A view overlooking the Great Western Railway Station.  The large building on the left was the lodging house, next to which was the Railway Inn.  The hill in the distance was known as Globe Hill and connected to Lower Hill Street and Mary Street.  This whole area has since disappeared and now forms part of the New William Street By-Pass.

Albert Street will be remembered by many as being the main route to the GWR Station.  Other streets in the vicinity were Corn Street, Bridge Street and Prince Street, part of which can be seen in the background.  The Royal Oak Inn, the Railway Restaurant, "Johnny Stokes" and West & Price were among the business premises that occupied this street.

A view of middle Broad Street that bears no resemblance to that of today.  On the left are the premises of Witchell, boot and shoe maker, below which at No. 32 was Eastmans Ltd, "purveyors of high-class meat".  On the right of the picture, on the corner of Broad Street and Ivor Street,  was at one time the grocery shop of Pegler,

The By Product plant, built in 1912, was more commonly known as the "Ottos" after the surname of the German designers.  The extent  of the Blaenavon Company at one time covered a surface and mineral area of 10,500 acres.  The last furnace was "blown out" in 1938 and a long era of iron and steelmaking came to an end.