GURNOS
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Gurnos c1909 (GN1)
From a faded postcard. Postmark September 1909.
Kindly lent by Tim Barrell.
Pont Coch, Gorof (GN2)
From a postcard posted 1931. The flat bridge is the railway bridge, branch canal to the right.
Kindly lent by Tim Barrell.
Pengorof Bridge (GN3)
Enlarged section of a postcard showing three bridges, sent 1914.
Thanks to John Owens and Arwel Michael for identifying this bridge, near Pen y Gorof farm. The photo is looking in the Masons Arms direction.
Postcard kindly lent by Tim Barrell.
Pen-y-Gorof Farm (GN4)
Kindly lent by Tim Barrell.
Aubrey Arms and Canal Bridge (GN5)
From a postcard kindly lent by Andrew Smith.
Gough Avenue & Canal (GN6)
From a postcard kindly lent by Andrew Smith.
The Gurnos & District Automobile Touring Co (GN7)
Gurnos Motor Garage - proprietor W J Jones.
Andrew Porter kindly informs me the bus is a Karrier Model B first registered March / April 1913 and sold in 1914.
From a postcard. Original in Ystradgynlais Library.
Gurnos Motor Garage Advertisement 1914 (GN8)
Advertisements in the Llais Llafur newspaper during 1914.
(Maximum speed allowed was 12 mph!)
Gurnos Shed, Ystradgynlais (GN9)
Photograph by B Roberts, © J A Peden.