Tovey Bros, Cardiff Road, Newport
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Tovey Bros, Cardiff Road, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 30 May 2010
Long-established Newport funeral directors, celebrating their 150th anniversary during 2010. Daniel Tovey established the business in Dock Street, Newport in 1860. By the late 1880s, the firm was the leading coach builders and funeral furnishers in the area. By the early 1930s, motor vehicles replaced horse-drawn as the main mode of transport for funerals. In the late 1950s, the council announced the Kingsway development which included the compulsory purchase and demolition of many Dock Street buildings, including the firm's premises. The firm bought the former private residence seen here, creating garages to replace stables at the rear of the buildings.
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Image Location
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51.579432
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-2.99572