Former Truck Shop, Dukestown Road, Tredegar
Introduction
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Former Truck Shop, Dukestown Road, Tredegar
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 13 Sep 2012
This was the Company Shop for the Sirhowy Ironworks http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2943096 where employees were paid with tokens or notes which could only be spent in the company shop. This system, which led to abuse by the employers, was made illegal by the 1831 Truck Act but it took until 1887 until it applied to all workers.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.784314
Longitude
-3.244648