griffithstown, which took its name from the first station master, Henry Griffiths. This is a picture of 34 members of station staff pictured in 1915. The facilitiers offered here in days gone by even included licensed refreshment rooms. Then came the u...
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