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Town Hall Square, LLANELLI, SA15 3AL

Nearest the camera is The Old Vicarage, now in use as the main offices of Llanelli Town Council. In the middle is a private residence formerly the parish hall. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3055298 Crown Buildings in Crown Precinct are on the right.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Arcade was situated on the more salubrious end of Stepney Street. Outside today, it appears to have lost much of its splendour, however internally it has been restored to its former glory for the new shops that now trade there, complete with wooden balustrades on the upper level.

Located on the corner of Church Street and Coldstream Street.

Llanelly house is an early 18th Georgian property near the centre of Llanelli town and is one of the town's most historic properties. It was built in 1714 by the MP for Carmarthenshire Thomas Stepney and it's recorded that John Wesley stayed there several times during his evangelical campaigns in the area. After Stepney's death, the mansion fell into disrepair and has also since been used as a commercial property. Over the last couple of years, grants have been awarded for the restoration of the house and was also one of the locations featured in the 2003 BBC series Restoration, making it through to the national final. With regards to spelling, the house's name takes on the anglicised spelling for Llanelli, which was generally used in local government and other bodies until Llanelli was officially accepted as the correct spelling in 1966.

The old Llanelli library building, with the newer extension to its right. The building is a grade 2 listed structure and has recently needed some extensive repair work as it was becoming unsafe.

This is a recreation of the following 1965 picture from the Frith collection: http://www.francisfrith.com/search/wales/dyfed/llanelli/photos/llanelli_L73097.htm Seemingly little has changed - the junction has been modernised and a few buildings to the left appear to have been demolished. The large tree in the church yard has been felled and other trees have grown.

A typical Llanelli street. Llanelli is built on a hill and many of the streets are quite steep.

Located on Church Street, facing Vauxhall Road. Now a private residence. A blue plaque on the wall records that Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette, addressed the people of Llanelli here at the parish hall on January 20 1912.

This is a recreation of the following 1936 picture from the Frith collection: http://www.francisfrith.com/search/wales/dyfed/llanelli/photos/llanelli_L73080A.htm The trolley buses have long gone from Llanelli as have the cars on this stretch of Stepney Street as most of the road is now pedestrianised.

This is a recreation of the following 1955 picture from the Frith collection: http://www.francisfrith.com/search/wales/dyfed/llanelli/photos/llanelli_L73041.htm This picture is taken right at the bottom of Stepney Street. This area remains relativaly unchanged from this point of view, but the entire street to the right of the image off camera has since been demolished.st