Newport Market and Newport (General)

by john vaughan , Monday, January 21, 2013, 17:14 (4319 days ago) @ ianfhoyle

Don,t forget the cattle market which was bounded by Commercial Road, Lower Dock Street

and Ruperra Street.

I used to to to the provision market, bounded by High Street,Dock Street,Skinner Street

and Market Street, with my gran, from Woolaston Station on the 6.20? market train on

Saturdays. Taking baskets of eggs, dressed poultry and in season fruit and veg, coming

home laden with sausages from Baldwins pork butchers. I can,t remember too much about

the early days with gran ,pre 1949. I used to go down with a vanload on Friday and

Saturday until about 1967, when the older regular customers were dying out and peoples

tastes were changing,making it not viable.