Blue plaque recording site of a Usk Japanning Works
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Image: © Jaggery Taken: 22 May 2011
The blue plaque is on the wall http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5235147 of an ironmongers' yard in New Market Street. Japanning is a process which applies a brilliant hard lacquer to metal. It is most often associated with the nearby town of Pontypool. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2437333