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History from Main
Street, Goodwick
In the 1920's the
commercial life of Goodwick blossomed with a vast increase in
population, and numerous businesses opened along Main Street.
D.J.Evans, grocer and tea dealer can be seen on the left, and other
businesses in the street included,John Cousins, draper; Daniel Bevan,
butcher; Elizaberth Davies, baker; John Jones, butcher; David
Llewellyn, chemist; Henrietta Rees, draper; Alfred Williams, pork
butcher; John Llewellyn, grocer, Morgan Owen, tailor, James Panting,
hairdresser, Arthur Rowlands, clothier; and William Miles, barber,
who is possibly the gentleman standing below the Barbers pole in the
middle of the terrace on the left.
A sample of advertising from the County Times of 1910 reads; 'Sound
the loud timbrel o"er Gwalia's blue sea; the Cash Stores have
triumphed, the people are free: to buy where they please without any
dictation: For Goodwick is now the first port in creation. Cash
Stores, Goodwick, for 6d Caps, 6d Braces and 6d Socks.'
As well as being a barber, Mr. Miles, seen outside his Barbers shop
in the picture on the right ran one of the growing number of
refreshment houses in the area. In the summer of 1910, the County
Times noted that 800 excursionists had arrived by train from Garnant,
near Llanelli, for a Saturday by the sea. 'The sands attracted quite
a numerous throng throughout the day', reported the newspaper,
'while the several refreshment houses were well patronised. At the
Gwalia, the large dinning room, so admirably adapted for seating
paries of 100 at a time, was generously supported'.
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Miles
refreshment rooms, Goodwick
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