LAST week we featured a picture of Upper Dock Street in Newport from the 1960s.

THIS is Upper Dock Street Newport when the bus station was based there. The now picture seems to have been taken at the time they closed it. Apart from that surprisingly it hasn’t changed much apart from the businesses. Behind the buses shown, upstairs was the Union Jack Club and further along that great café is still there. Once a thriving part of the town and now it has changed.

Jim Dyer, Newport

TODAY’S picture is Upper Dock Street in 1960/70. The cameraman is standing outside the back entrance to Newport Market.

Opposite was the bus station where all the Newport buses started from. In the 1950s the bus station was an outdoor market and at night the stalls were lit by hissing Tilley lamps. Next to the market entrance was AA Wright’s the main Newport fruit and vegetable merchant.

When I was in school I had a job of errand boy and one of my tasks was to collect sacks of spuds for Miss May’s grocery shop in Baneswell Road.

In the background of both photos is the Passport Office, this stood on the site of the Olympia cinema. Just along from the Passport Office was AA Wright’s banana warehouse, a source a particularly large tropical spiders which caused havoc when released in the classroom. What is noticeable is how busy the ‘Then’ photo was, now most of the cars are taxis – taxis and a couple of pigeons!

Dave Woolven, Newport

THE Now and Then is of the old bus station opposite is Newport Market. In Upper Dock Street there was Burlington Cafe on the corner which is now Capital Taxi. Opposite there was a wallpaper shop which is now a supermarket.

There also was a Harry Wheelers potato merchant which is now a hairdressing saloon. Also opposite is Lovells Cafe.

Mrs Reardon, Newport

THE Now and Then picture is the old bus station in Dock Street. That is a No.3 bus for Maesglas in the stand. Below the Mitchal and Butler sign was a little restroom for the bus crews. Opposite the bus on the corner of Griffin Street was a leather shop called ‘Ye Old Leather Shop’ where I bought my first suitcase to go to sea.

Arthur Nicolaas, Newport